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Paramount+ now on EE TV

EE has announced that the Paramount+ app is now available for EE TV Box Pro and EE TV Box Mini customers to access via the Apps rail on their device. Paramount+ offers hit movies, exclusive originals and iconic series across all genres from Paramount’s iconic brands and production studios, including CBS, Comedy Central, MTV Entertainment […]

December 2, 2024

Dexter: Original Sin on Paramount+ this December

Ahead of the highly anticipated prequel series, Dexter: Original Sin, streaming exclusively on Paramount+ from December 13th – in the UK, Canada, Australia, Latin America, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, and Austria – Paramount has revealed the first look trailer. The 10-episode drama series chronicles TV’s favourite serial killer in training.      Set in 1991 Miami, Dexter: Original Sin […]

November 28, 2024

UK original The Crow Girl coming to Paramount+

Paramount+ has released a first-look at the upcoming UK original series The Crow Girl. The six-part thriller is produced by Emmy-winning creative team Buccaneer (Irvine Welsh’s Crime, Marcella) and stars Eve Myles, Katherine Kelly, Dougray Scott and Elliot Edusah. An adaptation from Erik Axl Sund’s international best-selling novel of the same name, The Crow Girl is […]

November 27, 2024

Gracenote: Disney+ leads SVoDs for exclusive content

Gracenote, the content data business unit of Nielsen, has launched a new Data Hub providing insight into the current state of SVoD programming to identify global content trends and changes over time. Tapping Gracenote Global Video Data, a comprehensive database of TV show and movie information, the data visualisation graphically illustrates the current makeup of […]

November 13, 2024

The Road Trip on Paramount+ on Boxing Day

Paramount+ has announced that original series The Road Trip, from the makers of The Flatshare and based on the best-selling book by Beth O’Leary, will launch on the platform on December 26th 2024 in the UK, Canada and Australia. The Road Trip is a contemporary, emotionally complex romantic comedy about giving love another shot. Can someone […]

November 12, 2024

Paramount adds subs but not profit

Paramount Global posted mixed Q3 numbers as its TV and film divisions slipped, but there was solid subscription growth and profits for streaming service Paramount+. Revenues for Q3 were $6.73 billion (€6.26bn), down 6 per cent YoY. Adjusted OIBDA was up 20 per cent at $858 million. D2C revenue was a high spot, up 10 […]

November 8, 2024

Paramount+ launching new UK subscription tiers

Paramount+, the streaming service from Paramount, will launch two new subscription tiers in the UK and Ireland this November, as part of the ongoing strategy to offer customers a choice of pricing options. From November 20th, the ‘Basic (with ads)’ and ‘Premium’ plans will join the ‘Standard’ tier in the UK and Ireland. This will […]

November 7, 2024By Nik Roseveare

Paramount faces data class action

Paramount Global is facing a class action suit alleging it violated user privacy by tracking and sharing subscribers’ viewing history with Meta and TikTok for targeted advertising purposes. Filed in California federal court, the claim seeks at least $5 million in damages. The lawsuit claims that Paramount broke the Video Privacy Protection Act (VPPA), a […]

November 4, 2024

Paramount+ pop-up channel on WatchFree+

Vizio has announced its latest WatchFree+ pop-up channel in partnership with Paramount+. The FAST channel offers free access to select episodes of Paramount+ titles such as Tulsa King, Dexter, Frasier and Special Ops: Lioness, with interactive Content Connections driving viewers to its app, where they can access more entertainment. The pop-up has already generated hundreds […]

October 31, 2024

Analysis: Top 6 content providers account for 51% of spend

While recent market challenges have impacted the TV and Film production landscape, spending across the top six global content providers (Disney, Warner Bros Discovery, Paramount, Netflix, Comcast and Google) has grown since the pandemic. Ampere’s latest intelligence shows that spending across these groups will reach a new high in 2024 and account for 51 per […]

October 29, 2024