The human eye has a resolution limit - there are only so many pixels the eye can see.

The most poignant split-screen moment during FCC Chairman Brendan Carr's testimony before Congress Wednesday happened when Senator Ed Markey gave new meaning to the agency's acronym. "You are now the chairman of the Federal Censorship Commission," Markey said, to which Carr guffawed in a way that seemed like he was taking it as a compliment.

Analysts figured Paramount and Comcast - longtime legacy media movie-studio/TV network competitors - were in a likely position to acquire WBD. Now Comcast seems to be out of the hunt.

It has been a little over four years since Nielsen rebooted the way it calculates share of viewing, but it's already proclaiming November to be a "historic" month, thanks largely to the power of sports broadcasting.

Some analysts believe it was a good idea to settle with one of the major players starting up AI tech that are desperate to access approved, fully copyrighted products to avoid seemingly nonstop legal hassles.

This assumes CNN would also not be spun off under any WBD plan.

Consumers are becoming increasingly weary of the complexity in evaluating different products and services, as high-demand streaming services keep regularly scheduled price hikes.

David Ellison said: "We want to build a scaled news service that is basically, fundamentally in the trust business, that is in the truth business, and that speaks to the 70% of Americans that are in the middle."

A combined Paramount-WBD company could have more leverage over movie-theater chains in share of box-office revenue. And Paramount could command higher fees from TV/streaming distributors.

Legacy movie theater owners don't like the $83 billion deal with Netflix acquiring the major businesses of WBD. They fear fewer theatrical releases, with more going to streaming.