Some Sky customers to get Paramount Plus for free
ViacomCBS and Comcast’s Sky Group have signed a pact that will see Sky Q users get first bite at Paramount Plus.
Sky Group
Sky Group is a European mass media company that is owned by American telecommunications giant Comcast. The company operates three satellite television services — Sky UK, Sky Italia (Italy) and Sky Deutschland (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) — as well as the Now TV streaming service in the United Kingdom.
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Sky customers getting Disney Plus later this month
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BSkyB confirms “preliminary” talks to acquire Sky Deutschland, Sky Italia from 21st Century Fox
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