ViacomCBS International Studios and Wattpad Webtoon Studios, the global entertainment and publishing arm for Webtoon and Wattpad, have announced a global partnership to source emerging content and creatives from around the world to develop a slate of original series based on hit Wattpad and Webtoon stories. Under the deal, Wattpad Webtoon Studios and ViacomCBS International […]
VIS Social Impact, the cause-driven production division of ViacomCBS International Studios, Pedro Almodóvar’s production company El Deseo, and Mogambo have announced the co-production of new documentary series Not a Bride. To be executive produced and narrated by award-winning Spanish actress Penélope Cruz and written and directed by Dario Troiani (Violet, Kalebegiak, A.W.), the series (4×30) […]
ViacomCBS Networks International and Nordic Entertainment Group (NENT) have announced a partnership to bring Pluto TV to Sweden, Denmark and Norway in 2022. The service will combine ViacomCBS’ free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) service with the biggest pan-Nordic ApOD platform Viafree. NENT Group will serve as the platform’s leading advertising sales partner. Pluto TV will […]
Luxembourg-based M7 Group, owned by Canal+ Group, has concluded new HD satellite capacity agreements for its 1 degree West platform with respectively RTL Hungary, ViacomCBS and Network4/Viasat World. The agreement with RTL Hungary facilitates the satellite distribution of RTL+ in HD quality. This also allows Hungarian football fans to enjoy live matches and highlights of […]
ViacomCBS has revealed that its streaming service, Paramount+, experienced its most successful week ever, adding more than one million new subscribers and setting a new record for total signups since its rebrand in the US. The service also set new records for most hours streamed and highest level of subscriber engagement. The successful week was […]
ViacomCBS and Twitter have confirmed a multi-year global agreement to deliver premium digital content around ViacomCBS’s biggest live events, hit shows and iconic franchises from the company’s portfolio of entertainment, news and sports brands, including BET, CBS Television Network, CBS News, CBS Sports, Channel 5, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Network 10, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network and […]
The celebrated concert film, Oasis Knebworth 1996, is set to air on MTV and Paramount+ later this November. Paramount+ subscribers in the US, Latin America, Australia, the Nordics and Canada will be able to watch the film on November 25th, and in the UK when the service launches there next year. Fans outside these markets […]
A good performance from its streaming services, Paramount+ and Pluto TV, has boosted otherwise lacklustre ViacomCBS quarterly results. Streaming income passed forecasts and were up 13 per cent to $6.61 billion (€5.7bn) for the quarter. The group added 4.3 million streaming subscribers for a total of nearly 47 million, a YoY increase of 79 per […]
Tubular Labs, a specialist in global social video intelligence and measurement, has announced the rollout of gross rating points (GRPs) for all non-perishable videos on Facebook and YouTube channels. The scoring system offers customers the ability to better plan and measure the viewership for content against target audiences and compare the performance of channels across […]
In a transaction that will bolster ViacomCBS Networks International’s studio production capabilities and complement its portfolio of production assets in Latin America, the ViacomCBS unit has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire a majority stake in the acclaimed Spanish language content producer, Fox TeleColombia & Estudios TeleMexico from The Walt Disney Company and the […]