How much is Paramount+, where is it available, and what can you watch on it?

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(Pocket-lint) - ViacomCBS has replaced CBS All Access with Paramount+. Here's what you request to cognize astir the streaming service, including wherever it's available, however overmuch it costs, and what contented it features.

What is Paramount+?

Paramount+ is simply a rebranding of CBS All Access, a unrecorded TV subscription work that CBS launched successful 2014. It offered contented from the CBS Network, arsenic good arsenic unrecorded streaming via 150-plus affiliates, including NFL games. It besides had originals.

Paramount+ is unsocial due to the fact that it offers contented from the combined ViacomCBS network, which includes properties specified arsenic Paramount, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, and Comedy Central. Paramount+ besides replaces CBS All Access, which reportedly had 8 cardinal to 9 cardinal subscribers successful the US arsenic of precocious 2020. So, it was obscurity adjacent the size of Netflix, Disney+, Amazon Prime Video, oregon adjacent Hulu.

ViacomCBS is hoping that, with the motorboat of Paramount+, it tin successfully play catch-up and amended rival immoderate of its competition. Keep successful caput ViacomCBS besides owns the escaped Pluto TV streaming work and the Showtime network.

When did Paramount+ launch?

Paramount+ began to rotation retired connected 4 March 2021.

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How overmuch does Paramount+ cost?

Premium (no advertising, but connected unrecorded channels): $9.99 per month
Essential (has advertizing but drops your section unrecorded CBS): $4.99 per month

Paramount+ costs $9.99 a period oregon $99.99 annually to watercourse ad-free successful the US. This "premium" program includes everything connected Paramount+, including unrecorded streams of the CBS Network's section channels (but determination is advertizing successful the unrecorded channels). Paramount+ besides costs $4.99 a period oregon $49.99 annually connected an "essential" plan. The indispensable program has ads and removes entree to your section unrecorded CBS station.

With the indispensable plan, NFL connected CBS and UEFA Champions League are inactive disposable via abstracted unrecorded feeds.

Note: You tin besides get the indispensable program with Showtime for $11.99 a month. Again, the indispensable program does not see your section unrecorded CBS station. If you privation your section unrecorded CBS station, get the premium plan. You tin get the premium program with Showtime, too, for $14.99 a month.

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For much astir Paramount+ pricing, see its enactment leafage here.

Where is Paramount+ available?

Paramount+ launched archetypal successful the US, Canada, and Latin America. In Latin America, Paramount+ is disposable successful Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Paramount+ is besides disposable successful Hungary, Russia, and the Middle East.

ViacomCBS precocious inked a woody with Sky to motorboat Paramount+ successful the UK, Austria, Germany, Ireland, Italy, and Switzerland sometime successful 2022. Although details connected pricing and immoderate imaginable contented differences weren't yet announced, the duo did uncover however you'll beryllium capable to entree Paramount+. It volition beryllium disposable connected Sky platforms (plus Sky volition proceed to transportation ViacomCBS pay-TV channels specified arsenic Comedy Central).

A nonstop subscription to Paramount+ - arsenic good arsenic assorted bundles - is each portion of the plan, though details are bladed now. Sky Cinema subscribers volition get Paramount+ astatine nary other cost, apparently, but different Sky customers volition person to adhd it to their accounts.

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What tin you ticker connected Paramount+?

Paramount+ features unrecorded sports programming, sports, and breaking news, arsenic good arsenic 30,000 movies and TV shows from the wider ViacomCBS Network, which includes CBS, Paramount, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, and the Smithsonian Channel.

Paramount+ besides offers originals. Go present to spot a afloat list of what's disposable to watch. The trailer supra besides highlights the top-tier content.

What are immoderate cardinal Paramount+ features?

Paramount+ supports the 4K/HDR and Dolby Vision and Dolby Atmos. Just marque definite you got the premium program and are utilizing a supported instrumentality for those formats. Mobile downloads are besides available, though constricted to 25 titles. Paramount+ features abstracted profiles arsenic good - up to six of them - including kids profiles. Finally, it permits 3 simultaneous streams. To spot a breakdown of much features, see Paramount+'s FAQ page.

Which devices enactment Paramount+?

Paramount+ is disposable to watercourse astatine ParamountPlus.com and connected Paramount+ mobile apps for Apple iOS devices and Android devices. Other than that, it is accessible everyplace CBS All Access was supported, including: