Pluto TV, the FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) service, has made its debut in Canada, streaming more than 20,000 hours of free programming. This marks Pluto TV’s most robust content at launch offering to-date, introducing a lineup of over 110 thematic and single-series channels curated from a library containing thousands of titles from Paramount and […]

Paramount and Virgin Media have announced a multi-year distribution agreement, extending their existing long-term partnership across Paramount’s streaming services and linear channels in the UK. The renewed partnership will see SVoD service Paramount+ debut on Virgin TV in 2023. Full app integration on Virgin Media’s set-top boxes will offer customers the opportunity to access more […]

Pluto TV, the free streaming television service, has announced a partnership with Mondo TV Studios, part of Mondo TV Group, a European producer and distributor of animated content. The deal will see a number of titles from the Mondo TV library to Pluto TV in Italy and across various markets in Latin America, including Argentina, […]

Over a quarter (25.8 per cent) of Spaniards say that they never, or rarely, watch linear TV.A report titiled Nuevos hábitos de consumo y la eficacia de la publicidad, by Appinio and Apache Digital, concludes that almost a quarter of Spaniards prefer to watch their favourite content on demand through streaming apps and websites, or […]

Paramount Global and media and content company Corus Entertainment have confirmed that FAST (free ad-supported streaming television) service Pluto TV will debut in Canada on December 1st. The pair say the service will debut with its most robust content offering at launch to-date, with more than 100 unique, curated channels and over 20,000 hours of […]

Chefclub, the food-themed entertainment brand, and FAST service Pluto TV have announced the launch of a standalone Chefclub channel in France. Philippe Larribau-Lavigne, Paramount’s Country Manager for France, commented: “We are very happy to launch Chefclub on Pluto TV. Cooking and lifestyle are popular genres among our audience and Chefclub’s world-renowned brand and content will […]

Pluto TV, the free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service, 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, with channels catered to […]

Disney closing most of its channels in Western Europe and Sony Pictures selling its UK and CEE operations are two examples illustrating the diversion of traditional TV players away from linear and towards other forms of distribution, including in particular the launch of direct-to-consumer OTT services. But Dataxis asks: is this the only way forward […]

In 2021, the Latino-American advertising market attracted investments of $14.22 billion (€13.35bn), according to Dataxis. Although the figure meant a recovery of 34.5 per cent compared to the fateful 2020, it was slightly below the 2019 record. The digital format replaced television as the leading advertising vehicle for the first time. The amount of spending […]

Pluto TV, a Paramount company and FAST service, has announced a partnership with Têtu, the LGBTQ+ media brand in France and in the French-speaking world. The companies said that the partnership, which brings the Têtu brand to streaming for the first time, reflects their “shared mission to foster diversity and inclusion through the power of […]