# Who does Skydance Corporation pay? Who are its key suppliers?
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**Citable summary**: Skydance Corporation's confirmed suppliers/cost counterparties include TKO Group Holdings, Inc. plus 1 undisclosed/aggregate relationship. Per the valuechain.wiki graph: 2 cost edges, backed by 5 dated sources, 2 of them primary filings (as of 2026-10-20).

### 워너브러더스 디스커버리 (high)  → /warner-bros-discovery.md
- metric: Amount $78B · closing 2026-10-06 · Aggregate WBD common-stock merger consideration, excluding assumed debt
- note: Skydance completed the WBD acquisition on October 6, 2026. Aggregate common-share consideration was about $78 billion, distinct from enterprise value including debt.
- [confirms] EBN (KO, news, published 2026-10-12) https://www.ebn.co.kr/news/articleView.html?idxno=1727247: "EBN confirms the October 6 acquisition close and name change."
- [confirms] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EN, filing, published 2026-10-06) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1437107/000119312526415055/d200872d8k.htm: "WBD became wholly owned by Skydance; aggregate share consideration was approximately $78 billion."
- [confirms] Skydance Investor Relations (EN, ir, published 2026-10-06) https://ir.paramount.com/node/73476/pdf: "Skydance Corporation ... announced the completion of its acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc."

### TKO 그룹 홀딩스 (high)  → /tko-group-holdings.md
- metric: Amount 1,100,000,000 USD/year · 2026-2032 average · Average annual value of exclusive U.S. UFC rights
- note: Exclusive U.S. UFC rights run seven years from 2026; the $7.7 billion contract averages $1.1 billion annually and is back-end weighted.
- [confirms] UFC Korea (KO, ir, published 2025-10-31) https://kr.ufc.com/news/palamaunteu-pateuneosibui-hwagjang: "Paramount+ secured exclusive U.S. UFC event rights beginning in 2026."
- [confirms] Axios (EN, analysis, published 2025-08-12) https://www.axios.com/newsletters/axios-media-trends-9a6ba010-76b8-11f0-be75-29f1f25b7ac5: "Axios reported $7.7 billion over seven years for UFC U.S. rights."
- [confirms] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EN, filing, published 2025-08-11) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1973266/000119312525177480/d432978dex991.htm: "The UFC U.S. media-rights agreement totals $7.7 billion over seven years."

### NFL (high)
- note: CBS and Paramount+ pay for NFL broadcast rights. No counterparty-specific amount is assigned without a verified current filing.
- [confirms] U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (EN, filing, published 2026-08-04) https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/2041610/000204161026000054/psky-20260630.htm: "Content costs include amortization of acquired program rights."
- [confirms] NFL (EN, ir, published 2021-03-18) https://www.nfl.com/news/nfl-announces-new-broadcast-deals-running-through-2033-season: "The NFL granted CBS Sunday AFC rights and Paramount+ simulcast rights."

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