UK consumers will soon have another streaming service option, as Paramount Plus is officially set to come to the UK and Ireland on June 22. The UK launch of Paramount Plus has been in the works for a while but was recently confirmed in a press release.
Paramount Plus is the streaming service owned by Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS), offering a slate of original programming, Paramount, Viacom and CBS TV shows and movies and, for US subscribers, live access to their local CBS stations for those who sign up for the premium plan.
At launch, Paramount Plus UK will have more than 8,000 hours of content from Paramount Pictures, Showtime, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, as well as new seasons of Yellowstone. It will also have Paramount Plus originals, including the Yellowstone prequel series 1883, Star Trek original series like the new Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Halo, The Mayor of Kingstown, The Offer, The First Lady, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, The Man Who Fell to Earth and more.
The streaming service is also developing UK-produced originals. Already announced are dramas like The Blue, The Burning Girls, The Ex-Wife, Flatshare, A Gentleman in Moscow, Girl, Taken and Sexy Beast, as well as unscripted content like The Box, Chalet Girls, Fashion House, Haunted, LA Hairdressers, MH370: The Lost Flight, Pervert: Catching the Strip Search Caller and Rise of the Tech Giants.
"The addition of Paramount Plus to our strong portfolio of free-to-air, pay-TV and streaming services will broaden the range of choice available to our audiences in the UK and Ireland," said Maria Kyriacou, President, Australia, Canada, Israel and UK, Paramount. "Paramount Plus will be a one-stop destination for Paramount’s biggest brands, where fans of all ages can find exclusive original premium content, global hits, and discover a world of favorites from Paramount’s vast catalog."
Paramount Plus UK Key Info
- The price in the UK is £6.99 per month/£69.90 per year.
- A seven-day Paramount Plus free trial is available.
- Paramount Plus is available online via the website as well as through the Paramount Plus app on mobile devices and on connected TV devices — Apple, Amazon, Google, Roku and Samsung.
The UK is just one part of Paramount Plus’ global expansion in 2022. Previously available in 26 markets, Paramount Plus is launching in South Korea (June TBD), with plans to begin service in Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and France in the second half of 2022. Paramount Global also announced that the streaming service will debut in India in 2023.
Also in the earnings call, Paramount Global shared that it had 62 million streaming subscribers worldwide at the end of March 2022, with about 40 million of those signed up for Paramount Plus, per The Hollywood Reporter. How will those numbers grow when the streaming service adds the UK and other European countries, which reportedly will give them access to more than 90 million homes?
