Paramount+ (Formerly CBS All-Access)

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

On February 24th they will announce the content available on Paramount+

...and hopefully that will include an ad-supported "free" tier like Peacock.

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

Not gonna lie, it's beginning to be far too many streaming services now. Is it a good thing? Yeah, I'd say so, but who has time to watch all of them? Just realistically impossible.

Anyway, what'll be of TV considering all these streaming services?

Well, cable had upwards of 200+ channels, and its only been the past decade they've fallen out of favor with most of their users.

And the main reason for that is "why pay for 200 channels when I only watch 20?" Well, now you can pay for those 20 you want (apps instead of channels) and be done. This is as close as we're going to get to a-la-carte offerings.

[Lee A Stewart]

Originally Posted by tjritter79

...and hopefully that will include an ad-supported "free" tier like Peacock.

It won't. $5.99 for AVOD and $9.99 for SVOD - same as the CBS All Access pricing.

[Ryan1973]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

On February 24th they will announce the content available on Paramount+

Hopefully every season of Yellowstone is on there!

[fanboy100]

Originally Posted by Ryan1973

Hopefully every season of Yellowstone is on there!

good luck on that its on peacock, but idk how long that deal is

[Ryan1973]

Originally Posted by fanboy100

good luck on that its on peacock, but idk how long that deal is

Ya but you think it would be on Paramount Plus as well since Paramount owns it.

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by ps3bd_owner

Not gonna lie, it's beginning to be far too many streaming services now. Is it a good thing? Yeah, I'd say so, but who has time to watch all of them? Just realistically impossible.

Anyway, what'll be of TV considering all these streaming services?

This part of the industry is certainly getting more crowded, and all the major legacy brands have not even joined.

But really though, Sony doesn't have a serious option yet, let alone Lionsgate. And I haven't heard that either is that interested at this point either.

[LawnFurniture]

Gotta love these giant companies and their originality when it comes to naming their streaming platform.

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by LawnFurniture

Gotta love these giant companies and their originality when it comes to naming their streaming platform.

I take that to mean you're not interested in the recently-announced Blu-ray.com+ service?

[mysticwaterfall]

The only thing I've ever bothered to watch on CBS AA was the Star Trek shows, after they end there is nothing for me. Now, if they included next day commercial free access to say, Nick and other Viacom channels that would be different.

Right now the season's they have on there for a lot of the cable shows are 3 years behind, you can't even get the previous seasons like say, Disney+.

[JohnnyF]

Originally Posted by vertigop1ayer

This part of the industry is certainly getting more crowded, and all the major legacy brands have not even joined.

But really though, Sony doesn't have a serious option yet, let alone Lionsgate. And I haven't heard that either is that interested at this point either.

Sony did have Crackle and im pretty sure Lionsgate was a big investor in Epix.

[mulscul]

Originally Posted by Lee A Stewart

It won't. $5.99 for AVOD and $9.99 for SVOD - same as the CBS All Access pricing.

What about letting people with cable including showtime get it free, like hbo max is free for hbo subscribers

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by JohnnyF

Sony did have Crackle and im pretty sure Lionsgate was a big investor in Epix.

Sony did use to be more invested in Crackle, but they divested a few years ago and haven't seemed to make any public moves to get into streaming more seriously.

Lionsgate has Starz, which they could build a bigger streaming service around, though they too haven't indicated much interest in doing so.

I wouldn't be surprised if MGM (and Epix along with it) and/or AMC get scooped up by someone before long in order to build out a streaming library.

[steve_dave]

Originally Posted by mulscul

What about letting people with cable including showtime get it free, like hbo max is free for hbo subscribers

Showtime has it’s own app for cable/satellite logins, there is no Showtime content on CBS All-Access nor will there be when it becomes Paramount+.

You can’t log into Peacock or Hulu with a cable/satellite provider either.

[mulscul]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Showtime has it’s own app for cable/satellite logins, there is no Showtime content on CBS All-Access nor will there be when it becomes Paramount+.

You can’t log into Peacock or Hulu with a cable/satellite provider either.

yrah but I wouldnt expect those to be free with a cable subscription, even though peacock has a free option, but paramount owns showtime in some way so it would be nice if like hbo, a cable subscription to a paid service like showtime could be a login tier to paramount + just like HBO gets you free access to HBO Max

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by vertigop1ayer

This part of the industry is certainly getting more crowded, and all the major legacy brands have not even joined.

But really though, Sony doesn't have a serious option yet, let alone Lionsgate. And I haven't heard that either is that interested at this point either.

Sony just recently announced their own streaming service exclusively for Bravia XR TV's.

https://www.engadget.com/sony-bravo-...Z2iPhtbsWnTuv_

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by steve_dave

Showtime has it’s own app for cable/satellite logins, there is no Showtime content on CBS All-Access nor will there be when it becomes Paramount+.

You can’t log into Peacock or Hulu with a cable/satellite provider either.

Not true, Peacock has a "free" ad-supported tier, though they only offer half the content as opposed to Peacock premium (7,500 hrs compared to 15,000 hrs) that doesn't require "credentials". Ad-supported Premium is also "free" if you're a Comcast/Xfinity internet customer (normally another $5) and ad-free is $5 (normally $10). I've been using Peacock since the beta, but only recently abandoned the "flex" box and use my Apple TV 4K to access it now.

[vertigop1ayer]

Originally Posted by tjritter79

Sony just recently announced their own streaming service exclusively for Bravia XR TV's.

https://www.engadget.com/sony-bravo-...Z2iPhtbsWnTuv_

Yep I had seen that some days ago, although at this point it seems like a showcase more for their flagship Bravia products than a small intro of a serious streaming service. They could easily use the basic app and expand it though. We'll see!

[tjritter79]

Originally Posted by vertigop1ayer

Yep I had seen that some days ago, although at this point it seems like a showcase more for their flagship Bravia products than a small intro of a serious streaming service. They could easily use the basic app and expand it though. We'll see!

You'd have to think that Sony doesn't want to get "too far involved" regarding streaming, given the difficulties with PS Vue that closed up a yr ago. This is a way to keep their foot in the door so to speak. And like you said, expand upon it if it catches on. Maybe even perhaps include "Sony Movie Channel" if that's even still on (had it on DTV when I dropped it in '16). But you have to think Sony is looking at what Warner, Disney, Universal and Paramount are doing and ask "why not us?"

[JohnnyF]

Is anyone tracking the movies CBS all access has had available to cross check what Paramount has decided to release on blu? I know people have been doing so to compare HBO Max listings to future Warner Archive titles.

I ask because they’ve had a few movies in the recent months that have been released (Court Jester) and some that would be big news if they did decide to put them out (like some of the more obscure Miramax titles they’ve put up)