Three years after acquiring Time Warner and refashioning itself as a modern media entertainment company, AT&T is changing course and going back to its past.
The company, which had envisioned competing with the likes of Google, Facebook and Amazon, is spinning off HBO, CNN, Warner Bros. and other content creators to form a new standalone company with Discovery Inc.
Discovery is best known for reality shows on HGTV and the Food Network, and it has a growing global audience. Together, the companies will have the No. 1 TV studio, the No. 2 movie studio, premium sports rights in the U.S. and abroad, and a library with over 200,000 hours of video, from âGame of Thronesâ to â90 Day Fiance.â