Paramount shutting down its TV apps.

[Daikun]

Paramount is shutting down several of its streaming apps. MTV, Nick and Nick Jr., Comedy Central, Showtime, and Paramount Network will all be affected.

Comedy Central, MTV, Nick, Nick Jr. and Paramount Network TV Everywhere Apps Are Being Discontinued

The Comedy Central, MTV, Nick, Nick Jr. and Paramount Network TV Everywhere apps are all now in the process of being discontinued.

streamingbetter.com

 

[harry580]

I wonder if the noggin app is part of this too

 

[Frontier]

I'm not sure how I feel about this...

 

[Elijah Abrams]

At least this is a sign that Paramount+ will finally be doing next day premieres for shows on Nick, Nick Jr., Showtime, MTV, and Comedy Central.

 

[Moe]

At least this is a sign that Paramount+ will finally be doing next day premieres for shows on Nick, Nick Jr., Showtime, MTV, and Comedy Central.

but does require to have Paramount+ subscription?

 

[harry580]

I wonder if you wanted to watch something, you could have to watch shows from these apps on plutotv or paramount plus instead

 

[Moe]

I wonder if you wanted to watch something, you could have to watch shows from these apps on plutotv or paramount plus instead

Pluto TV is free to watch and good luck with trying watch recent shows on Pluto TV.

You would need access to linear TV's on-demand to watch new shows. Paramout+ is either extra add-on if you have cable/satellite or full streaming service if you are cord cutter.

Showtime on YouTube TV hasn't upgraded to include Paramount+ yet and neither are many cable and satellite TV as well.

 

[prpis]

Wonder if this will extend one day to shutting down the cable channels…

 

[Moe]

Wonder if this will extend one day to shutting down the cable channels…

Paramount Global is less inclined to close cable channels anytime soon, unlike Comcast and Disney did close numbers of channels.

 

[LinusFan303]

I said this in the Nick[.]com page, but this is also what's happening to showtime's app too. There are problems with this.

1). Paramount didn't or hasn't so far made it where you can sign in with your cable sign in, even if it's just for showtime payers, so that's a paywall.

2) Now I have Comcast, they have a Roku app, some Pay TV companies don't have any TV apps, eg: Fios. So if you used the Nick app or something on that then well those users are losing out.


3) They don't have next day or same day on Paramount Plus for the Nick networks, (Disney Channel doesn't have that either, they have some other stranger arrangement going on) and it takes them 720 years to get things from Nick TV to Paramount Plus already (I'm not using literal time). I don't have faith that they will change that.

So I really think they should have kept the Nick and Nick Jr. apps especially since those are kids channels and navigating a cable company app might be clunky. I can understand MTV , Paramount Network, and Comedy Central's going way, but the Nick networks is a bad move. Even more it's really dumb to actively make things worse for the people still willing to pay to watch their channels.

 

[Mandouga]

Wonder if this will extend one day to shutting down the cable channels…

I don't think so…


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[JMTV]

I wonder if the noggin app is part of this too

This article beg to differ.

Noggin will cut the ribbon on its Nogginville world next month

EXCLUSIVE: Nickelodeon's ad-free streaming app for preschoolers is launching its first

kidscreen.com

 

[PinkieLopBun]

I didn't really have much use for the Nick app anyway after they removed Xfinity as a provider you could sign in with (although I just looked and they apparently added it back at some point).

 

[Moe]

I didn't really have much use for the Nick app anyway after they removed Xfinity as a provider you could sign in with (although I just looked and they apparently added it back at some point).

Do you still have access to on-demand service via cable box?

I wonder if the noggin app is part of this too

I'm with JMTV and you have to remember that Noggin is premium service so you have to subscribe their service if you want watch their contents since shows on Paramount Network, Comedy Central, Nick are free if you have cable subscription that is not case with Noggin.

 

[LinusFan303]

I didn't really have much use for the Nick app anyway after they removed Xfinity as a provider you could sign in with (although I just looked and they apparently added it back at some point).

Yep, they added it back last year.

 

[Goldstar!]

Sounds to me like Paramount is trying to get more people to subscribe to Paramount+.

 

[Moe]

Sounds to me like Paramount is trying to get more people to subscribe to Paramount+.

I cancelled Paramount+ since I'm waiting to see Paramount goes Max style to include access to Paramount+ to customers who have Showtime subscription with cable/satellite/IPTV.

 

[Daikun]

Showtime is rebranding.

 

[Mandouga]

So it's officially official. I had heard about this some time ago, but I had thought that the Showtime channels were just going to be called Showtime after all.

Anyway, let me see...

Paramount+ with Showtime
Paramount+ with Showtime 2
Paramount+ with Showcase
Paramount+ with Showtime x BET
Paramount+ with Showtime Extreme
Paramount+ with Showtime Family Zone
Paramount+ with Showtime NEXT
Paramount+ with Showtime Women

Maybe I'm missing something here, but I don't see how this is going to work. Unless only the original Showtime channel is going to be called by the new name?...

 

[Francisque]

Agreed, silly ideas by the "streaming first" obsession companies and advertisers have, including how to ruin established brands.
Things like that happen often

You could still have P+ content on Showtime without that messy long branding, Paramount
As if cross promotions aren't already there