Paramount+

Paramount+ is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Skydance. The service's content is drawn primarily from the libraries of various properties owned by Paramount Skydance, such as CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central, BET, the Smithsonian Channel, Showtime, and Paramount Pictures. It also shows original series and films, live streaming sports coverage, and in the United States, live streaming of local CBS television stations. Paramount+ was originally launched on October 28, 2014, by CBS Corporation as CBS All Access in the United States, initially focusing on the live streaming of CBS programming from its local affiliates, as well as on-demand access to CBS programs and library content. The service expanded into original programming in 2016. The service launched in Australia as 10 All Access in 2018, taking its name from Network 10, which was owned by CBS Corporation at the time, and consisted of a mixture between CBS and 10's programming. Paramount+ is one of the top ten most-subscribed video on demand streaming media service globally, with 81.6 million paid memberships. Following the 2019 merger of CBS Corporation with Viacom, content from Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and other Viacom brands was subsequently included, and in 2021, the service was renamed as Paramount+ on March 4, taking its name from Paramount Pictures, and was positioned as the flagship streaming venture of ViacomCBS, alongside Pluto TV and BET+. The service expanded into Australia, Latin America, and Europe. Paramount+ is a sister service to CBS News 24/7 and CBS Sports HQ, which are streaming services for CBS' news and sports divisions, free ad-supported streaming television service Pluto TV, which was acquired by Viacom nine months before completing its merger with CBS; and was also a sister service to BET+, which was operated by BET and Tyler Perry Studios, before...