This is a David and Goliath story – with a twist. Almost exactly 15 years ago today the owner of Warner Bros. and HBO pushed back on Hollywood and Wall Street hype about a streaming upstart named Netflix.

Netflix’s purchase of Warner Bros. is about more than just building a content library.

Netflix plans to acquire certain assets of Warner Bros. for a total enterprise value of roughly $83 billion.

After a few marathon days of telephone and video calls, emails and text message chains, the $82.7 billion agreement for Netflix to buy Warner Bros. and HBO Max was clinched Thursday night around 10 p.

In order to step foot inside the project that Netflix views as a critical piece of its future, you have to walk through a vestige of its past. The streaming giant on Monday night christened its first Netflix House, a real-world, physical representation of ...