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Paramount shares dive 28% as streaming losses grow, despite subs gains

Paramount Global has seen its share price drop more than 28% after the US media giant posted a $1.12bn revenue decline in the first quarter, with streaming losses growing. The downturn in overall revenue contrasts sharply with the $441m gain reported in the same quarter in 2022 and comes after the company was hit by […]

Paramount Global’s programming chief for streaming Tanya Giles to exit

Paramount Global’s chief programming officer for streaming Tanya Giles is to exit after almost three decades with the company. Giles had previously been general manager of MTV Entertainment Group before taking up her most recent role in June 2021, which saw her overseeing content for its global streaming operations including Paramount+ and Pluto TV. She […]

Exclusive: MIPTV unveils more details of new FAST summit set to debut in April

MIPTV organiser RX France has unveiled further details around its recently revealed FAST “channel summit” set to debut in April, with execs from Pluto TV, Samsung TVPlus, Fremantle and Vevo among confirmed speakers. The new strand – titled FAST & Global – was unveiled earlier this year and aims to tap into the surging interest […]

Tech & Analysis: How US streamers are doubling down on Spanish-language shows

US-based streamers are doubling-down on Spanish-language content and making significant investments over recent years. Ahead of Content Americas, Mark Layton tracks developments via exclusive findings from our research partner, Omdia. Spanish-language TV content was relatively under-represented on the major US OTT video services back in 2020 but this is beginning to change – and fast. […]

Pluto TV & Mondo TV Studios ink Italy & Lat Am content deal

Paramount-owned AVOD service Pluto TV has struck a deal with Spanish producer and distributor Mondo TV Studios to bring several series to the streamer. The multi-territory agreement will see content landing on Pluto TV in Italy and across various markets in Latin America, including Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Peru, and Uruguay. Titles already available […]

Paramount rejigs international as JC Acosta steps down with ‘immediate effect’

Paramount’s president of international studios, streaming & networks in Southern Europe, Latin America, Middle East and Africa has left the company. JC Acosta had held a far-reaching role with oversight across Paramount’s operations in Italy, Spain, Portugal and France, as well as all of Lat Am and MENA. He worked on the roll-out of Yellowstone and Star Trek streamer Paramount+, FAST […]

Pluto TV hires Magine, TV4 alum to oversee Nordic deals

Paramount’s FAST streaming service Pluto TV has hired a former TV4 Sweden exec to work across its acquisitions activity. Annica Lindeberg took up the role of senior manager for content partnerships at Pluto’s Stockholm office last month, with a remit to create the service’s acquisitions strategy for the Nordic region. She will also work closely with […]

Quintus Studios hires Pluto TV programming exec as head of operations

German factual distributor and AVOD operator Quintus Studios has hired Pluto TV exec David Woodford as head of operations. Based in the company’s Berlin headquarters, Woodford will be responsible for the “cross-platform and geographic optimisation” of Quintus Studios’ content, as well as workflow management across the business. He previously served as director of programming for […]

Paramount’s Pluto TV strikes Sony deal to expand channel offering

Paramount’s FAST unit Pluto TV has launched four new channels in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television (SPT). The multi-territory agreement brings SPT content to Pluto TV across Europe and the UK. The new channels operate on Pluto TV across Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the UK. Audiences in the UK, Italy and Spain will […]