CBS All Access relaunches under Paramount Plus brand
ViacomCBS on Thursday officially lifted the curtain on its newest streaming service 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.
ViacomCBS on Thursday officially lifted the curtain on its newest streaming service Paramount Plus.
Paramount Plus will expand its library this summer with titles from premium movie channel Epix.
A special deal brings the first year cost of Paramount Plus to $30 with ads or $50 without.
ViacomCBS says its newest streaming TV service Paramount Plus will launch in the United States and Latin America on March 4.
Content from the niche streaming services will eventually be offered in Paramount Plus next year.
The streaming service will remain separate from ad-supported Pluto TV and will inherit sports rights from CBS All Access.
ViacomCBS say they’re not worried about offering Comedy Central programming to rival services.
ViacomCBS has tapped the co-founder and chief executive of its free streaming service Pluto TV to oversee streaming initiatives across the entire company.
CBS All Access, one of three direct-to-consumer streaming services offered by the company, will relaunch next year as Paramount Plus.