# Federal Trade Commission

Type: Company

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## Timeline

- **2026-02**: D.C. Lobbying — Netflix CEO travels to Washington to personally save the deal from regulatory blocks.
- **2025-12**: WBD Deal Rumors — Reports surface of a deep strategic partnership between Netflix and Warner Bros. Discovery.
- **2024-05**: Ad-Tech Independence — Netflix announces it will build its own in-house ad-tech platform to reduce reliance on Microsoft.
- **2024-01**: WWE Partnership — Netflix secures a 10-year, $5B deal for WWE Raw, signaling a major pivot to live content.
- **2022-11**: Ad Tier Launch — Netflix officially enters the advertising market with its 'Basic with Ads' tier.

## Recent coverage (1 stories)

### Netflix CEO Lobbing in D.C. to Rescue Warner Bros. Discovery Partnership
2026-02-26 19:02:19 · Sentiment: Bearish · Impact: 7/10 · Sources: 30

Netflix leadership has initiated high-stakes meetings with federal regulators in Washington to preserve a critical strategic agreement with Warner Bros. Discovery. The deal, which could reshape the CTV advertising landscape, faces mounting antitrust scrutiny as the two giants seek to consolidate their market influence.
Full story: https://getmarketingbrief.com/story/netflix-wbd-washington-lobbying-adtech-regulation

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