The United States' communication landscape continues to suffer blows related to Donald Trump's determination to reconfigure this ecosystem in his favor. Netflix made an offer to buy a substantial part of Warner Bros. Discovery, but it will ultimately be Paramount that manages to acquire the company, and what's more, it will do so entirely. In this article, we analyze the consequences this move among giants may have.

The United States' communication landscape continues to suffer blows related to Donald Trump's determination to reconfigure this ecosystem in his favor. Netflix made an offer to buy a substantial part of Warner Bros. Discovery, but it will ultimately be Paramount that manages to acquire the company, and what's more, it will do so entirely. In this article, we analyze the consequences this move among giants may have.

For years, the streaming world has insisted that television was a declining medium, while digital platforms like Twitch represented the inevitable future of audiovisual media. However, this narrative contradicts an obvious fact: when influencers, YouTubers And when celebrities receive an offer to work in traditional television, they readily accept it, because it has always been a more powerful platform for public recognition than any other. But adapting to a new language isn't so easy. Television is relentless in exposing the communication weaknesses and shortcomings of these figures. Being a natural in front of the camera from home doesn't, under any circumstances, guarantee the ability to energize the more complex workings of a television program.

Death The recent video by Jean Pormanove, a French strummer known for broadcasting marathons of humiliation and abuse on the Kick platform, has been shaking Europe for days. In this case, we have been able to see how suffering, broadcast by the thirst for likes, ceases to be a human experience and becomes a commodity. The images, broadcast live in front of thousands of viewers, confront us with uncomfortable questions about regulation and civilization. Is life turned into a spectacle, in the purest style of gladiators in combat, the kind of digital society we want? Let's ask ourselves carefully and in all directions.

Getting tattoos, going out dressed as Pikachu and singing Francoist anthems, drinking his own urine, or getting high for hours are some of the content that Simón Pérez, along with his partner, Silvia Charro, broadcasts for their audience on the Australian platform Kick. But the streaming platform has decided to expel the Spanish duo, known as SS Conexión, following the death of French streamer Raphaël Graven and for violating community rules.

"I got the idea for Netflix after I was bought out of the company. They gave me a penalty for late delivery on Apollo 13. I was six weeks late and owed $40 to the video store. It was my fault and I didn't want to tell my wife, and I asked myself, 'Do I want to put my marriage at risk for a penalty?" explained company co-founder Reed Hastings years ago in an article in the New York Times. "Later, I went to the gym and realized they had a much better business model, because by paying $30 or $40 a month I could go as much as I wanted", Hastings added in the same article.

In May 2020, the Consell Audiovisual de Catalunya (CAC) put numbers to what all Catalan-speaking Netflix users already knew: that the platform maintains a residual presence of Catalan in its content. A year later, the organization has also analyzed three other global operators, such as HBO, Disney+ and Amazon. And the results are equally discouraging, with percentages ranging between 0.1% and 1.3% of the catalogue with versions dubbed or subtitled in Catalonia's own language. This is explained in a report that, for comparison, also shows the local case of Filmin, which has 18.9% of its catalogue in Catalan.