Paramount Streaming
Streaming service division of Paramount Global
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::summary Streaming service division of Paramount Global ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Paramount Streaming |
| logo | [[File:Paramount Streaming.svg |
| logo_size | 250px |
| type | Division |
| founded | |
| former_names | {{idp |
| hq_location_city | San Francisco, California |
| hq_location_country | United States |
| industry | {{flatlist |
| brands | {{Plainlist |
| services | Streaming |
| parent | {{idp |
| homepage | |
| footnotes | |
| :: |
| name = Paramount Streaming | logo = [[File:Paramount Streaming.svg|frameless|class=skin-invert]] | logo_size = 250px | image = | image_size = | type = Division | founded = | former_names = {{idp|
- CBS Digital Media (2005–2007)
- CBS Interactive, Inc. (2007–2021)
- ViacomCBS Streaming (2021–2022) | hq_location_city = San Francisco, California | hq_location_country = United States | key_people = | industry = {{flatlist|
- Streaming media
- video on demand | brands = {{Plainlist|
- Paramount+
- Pluto TV
- SkyShowtime (50%)
- Philo (JV)
- FuboTV (stake) | services = Streaming | parent = {{idp|
- Viacom (2005)
- CBS Corporation (2005–2019)
- Paramount Global (2019–2025)
- Paramount Skydance (2025–present) | homepage = | footnotes = Paramount Streaming (formerly CBS Digital Media, CBS Interactive, and ViacomCBS Streaming) is a division of Paramount Skydance that oversees the company's video streaming technology and direct-to-consumer services; including Pluto TV and Paramount+. It was founded in 2005, and Tom Ryan is the company's president and CEO.
History
As CBS Digital Media and CBS Interactive
The company was founded in 2005 as CBS Digital Media. In 2007, CBS Digital Media rebranded as CBS Interactive. On May 30, 2007, CBS Interactive acquired Last.fm for £140 million (US$280 million). On June 30, 2008, CNET Networks was acquired by CBS and the assets were merged into CBS Interactive, including Metacritic, GameSpot, TV.com, and Movietome.
On March 15, 2012, it was announced that CBS Interactive acquired video game-based website Giant Bomb and comic book-based website Comic Vine from Whiskey Media, who sold off their other remaining websites to BermanBraun. This occasion marked the return of video game journalist Jeff Gerstmann to the CBS Interactive division of video game websites, which includes GameSpot and GameFAQs, and has Gerstmann once again working directly with some of his former peers at GameSpot within the same building at the CBS Interactive headquarters.
On April 17, 2012, it was announced that Major League Gaming and CBS Interactive would be entering a partnership alongside Twitch to be the only exclusive online broadcaster of their Pro Circuit competitions, as well as for advertising representation.[[File:CBS Interactive Logo.svg|thumb|right|CBS Interactive logo (2016–2021)|166x166px]]
CBS Corp./Viacom re-merger and afterwards
On November 4, 2019, Variety reported that Jim Lanzone would be leaving the company after nine years to become an executive in residence at Benchmark Capital and would be succeeded by Marc DeBevoise.
CBS Interactive's parent CBS Corporation merged with sister company Viacom on December 4, 2019, forming ViacomCBS. On September 14, 2020, it was announced that Red Ventures would acquire the "CNET Media Group" from ViacomCBS for $500 million, which was finalized on October 30, 2020.
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After the divestment of the "CNET Media Group", CBS Interactive was dissolved after an organizational restructuring and renamed ViacomCBS Streaming in order to accelerate ViacomCBS direct-to-consumer streaming strategies. On March 4, 2021, ViacomCBS Streaming renamed CBS All Access to Paramount+, with additional streaming content and rebranding taking place at that time.
In late 2021, Comcast and ViacomCBS announced a partnership to launch a new streaming service in more than 20 European territories. SkyShowtime would replace already existing Paramount+ in the Nordics, Hungary, and Poland while launching a fully new service in Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Kosovo, Montenegro, Netherlands, North Macedonia, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Spain. ViacomCBS Streaming was renamed as Paramount Streaming, in-line with the rebranding of parent company ViacomCBS to Paramount Global in February 2022.
Properties
Some of the digital media properties under Paramount Streaming are:
- Paramount+
- Pluto TV
- 5 (streaming service)
- SkyShowtime (50%, joint-venture with Comcast)
- Philo (joint venture with A&E Networks, AMC Networks, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
- FuboTV (acquired an undisclosed stake in 2020)
Divested/defunct
- BNET
- Chowhound
- CNET
- Comic Vine
- Download.com
- GameFAQs
- GameRankings
- GameSpot
- Giant Bomb
- Metacritic
- MetroLyrics
- Noggin
- Nick+
- onGamers
- Radio.com
- TechRepublic
- TV.com
- TVGuide.com
- UrbanBaby
- ZDNet
Notes
References
References
- Spangler, Todd. (October 20, 2020). "ViacomCBS Streaming Shake-Up: Pluto TV's Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division, Marc DeBevoise Steps Down".
- Spangler, Todd. (2024-04-01). "Paramount Streaming CEO Tom Ryan on Pluto TV Turning 10, What's Next for Paramount+ and More: Streaming Biz Is 'Underestimated by the Market'".
- (May 30, 2007). "Music site Last.fm bought by CBS". [[BBC News]].
- (June 30, 2008). "CBS CORPORATION COMPLETES ACQUISITION OF CNET NETWORKS; MERGES OPERATIONS INTO NEW, EXPANDED CBS INTERACTIVE BUSINESS UNIT". CBS Corporation.
- [http://www.gamespot.com/news/giant-bomb-comic-vine-join-cbs-interactive-6366357 Giant Bomb, Comic Vine join CBS Interactive] {{Webarchive. link. (March 17, 2012 GameSpot.com)
- Kara Swisher. "BermanBraun Buys Most of Shelby Bonnie's Whiskey Media". [[AllThingsD]].
- "Major League Gaming Partners with CBS Interactive". Major League Gaming.
- Alex Wilhelm. (April 17, 2012). "CBS Takes Esports Big with Twitch.tv and MLG". The Next Web.
- (2019-11-04). "Marc DeBevoise Named CEO of CBS Interactive as Jim Lanzone Joins Benchmark Capital".
- Lunden, Ingrid. (September 14, 2020). "Red Ventures acquires CNET Media Group from ViacomCBS for $500M". TechCrunch.
- Spangler, Todd. (2020-09-14). "ViacomCBS Reaches Deal to Sell CNET for $500 Million to Marketing Firm Red Ventures".
- (2020-10-30). "Red Ventures Announces Closing of Acquisition of CNET Media Group".
- Casey, Henry T.. (March 5, 2021). "Paramount Plus price, apps, free trial, shows, movies and what you need to know".
- (February 15, 2022). "VIACOMCBS UNVEILS NEW COMPANY NAME, GLOBAL CONTENT SLATE AND INTERNATIONAL EXPANSION PLANS FOR PARAMOUNT+ AT INVESTOR EVENT". [[Paramount Global]].
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