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While that amount wouldn’t pour into the market all in one year, it would bulk up buyout spending over the medium term.

Discovery, a proposed merger that would unite two of Hollywood’s original film studios and bulk up Paramount by adding the HBO Max streaming service, a larger portfolio of cable channels, pioneering cable news service CNN and the historic Warner Bros. studio lot in Burbank.

A potential deal would bulk up Comcast’s footprint in Europe, where it already owns pay-TV operator Sky, and leave British broadcaster ITV focused on its studios operations.

Analysts say the company's rich library, stocked with franchises that include Harry Potter, Lord of the Rings and Looney Tunes, makes it attractive for firms looking to bulk up their online streaming catalogues.

Some administration officials had previously questioned whether the U.S. could afford to sell the submarines to Australia when Washington is trying to bulk up its own fleet.