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Paramount Plus Will Bring ‘South Park’ Home

Paramount Plus will reunite with some of the biggest shows and movies from its parent company, including South Park and Showtime programming. But owner Paramount Global wouldn’t specify when — or even if — Yellowstone, the hit cowboy drama on the Paramount Network, would stream on Paramount Plus, where it is conspicuously absent in the …

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Paramount Plus Has 32.8M Members, Spilling Stats for the First Time

Paramount Plus had 32.8 million subscribers at the end of last year, parent company ViacomCBS said Tuesday, the first time it has ever broken out its subscriber base. Combined with other streaming services at the company, ViacomCBS has 56 million global streaming subscribers total.  For context, Paramount Plus’ membership is underneath that of market leader Netflix, at 221.8 million, and …

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Paramount Plus to Merge Showtime Content Into Single App

Paramount Plus and Showtime content will be available to stream in one app beginning this summer. ViacomCBS — now known as Paramount — announced the change Tuesday.  Paramount Plus has been part of the streaming wars along with Disney Plus, HBO Max, Apple TV Plus, Peacock, Discovery Plus and Netflix. As the competition for subscriber attention heats up, the service continues to roll out its growing slate of …

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Prime Day movie and streaming deals: 99

This story is part of Amazon Prime Day, CNET’s guide to everything you need to know and how to find the best deals. Amazon Prime Day is full of deals on new hardware like Roku and Fire TV streamers or Echo speakers and smart displays. But Prime Day always brings good deals on movies and books as well — including subscriptions …

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Paramount Plus rolls out its different cheaper tier without live CBS

Paramount Pluson Monday rolled out the new version of its ad-supported tier, which is a dollar cheaper per month but removes access to live CBS programming. It also offered a new extended free trial for either of its plans, giving people a month of free service rather than the standard week, starting Thursday.  The extended free period requires signing up …

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Paramount Plus’ $5 tier with ads (but not live CBS) to launch Monday

Paramount Plus’ tweaked version of its ad-supported tier — one that is a dollar cheaper per month than the current option but removes access to live CBS programming — will launch Monday, according to an FAQ on the streaming service’s help site.  Currently, Paramount Plus costs $10 a month or $100 annually to stream ad-free on a premium tier, or it’s $6 …

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March Madness Championship: How to stream Baylor vs. Gonzaga tonight on CBS

The early rounds of the 2021 NCAA men’s basketball tournament earned the name March Madness with a whirlwind of upsets and surprises. After a flurry of additional shocks in the Sweet Sixteen and Elite Eight, and a near miracle Saturday night in the Final Four, the stage is set for men’s basketball’s final game Monday night. As some bracket builders …

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Last chance to save 50% on a 1

If you happened to miss this year’s Super Bowl, you missed a staggering number of commercials for Paramount Plus, the new streaming service that launched March 4. It replaced CBS All Access, adding more shows, movies and live TV to that service’s roster. Read more: CNET’s Paramount Plus review Price tag: $6 a month or $60 annually for the Limited …

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9 great reads from CNET this week

The digital divide is a massive problem affecting millions of people — but if you only think about it that way, it can be abstract and overwhelming. It becomes a lot more real when you look at the individuals grappling with it day to day. Like Michelle in Scotland, anguishing over internet bills and her daughter’s online schooling. Like Jaqueline …

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Paramount Plus to cost $10 ad

Paramount Plus, a new streaming service replacing CBS All Access next week, will cost $10 a month to stream ad free on a premium tier when it launches March 4, and it will add a cheaper, $5-a-month “base” tier in June that is supported by advertising.  That cheaper tier marks a $1 discount to CBS All Access’ entry-level price, but this base …

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