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New Paramount+ tiers for Germany, Switzerland, Austria

Paramount+, the streaming service from Paramount, has announced the upcoming launch of two new subscription tiers in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. Following the launch of Premium and Ad-Supported tiers in Canada, Australia, the UK and the Republic of Ireland (starting March 26th), the Premium plan will join the Standard plan in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. […]

March 24, 2025

Squid Game, Carry-On top Netflix H2 2024 Engagement Report

Netflix has released its latest Engagement Report sharing what subscribers watched on the streaming platform from July to December 2024. As announced in January, moving forward, Netflix will publish its bi-annual reports alongside its Q2 and Q4 earnings results. Introducing the report, Netflix said: “Engagement (i.e. time spent) is our best proxy for member joy. […]

February 27, 2025By Nik Roseveare

Moonbug releases first episodes of VeeFriends

VeeFriends, a new 2D-animated cartoon series produced by Moonbug Entertainment, a part of Candle Media, and VaynerWatt that’s based on the VeeFriends character universe, is set to premiere its first three episodes on VeeFriends YouTube Kids channel on September 30th. It’s Spongebob Squarepants meets Teen Titans Go, with just a splash of Sesame Street, as […]

September 30, 2024

The Union at Netflix #1

New action comedy, The Union, in which Halle Berry and Mark Wahlberg star as high school sweethearts reuniting to take on an international crime syndicate, debuted at #1 on Netflix’s English Films List with 33.1 million views, making it the platform’s most-watched title in the week commencing August 12th. The film, which marks the first […]

August 21, 2024

Second week for Saving Bikini Bottom at Netflix #1

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie remained at #1 on Netflix’s English Films List for a second week, with the film, produced by Nickelodeon Animation, racking up 13.4 million views in the week commencing August 5th. The adaptation of Holly Jackson’s best-selling series, A Good Girl’s Guide to Murder, starring Wednesday’s Emma Myers, solved […]

August 14, 2024

Saving Bikini Bottom at Netflix #1

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie, the animated film set in the iconic world of SpongeBob SquarePants, shored up 12.8 million views in the week commencing July 29th to land atop Netflix’s English Films List and was the most-watched title of the week. Find Me Falling, the romantic comedy starring Harry Connick Jr, claimed […]

August 7, 2024

Five entertaining games inspired by TV shows

A TV show is just a TV show. A game is just a game. Or so you might think, but that’s not the case at all. Some TV shows are so popular that they lead to the creation of games based on them. Fans just can’t get enough of them, so the makers create the […]

June 21, 2024

Paramount+ on Xbox

Paramount+ has announced a partnership with Microsoft to bring Paramount+ to Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S across several international markets. Xbox owners in the UK, Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latin America (including Brazil) and Switzerland can now access the SVoD service  via their Xbox consoles to stream a catalgoue of blockbuster […]

November 9, 2023By Nik Roseveare

Paramount+ sets UK launch date and pricing

Paramount+, the global streaming service from Paramount Global, will launch in the UK and Ireland on June 22nd. Paramount’s President & CEO, Bob Bakish, announced the international plans for the service as the company reported its Q1 earnings, and revealed that Paramount+ is close to 40 million subscribers in its active markets. Paramount+ will also […]

May 3, 2022

Pluto TV now on Xbox, PC

Pluto TV, a Paramount company, has announced that its free streaming service is now on Xbox Series X|S, Xbox One, and on PCs with Windows 10 or Windows 11. Users can now access the entire library of channels available directly from Pluto TV app in the UK, GSA, Italy and Latin America. The service will […]

March 31, 2022