NEW YORK — Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. is takinglegalactionagainst Paramount Global, stating its rival aired brand-new episodes of the popular animated funny series “South Park” after Warner paid for special rights.
Warner states it signed a agreement in 2019 paying more than $500 million for the rights to existing and brand-new episodes of the profane program, according to a suit submitted Friday in New York State Supreme Court.
HBO Max, Warner’s streaming platform, was setup to get the veryfirst episodes of a brand-new “South Park” season in2020 But the business was notified the pandemic halted production, the claim states.
In spite of Warner’s special rights to the program upuntil 2025, the business declares South Park Digital Studios, which produces the reveals and is called as a accused in the suit, used 2 pandemic-themed specials to Paramount, which aired them in September 2020 an