Tag: ViacomCBS
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Paramount+ Will Have 30,000+ Episodes at Launch, 36 Original Series This Year
During today’s streaming event, ViacomCBS shared more details about the upcoming rebranding of CBS All Access to Paramount+. Here’s what we’re learning about the streaming service. ViacomCBS’ Shari Redstone said “This is not your father’s Viacom, and it’s not my father’s either. This is a Viacom that’s been reimagined for a new kind of marketplace…
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CBS All Access and Showtime Subscriptions Up 71% Ahead of Paramount+ Launch
In today’s Q4 earnings report, ViacomCBS shared growth across its streaming service portfolio, including an 80% increase in monthly active users for the free streaming service Pluto TV and a 71% increase year over year for CBS All Access and Showtime. CBS All Access will rebrand as Paramount+ next week in the US and Latin…
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Pluto TV Reaches 43 Million Monthly Active Users Globally
ViacomCBS reported its Q4 earnings today, showing growth across its streaming assets. Pluto TV, the company’s free streaming service, has reached 43 million monthly active users globally, an 80% increase year over year. Domestically, Pluto TV saw 30.1 million monthly active users, a 34% increase year over year. ViacomCBS reports that user engagement for the…
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Nickelodeon’s NFL Game Broadcast Was the Network’s Most-Watched Program in 4 Years
Over the weekend, CBS Sports pulled a new trick and aired Sunday’s NFL wild-card game on Nickelodeon. But they didn’t leave it at that. The game had animations show up on the screen to make it more interesting for kids, including funny filters of hamburgers floating above players’ heads, clouds beneath their feet, and green…
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ViacomCBS Renews Agreements with Sinclair, Keeping Local Stations on CBS All Access
ViacomCBS and Sinclair announced today multi-year agreements for 13 Sinclair-owned CBS stations. The 13 markets combined reach about 5% of the U.S. audience serving nearly six million television households. With the agreement, Sinclair-owned affiliate stations will continue to be available for CBS All Access subscribers in the markets those stations cover. The agreement includes renewals…
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Hulu with Live Adds 14 Channels in Expanded Deal with ViacomCBS
ViacomCBS announced today a new agreement with Hulu today that will bring more content from ViacomCBS’ portfolio of brands to Hulu with Live TV. The multi-year deal will allow Hulu to continue carrying its current CBS channels including CBS Sports, Pop TV, Smithsonian Channel, and CW, and current Viacom channels including premium subscriptions for Showtime.…
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ViacomCBS Will Shut Down Some Smaller Streaming Services Ahead of Paramount+ Launch
While ViacomCBS used its Q3 earnings call to talk about the success of its current streaming apps, including CBS All Access and Pluto TV, and excitement for the rebranded Paramount+ app, the company also shared that not all of its streaming assets will live on after Paramount+ launches. ViacomCBS shared that it will be shutting…
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Pluto TV Reaches 28.4 Million Monthly Active Users in the US
In its quarterly earnings release today, ViacomCBS announced that its free streaming service, Pluto TV, has reached 28.4 domestic million monthly active users. That number is up 57% year over year. The ad supported streaming service also more than doubled it advertising revenue in Q3. Globally, Pluto TV continues to grow as well. Pluto YV…
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ViacomCBS ‘On Track’ to Launch Paramount+ in Early 2021, Shows Streaming Growth
ViacomCBS today reported its third quarter results, sharing that its streaming and digital video revenue was up 56% year over year, reaching $636 million in Q3. After completing a merger in December 2019, the company focused on its streaming services – Pluto TV, CBS All Access, and Showtime – now commenting that the “the combined…
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NBC and ViacomCBS Join Discovery in Expressing Concern Over T-Mobile Content Distribution
Earlier today, Discovery CEO David Zaslav mentioned during the company’s Q3 earnings call that he took issue with the way T-Mobile designed the channel lineups for its new streaming services. Zaslav was “very surprised” to see Discovery owned channels on the Vibe plan but missing from the TVision Live plans. ViacomCBS followed suit, saying that…