What to Know About the New Streaming Service Paramount Plus
Paramount Plus, ViacomCBS’s rebranding of its streaming platform, CBS All Access, is set to launch on March 4.
The current pricing plan includes two tiers with add-on options for a higher price. Right now, the price point is $5.99/month with ads and $9.99/month for a non-ad version.
Paramount Plus is 10$ a Month without ads
— TRAFON(s Backup Account) (@RiseFallNickBck) February 25, 2021
There is an option with ads for 5$ a Month, A pretty good price range given all the content they just announced. pic.twitter.com/hMBIuTAaWR
Later this year, in June, the price for an ad-supported Paramount Plus account will drop to $4.99/month and stay the same for the plans without ads (except in the case of live programming).
The $4.99/month plan does include sports programming but will exclude any local CBS stations. However, subscribers under the current CBS All Access plans will not be affected come June unless they cancel current subscriptions and sign-up for Paramount Plus after the streaming service launches.
Paramount plus looks great specifically bc they have Spongebob and new Avatar content
— Parkerr (@ChaseRamsey16) February 24, 2021
The $4.99/month plan includes more content than CBS All Access offered, but ViacomCBS can drop the price to make it more-market friendly by eliminating the local CBS stations.
On March 4, Paramount Plus premieres with over 30,000 television episodes and more than 2,000 films. These offerings are available through its cable networks brands like Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, Smithsonian Network, and MTV and production companies like MGM, Paramount Pictures, Epix, and Sony Pictures.
i’m so excited to watch rise of the tmnt on @paramountplus @ViacomCBS @Nickelodeon pic.twitter.com/NmtEg8ma0J
— samantha (@holymangos) March 2, 2021
In its first year, Paramount Plus plans on premiering 36 original series. As of February 26, ViacomCBS has announced reboots of Frasier, Rugrats, Criminal Minds, and iCarly in addition to new installments of the Avatar: The Last Airbender, Star Trek, Yellowstone, Beavis and Butthead, Workaholics, and Halo franchises.
Films like Top Gun: Maverick, A Quiet Place 2, and Mission Impossible 7 will be available for streaming within 45 days of their theatrical premieres.
ICarly reboot was all I needed to want to join Paramount plus, but now that Halos gonna be there, I am definitely going in on that
— Isaack the 3D Guy 🇵🇷 (@tackogamma) February 24, 2021
Other Paramount Plus content includes 60 Minutes Plus, projects from Amy Schumer and Kenya Burris, reality shows like Queens of the Universe, new seasons of The Challenge and Younger, and sports programmings like exclusive U.S. English-language soccer rights to matches from Concacaf, Argentina’s Liga Profesional de Fútbol, and Brazil’s Campeonato Brasileiro Série A.
On March 4, Paramount Plus subscribers can watch content from their iOS and Android mobile devices, the website, and Roku, Apple TV, and Fire TV players.
New Paramount Plus patrons can sign-up for the streaming service on their website or through third-party partners like Amazon, Google, and Apple.
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