ViacomCBS has appointed Raffaele Annecchino to become president and CEO at its international division, replacing David Lynn who is leaving the company after 24 years. Annecchino becomes president & CEO of ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI), effective immediately. He reports into ViacomCBS president & CEO Bob Bakish and succeeds Lynn, who will depart the company following a […]
Pluto TV expands in Lat Am ViacomCBS has rolled its AVOD service Pluto TV into Brazil. It offers 27 channels, including three pop-up services specially developed for year-end and Christmas, that offer curated content in Portuguese, with a further three channels launching next week. By the end of 2021, the service aims to have more […]
Insight TV heads to Pluto TV UHD broadcaster Insight TV has launched three of its channels on ViacomCBS-owned AVOD Pluto TV in the UK and Germany as both continue their accelerated growth. The millennial-focused broadcaster has brought three of its channels to the service: lifestyle channel Insight TV; action-focused channel InTrouble; and science/technology/knowledge channel InWonder. […]
ViacomCBS is to shut down its smaller legacy streamers, such as MTV Hits, whose content will be added to its upcoming premium service Paramount+, amid a surge in subscribers for its existing SVOD and AVOD platforms. The decision was revealed in the company’s Q3 earnings report and comes as the US media giant prepares to […]
ViacomCBS is overhauling its global streaming operations, with Pluto TV’s CEO Tom Ryan appointed at the head of a new-look structure and several senior execs leaving as a result. Ryan, whose AVOD streamer Pluto TV was acquired by Viacom for $340m in January 2019 prior to the US media giant’s merger with CBS, will become […]
ViacomCBS Networks International (VCNI) has restructured its AVOD and SVOD operations into a new division and appointed Olivier Jollet – previously MD of Europe for Pluto TV – to head it up. Jollett, who joined ad-supported streamer Pluto TV in 2016 prior to its $340m acquisition by Viacom last year, becomes SVP of emerging business […]
ViacomCBS-owned AVOD streamer Pluto TV will be rolled out in Brazil from December, the media giant has said. The service will launch across all mobile, web and connected TV streaming devices with 24 channels including: Pluto TV Cine Sucessos, Pluto TV Cine Comédia, Pluto TV Cine Drama, Pluto TV Cine Terror, Pluto TV Séries, Pluto […]
Amazon extends ‘Hunters’ for second season Amazon Studios has ordered a second season of conspiracy thriller Hunters. The drama, fronted by actor Al Pacino, follows a group of Nazi hunters living in 1970s New York, who have discovered that hundreds of high-ranking Nazis are living in hiding in the US and conspiring to create a Fourth […]
ViacomCBS-owned AVOD service Pluto TV has added two new “theme-specific” channels – Secret Dealers and Crime Investigation Australia – to its portfolio, bringing the total numbers of channels on offer to 101 in the UK. Secret Dealers is dedicated to broadcasting the game show of the same name, originally produced by RDF Television West for […]
Almost a third of distributors believe advertising-funded (AVOD) streamers could become buyers of first window and exclusive rights to finished programming, according to the findings from a newly released survey. The Future Of TV Program Rights In An On-Demand World report, produced by analysts at TBI sibling Omdia, found that 32% of respondents believe AVOD […]
