Paramount Plus
Paramount Plus (stylized as Paramount+) is a streaming television service owned and operated by Paramount Global. The service replaced CBS All Access, which originally launched in 2014.
Paramount Plus offers television shows from the libraries of BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Smithsonian Channel and VH1 along with movies from Paramount Pictures. It also carries licensed content from third party distributors.
Paramount Plus costs $6 a month with advertisements or $10 a month without advertisements, and offers a free trial for new and returning customers.
Paramount grows revenue 2 percent during Q1; Paramount Plus adds 2 million customers
Paramount's streaming and studio businesses offset ongoing losses in its traditional TV media unit during Q1.
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Parks Associates: Combined Paramount-WBD will reach half of U.S. broadband households
The combined platform scale would rival competing streaming products offered by Netflix, Amazon and Disney, which have stronger broadband reach.
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Warner Bros shareholders approve acquisition by Paramount
The deal still faces potential regulatory hurdles from federal and state officials.
Ampere: Streaming movies have fewer ads than episodic TV series
TV shows have a higher ad load per minute of content viewed compared to moves across popular streaming apps and services, according to Ampere Analysis.
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Paramount Plus to absorb BET Plus after company buys out Tyler Perry
BET shows will move to the BET Hub on Paramount Plus, expanding their reach to the platform’s global audience.
Hub: Sports fans still frustrated by broadcast, streaming TV deals
Fragmented media rights deals force viewers to navigate multiple apps and subscriptions to follow a single sport or team.
Paramount CEO says Paramount Plus, HBO Max will merge
CEO David Ellison indicated Paramount Plus’ technology could power the unified platform, with HBO Max content folded into a single streaming stack.
Paramount earnings weighed by legal, programming costs in 2025
Paramount Global swung to a quarterly loss and posted sharply lower profit during 2025 due to programming and legal costs.
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Ampere: Netflix investment in premium sports paying off
Live events generated 60 percent of major streaming acquisition spikes, led overwhelmingly by sports.
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Nielsen: Streaming chips away at broadcast lead during Christmas month
Streaming platforms continued to chip away at broadcast and cable television's lead in terms of time spent with TV platforms during December.
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Nielsen: TV usage skyrockets in November, YouTube share flat
Americans watched more than 100 billion minutes of TV in November, driven by Thanksgiving NFL games and strong broadcast viewership.
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Paramount makes $78 billion hostile bid for Warner Bros Discovery
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, is part of a consortium backing Paramount Skydance's offer for all of Warner Bros Discovery.