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CBS to end cop drama ‘Blue Bloods’ after 14th season

Paramount-owned CBS is bringing the curtain down on cop drama Blue Bloods after 14 seasons. The show is produced by CBS Studios and will bow out with an 18-episode final season that will air in two chunks, one later this year and one in 2024. The series, which will also be available on Paramount+, follows […]

Amazon, ESPN & CBS strike multi-year deals for National Women’s Soccer League coverage

Women’s sport is achieving growing recognition and interest from major streamers and networks as Amazon-owned Prime Video, Disney sports channel ESPN and Paramount’s CBS Sports have all struck multi-year rights deals with the US National Women’s Soccer League (NWSL) for the upcoming 2024 season. Over the past few years, the National Women’s Soccer League has […]

Sky Witness & streamer Now enter ‘Fire Country’ following Paramount deal

Comcast-owned Sky Witness and sibling streamer Now in the UK have picked up rights to CBS drama Fire Country. The show, which debuted on CBS last year, will launch early 2024 on Sky and tells the story of a young convict who seeks redemption and a shortened prison sentence by joining a prison-release firefighting programme. […]

Paramount+ losses narrow as US studio unveils two new ‘Yellowstone’ franchises

Paramount Global narrowed losses from its streaming business to $238m in the latest quarter assisted by steady subscriber growth and cost reductions, while the US studio also unveiled a pair of new spin-offs from its Yellowstone franchise. The Bob Bakish-led company said subscribers of its Paramount+ service ticked up by 2.7 million in Q3 (July-September), […]

Paramount+ expands ‘branded hub’ strategy with Streamz in Belgium

Paramount Global is expanding its Paramount+ branded third-party partnership strategy with a deal in Belgium. The pact, which follows Paramount Global’s recent deal with Cosmote TV in Greece, will see Streamz create a Paramount+ branded area on their platform as part of a multi-year licensing deal. The agreement will include scripted shows, unscripted series and […]

Paramount+ axes remake of ‘Fatal Attraction’ & Kiefer Sutherland’s ‘Rabbit Hole’

Paramount+ has cancelled its remake of 1980s movie Fatal Attraction and its Kiefer Sutherland-starring espionage drama Rabbit Hole, both after just one season. The Fatal Attraction reboot, described at the time of its unveiling as a “reimagining” of the 1987 psychosexual thriller, was produced by Paramount Television Studios and Amblin Television. Dirty John’s Alexandra Cunningham […]

Paramount+ reveals premium & ad-supported roll-out in Australia, Canada & more

Paramount+ has unveiled plans for the international roll-out of its ad-supported and ‘premium’ tiers. The advertising tier will launch in Australia and Canada next year, but some countries including Mexico and Brazil will retain the ‘mobile’ tier instead, which launched in April. The premium subscription service launches in Australia, Canada, Brazil and Mexico on 16 […]

TBI Tech & Analysis: Tracking US studio streamer spending in 2023

Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD), NBCUniversal (NBCU) and Paramount all made the decision to fight back against Netflix in the global streaming marketplace, launching their own direct-to-consumer services. Omdia’s Tim Westcott reflects on how the studio fightback is going. After a mostly impressive start (Disney+ massively surpassing expectations after its launch in 2019, for one), […]