Tag: Paramount Plus
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Paramount Has Massive Costs Like $2 Billion in NFL Rights Coming in 2024, S&P Warns
Paramount, more than any other media company, faces big financial questions and lots of pressure going into 2024. That’s according to Naveen Sarma, managing director and sector lead for the U.S. media and telecom sectors for S&P, who spoke at the UBS investor conference on Tuesday, according to Deadline. Sarma laid out the case for…
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The Cost of Cable TV Could Be Going Up Because Of Streaming Services Thanks to Spectrum, Paramount, and Disney
When Disney and Charter struck a new agreement to bring Disney+ to Spectrum cable customers, it set a new precedent for how traditional pay-TV and streaming services could be bundled together. But it could also open the door to higher costs for cable TV customers. This is clearly a new structure that Charter wants to…
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Nearly Three-Quarters of Millennials Subscribe to a Streaming Service Just For Their Kids, Study Says. Do You?
If you’re a parent, you would do anything for your kids. That includes subscribing for a streaming service that you may not even like, for their sake. That’s especially the case for millennials. A study conducted by market research firm Samba TV found that 73% of millennials subscribe to a streaming service for just their…
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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem Hits Paramount+
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles’ latest adventure, the film Mutant Mayhem, arrives on Paramount+ on Tuesday. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem marks a new interpretation of the Heroes in a Half Shell, and utilizes a distinct art style which has drawn comparisons to Spider-Man’s Spider-Verse films. The film centers on the quartet as they…
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Netflix, Max, Disney+ or Hulu: Which Streaming Service Cancels the Most TV Shows?
Netflix has a reputation for axing TV shows after two or three seasons, often to the dismay of fans. But, surprisingly, the streaming service isn’t the worst offender — by a long shot. That’s according to a study conducted by research firm Luminate in partnership with Variety, which counted up the number of cancellations over…
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How the Cable TV Bundle Could Return in Streaming Form
The rise of cord cutting and streaming services meant consumers finally breaking away from the once-hated cable bundle. But if Warner Bros. Discovery CEO David Zaslav is right, that bundle might return in a new, but familiar, way. Zaslav, who spoke during the Goldman Sachs Communacopia + Technology conference on Wednesday, didn’t directly address the…
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CBS & Paramount+ To Air Tribute Special Honoring Legendary Game Show Host Bob Barker Thursday
Bob Barker, the iconic game show host, will be remembered during a one-hour special called The Price is Right: A Tribute To Bob Barker, on Thursday, August 31 at 8 p.m. ET. The broadcast will air again on Labor Day during the game show’s regular weekly time slot at 11 a.m. ET., according to Deadline.…
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Pluto TV CEO Will Head ViacomCBS Streaming, Including Paramount Plus
ViacomCBS is restructuring its streaming business, naming Tom Ryan, CEO of Pluto TV, president and CEO of ViacomCBS Streaming. In the new role, Ryan will oversee CBS All Access which will rebrand to Paramount Plus in 2021, along with the company’s free streaming service Pluto TV. Ryan will replace Marc DeBevoise as he steps down…
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The HBO Max ‘Grease’ Spinoff is Moving to Paramount Plus
Last year, HBO Max ordered a straight-to-series Grease spinoff based on the original John Travolta and Olivia Newton-John film from 1978. Now Paramount+ has snagged the series for its own and made some changes along the way. The new ViacomCBS streamer has rebranded the film as Grease: Rise of The Pink Ladies, changing it from…