Warner-Netflix Merger Faces Immediate Regulatory Stop Order Amid Antitrust Concerns

Sat Dec 27 2025 23:19:23 GMT+0200 (Eastern European Standard Time)

A formal request has been made to pause the proposed merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix to prevent irreversible harm amid ongoing investigations and regulatory reviews.

The request for an immediate stop order on the Warner-Netflix merger centers on the potential for irreversible harm due to unresolved judicial and regulatory processes. Key issues include ongoing investigations, evidence preservation, and potential antitrust violations in multiple jurisdictions. The pause aims to ensure due process and public interest are maintained.

Why Regulatory Approval Must Be Paused or Denied

The proposed merger between Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix must be stopped because it would create irreversible concentration at a moment when judicial, regulatory, and administrative review is actively ongoing across multiple jurisdictions.

Notice of Procedural Inflection Point

A convergence of judicially anchored filings, unfinished administrative rulemaking, and active cross-border regulatory notice has created a material risk of irreversible harm should further media consolidation proceed at this time.

This document formally requests an IMMEDIATE STOP ORDER on any proposed or pending transaction involving the consolidation of Warner Bros. Discovery and Netflix, or any equivalent combination of content ownership, global distribution, advertising systems, or audience data.

LEGAL BASIS FOR STOP ORDER

This request is grounded in established principles of merger control, antitrust law, administrative due process, public-interest review, and evidence-preservation obligations.

No finding of guilt is asserted.
No adjudication is pre-empted.
The request is procedural, proportional, and time-limited.

TRIGGERS REQUIRING IMMEDIATE PAUSE

Judicial records are fixed before a Commonwealth superior court.
Core media-distribution rulemaking remains unresolved.
Cross-border regulatory notice is active across multiple jurisdictions.
Irreversibility risk is high once consolidation is consummated.

WHY A STOP ORDER IS REQUIRED — NOW

To prevent pre-emption of lawful oversight
To avoid entrenchment of unresolved administrative failures
To preserve competition and future remedies
To protect evidence, witnesses, and due-process integrity

“In light of judicially anchored records, unresolved administrative rulemaking, and active cross-border regulatory notice, further consolidation presents an unacceptable risk of irreversible harm. A temporary STOP ORDER on any Warner–Netflix transaction is necessary to preserve competition, protect due process, and allow lawful oversight to proceed.”