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Paramount's subscription streaming service, carrying film and television from the company's studios and networks.
Discovery Plus raised its ad-free plan from $9.99 to $11.99 a month, a week after Paramount closed its Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Existing subscribers see the new price from November 12, and whether the service stays standalone is still unanswered.
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David Ellison's Skydance closed its $110 billion takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery carrying roughly $80 billion of debt. The terms that cleared the deal leave staff and the overlap between HBO Max and Paramount+ as the likeliest sources of savings.
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Skydance's David Ellison plans to merge Paramount+ and HBO Max, a pairing he puts at over 200 million subscribers, now that the Warner Bros. deal has closed. The company says it carries roughly $80 billion of debt, so that scale has to turn into cash.
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Paramount Skydance closed its $110bn Warner Bros Discovery merger with $80bn of debt and a $6bn yearly savings target. Its settlement with US states covers films and news, while streaming prices and jobs stay its own call.
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David Ellison told Skydance staff that HBO Max and Paramount+, priced at $18.49 and $13.99 ad-free, will share one tech platform before becoming one app. A discounted bundle covers the interim while the merged service's name and price stay open.
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Skydance now owns Warner Bros and Paramount, cutting Hollywood's major studios from five to four and putting HBO, CBS and CNN under one owner. Writers and directors feel the lost buyer first, while cable distributors and streaming subscribers meet the combined company later.
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Shinsegae Group is putting $1 billion into Paramount Skydance's takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery as it seeks growth beyond retail. Every use it named is still a plan to explore, so the money buys equity now and franchise access only if later talks succeed.
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Paramount is set to close its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger on October 6 as Skydance, under a settlement requiring 30 theatrical films a year. Households paying for both HBO Max and Paramount+ keep two apps for now, with no announced price or date for the merged service.
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Paramount Skydance is readying new Paramount+ features to lift engagement and revenue as it finalizes its $110 billion Warner Bros. Discovery deal. Internal documents describe the free tier as a registration funnel meant to turn samplers into paying subscribers at a service struggling with churn.
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A new Shorts feature lets creators bundle episodes into seasons for sequential viewing. YouTube's product lead says the free-then-pay funnel can run on the platform's existing memberships product. The terms were not disclosed.
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