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Canal+ launches streaming platform in Czech, Slovakia

Canal+ Group has expanded its presence in the Czech Republic and Slovakia with the launch of a new streaming platform under the Canal+ brand. After the introduction of Canal+ Sport channel in August 2022 to host Premier League football, and Canal+ Action just recently in these two countries, Canal+ has now launched a content offer […]

April 28, 2023

Paramount+ expands Korean originals slate

Paramount+ has announced the expansion of its global Korean originals slate, revealing two new series A Bloody Lucky Day and Queen Woo will launch exclusively on the service in the UK, US, Canada, Australia, Latin America, Brazil, Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Both series will be available on TVING in South Korea and mark […]

April 20, 2023

Paramount+ partners with F1

Paramount+, the streaming service from Paramount, and Formula 1 have announced an official promotional partnership for the 2023-2024 season, marking the first of its kind partnership for the sport. With the deal, Paramount+ becomes an Official Partner of Formula 1. The partnership will see the streamer’s content offering come to life at Formula 1 events, […]

April 12, 2023

Channel 5 commissions Who Let The Kids Out?

Channel 5 has commissioned MGM Alternative UK to make a new two-part series exploring what happens when kids are unleashed into the world without parental supervision, it announced today. The series, Who Let the Kids Out? (w/t), looks at what various groups of children – between 9 and 10 years of age – get up to when encountering a plethora of […]

April 4, 2023

Paramount+ looks to international for growth

Paramount+ will commission 150 non-US originals by 2025, EVP and international general manager Marco Nobili told Series Mania. The streamer, launched in March 2021, claims it has achieved an “impressive” global rollout into 45 markets. “Streaming is a game you have to play at scale” says Nobili, who defends the hybrid development approach, balancing D2C […]

March 23, 2023From Pascale Paoli-Lebailly in Paris

Research: Consumers welcome FAST services

Christian Kurz, SVP, Global Streaming Research and Insights at Paramount, has revealed findings from a new research study on free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) that uncovers what is behind the rapid growth of the category, with audiences emphasising simplicity, ease of use and good content. Speaking at the Connected TV World Summit in London, Kurz […]

March 23, 2023Colin Mann @ Connected TV World Summit

Paramount+ LatAm mobile-only subscription plan

SVoD service Paramount+ is to launch the ‘Basic Plan’ in Latin America, its first-ever mobile-only streaming subscription plan. Launching April 18th in Brazil and Mexico, what Paramount describes as a “competitively-priced” plan will enable subscribers to stream the service’s catalogue of entertainment on one mobile device or tablet at a time, uninterrupted and without ads. […]

March 16, 2023By Colin Mann

Paramount, Cloudfare, Dolby.io and more join SRT Alliance

Haivision, a provider of mission-critical, real-time video networking and visual collaboration solutions, has announced that the SRT (Secure Reliable Transport) protocol has garnered much support within the broadcast and streaming industries, with over 600 solution and service providers joining the SRT Alliance within six years. The latest members of the SRT Alliance include Paramount, Cloudflare, […]

March 9, 2023

Paramount selling BET?

Paramount Global is considering the sale of a majority stake in BET Media Group, which includes the BET cable network, BET Studios and VH1, according to Reuters. BET drew expressions of interest from Byron Allen, whose Allen Media Group’s assets include The Weather Channel. Tyler Perry, the actor and producer best known for the Madea […]

March 7, 2023

Forecast: LatAm OTT revenues at $16bn by 2028

OTT TV episode and movie revenues for 19 Latin American countries will increase by $7 billion (€6.6bn) between 2022 and 2028 to reach $16 billion, according to the Latin America OTT TV and Video Forecasts report from analyst firm Digital TV Research. AVoD and SVoD will each add $3 billion over this period. SVoD will […]

March 6, 2023