Paramount+ Review
Streaming for Trekkies and sports fans alike
THE BOTTOM LINE
Paramount+ offers popular original shows and live sports at a reasonable price, but you must pay for its most expensive tier to enjoy the best features, including access to Showtime content.
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Video streaming services are so prevalent now that it’s atypical for a media conglomerate not to offer one. CBS All Access existed before the market exploded, and Paramount+ is its replacement. In fact, it’s so vital to the company’s future that ViacomCBS rebranded itself as “Paramount Global.” Paramount+ offers a unique combination of on-demand streaming shows and movies, alongside live sports. You can even now enjoy Showtime as part of your subscription. However, the service restricts its best features (local CBS channel streams, 4K streaming, and offline downloads on mobile devices) to premium subscribers, and needs more streaming originals to compete with top rivals.
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What Can You Watch on Paramount+?
If you are familiar with CBS All Access, then you will know much of what to expect with Paramount+. The service’s content breaks down into two main content buckets: on-demand content (network shows, originals, and movies) and live streams (news and sports). The on-demand series come courtesy of all the channels that Paramount Global owns, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, and Smithsonian Channel.
