Warner Bros. Discovery and Paramount Global tear each other apart around South Park

The "dirty kids" of

are becoming the children of discord between Warner Bros.

Discovery and Paramount Global.

In the United States, the rights to broadcast the popular animated series find themselves at the heart of a legal battle between the two media giants.

The parent company of HBO Max has just filed a complaint against its rival Paramount as well as its subsidiaries MTV Entertainment Studios and South Park Digital Studios, before the Supreme Court of the State of New York.

Reason invoked: a breach of its exclusivity contract for the broadcast of the satirical comedy

.

In October 2019, Warner Bros.

Discovery recovers the rights to the franchise, owned by Paramount, which broadcasts it on its cable channel Comedy Central, for a large sum: 500 million dollars.

If the major pulled out the checkbook, it's for a good reason.

This contract should allow it to supply the future streaming platform, HBO Max, which it intends to launch in…

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