Warner Bros. Discovery is gearing up to split into two entities, Warner Bros., which will hold on to the movie studio and digital assets, and Discovery Global, which will house the cable assets including TNT Sports.
But luckily for sports fans, that split will come after Warner Bros. Discovery finishes airing one of its most important live sports properties of the year. According to CEO David Zaslav, speaking at a Goldman Sachs media conference on Wednesday, the company is anticipating to undergo the split in April 2026.
“We expect sometime in April that the companies will be split,” Zaslav told investors at a Goldman Sachs media conference, per Deadline. “Everything’s on track.”
Though Zaslav did not give an exact date, that timeline would seemingly lineup with the end of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament in the first week of April. TNT Sports will broadcast the Final Four and National Championship game this year as part of its rotation with CBS Sports.
Should that timeline hold true, some of the first major live sports properties to air on TNT Sports after the split occurs will be the Stanley Cup Playoffs which begin in late April, the French Open in May, and the NASCAR Cup Series in June.
Gunnar Wiedenfels, the current Warner Bros. Discovery CFO who will head Discovery Global after the split, has already indicated plans to launch a new streaming service that will include TNT Sports content. The new company plans to bundle the sports streamer with HBO Max, where TNT Sports properties are currently housed.
About Drew Lerner
Drew Lerner is a staff writer for Awful Announcing and an aspiring cable subscriber. He previously covered sports media for Sports Media Watch. Future beat writer for the Oasis reunion tour.