Warner Bros. Discovery is suing Paramount for allegedly “stealing” South Park content material it claims it ought to have the unique streaming rights to, as reported earlier by Selection. In a lawsuit filed on Friday, HBO Max’s guardian firm claims Paramount labored with South Park’s creators and its MTV subsidiary to “divert as a lot of the brand new South Park content material as doable” to Paramount Plus to draw viewers to the platform.

In 2019, Warner Bros. Discovery says it paid round $1.6 million for every of the over 300 episodes that South Park Digital Studios (SPDS) — a three way partnership between Paramount and South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone — agreed to license. Warner Bros. Discovery claims Paramount, which additionally owns Comedy Central, South…

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