Is Discovery Family trying to take the licensing rights for themselves forever?

[FirePuppy 735]

By the looks of what's happening now, it seems like Discovery Family is trying to take all the broadcasting and licensing rights for everything Friendship is Magic, Pony Life and Equestria Girls for themselves, despite cord cutting and streaming services now being the norm. In case you didn't know, all the My Little Pony G4 episodes, specials and films (except Pony Life, which was recently replaced by Littlest Pet Shop: A World of Our Own) have returned on the air as of July 2023 after not airing for a long time, depending on the season. Also, the Happy Birthday to You! video is one of only 4 out of all 15 to be removed from Netflix in 2021, probably because Hasbro ordered them to do so. This in turn is destroying our chance of seeing this generation on streaming.

I don't care about the company...

[quote]Comp: ...milking as much revenue as it can for G4 toys and products as they continue to sell them for the foreseeable future.[/quote]

If it keeps staying that way, Generation 4, Equestria Girls and Pony Life all may end up banned from streaming forever, and that isn't good.

Edited October 6, 2023 by FirePuppy

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1 hour ago, FirePuppy said:

This in turn is destroying our chance of seeing this generation on streaming.

Given the recent Discovery and Warner Bros. merger to create, well, Warner Bros. Discovery, there's also the slim chance of Discovery Family programming ending up on Max. Emphasis on slim, though, since WBD has been inconsistent with how they've been handling Cartoon Network shows on Max.