Damian Lewis ua Bobby Axelrod nyob rau hauv thawj series "BILLIONS" tawm ntawm Showtime.
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Paramount Ntiaj teb no Tus thawj coj David Nevins, uas tau khiav qhov hwm network Showtime txij li xyoo 2016, tau tawm hauv lub tuam txhab thaum kawg ntawm lub xyoo.
Nrog rau nws txoj kev tawm mus, Paramount Global tab tom hloov kho Showtime nyob rau hauv txoj hauv kev uas tuaj yeem muab lub tuam txhab hloov pauv kom ua tau zoo kawg Showtime raws li nws tau muaj nyob rau ntau xyoo - raws li kev ywj pheej hwm cable network churning tawm lub koob npe nrov xws li "Dexter," "Nroj tsuag," "Billions. , "Homeland" thiab "Yellowjackets."
Paramount Global tau tshaj tawm rau hnub Thursday tias nws tab tom txav Showtime lub network lag luam nyob rau hauv kev coj noj coj ua ntawm Chris McCarthy, uas khiav lwm cov kab sib txuas xws li MTV thiab Comedy Central, thiab cov kev pabcuam streaming hauv qab Tom Ryan, uas khiav Paramount Streaming.
Cov kev txav tuaj yeem tuaj raws li lub tuam txhab tab tom xav txog lub tswv yim ntawm kev sib koom ua ke Showtime rau hauv Paramount + thiab siv lub network ntaus programming rau roj Paramount + kev tso npe, raws li cov neeg paub txog qhov teeb meem. Lub tuam txhab lub hom phiaj yog kom Paramount + yog ib qho ntawm tsib qhov kev pabcuam streaming thoob ntiaj teb, nrog rau Warner Bros. Kev Tshawb NrhiavLub HBO Max, Amazon's Prime Video, Netflix thiab Disney+, hais cov neeg, thov kom tsis txhob muaj npe vim kev sib tham yog ntiag tug.
Tsis muaj kev txiav txim siab txog Showtime yav tom ntej tau ua, thiab tsis muaj kev hloov pauv yuav tshwm sim, cov neeg hais.
"Peb ib txwm tshawb nrhiav cov kev xaiv los ua kom muaj txiaj ntsig zoo ntawm peb cov ntsiab lus peev los ntawm kev muab cov neeg siv khoom nkag mus rau cov ntsiab lus tseem ceeb - suav nrog cov cim, kev nthuav dav thiab cov ntsiab lus hwm ntawm Showtime - hla ib qho ntawm cov kev pabcuam thiab cov platforms, "tus kws tshaj lij Paramount Global tau hais.
"Qhov kev hloov pauv no kuj tau muab sijhawm rau peb los ua kom zoo dua peb cov studios, tes hauj lwm thiab kev ua haujlwm streaming thaum peb ua raws li peb lub zeem muag thiab lub tswv yim rau yav tom ntej," Tus Thawj Coj Thawj Coj Bob Bakish tau hais hauv nqe lus.
Showtime's hazy yav tom ntej
Paramount + muaj 43.3 lab tus neeg siv thoob ntiaj teb thiab cia siab tias yuav ntaus 100 lab los ntawm 2024. Lub tuam txhab tsis tau piav qhia nws cov naj npawb ntawm Showtime cov neeg siv khoom tab sis kawg tshaj tawm txog 64 lab tus neeg siv khoom thoob plaws tag nrho nws cov kev pabcuam streaming - Paramount +, Showtime, nug, BET + thiab lwm yam khoom me me. Bakish thiab hais ua ntej xyoo no tias Showtime poob 500,000 tus neeg siv khoom hauv thawj peb lub hlis twg vim ntau lab tus tib neeg tshem tawm cov nyiaj them TV txhua xyoo.
Paramount Global tshaj tawm kev txhawb nqa hauv lub Yim Hli, tso cai rau Paramount + cov neeg siv los saib Showtime cov ntsiab lus hauv Paramount + app rau $ 7.99 ib hlis nrog kev tshaj tawm lossis $ 12.99 ib hlis tsis muaj kev tshaj tawm. Qhov kev thov ntawd yog thawj kauj ruam mus rau qhov muaj peev xwm ua Showtime ib pobzeb hauv Paramount +, tag nrho kev sib koom ua ke ntawm ob qhov kev pabcuam, cov neeg hais.
Ib qho kev cuam tshuam rau kev thawb Showtime ua ke nrog Paramount + yog cov ntawv cog lus them nyiaj TV uas twb muaj lawm. The Wall Street Journal tshaj tawm lub hli tas los uas Paramount tau tham yooj yim kaw lub standalone Showtime network nrog tsawg kawg yog ib tug them-TV tus khub.
Lwm lub tswv yim nyob rau hauv kev txiav txim siab los ntawm Paramount Global cov thawj coj yog txav Paramount + thawj thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab mus rau Showtime, ua kom Showtime ua ib daim iav rau Paramount + cov ntsiab lus uas tsis tshwm sim hauv lwm lub TV network, ob tus neeg hais. Qhov ntawd tuaj yeem txhawb nqa cov chaw them nyiaj TV, uas tuaj yeem kho tus nqi tiv thaiv cov khoom lag luam streaming sib koom ua ke.
Showtime lub peev xwm hloov mus rau hauv Paramount + qhia txog qhov sib txawv loj dua hauv kev tshaj tawm thiab kev lom zem. HBO, Starz, Showtime thiab Epix - hwm cable tes hauj lwm uas tau muaj ntev los ua cov add-ons rau cov cable yooj yim - tsis muaj qhov ntsuas kom muaj sia nyob tiv thaiv cov kev pabcuam streaming loj tshaj plaws. Yog li ntawd, lawv tab tom nrhiav txoj hauv kev ntxiv cov ntsiab lus thiab nthuav dav lawv cov neeg tuaj saib. HBO cov ntsiab lus yog featured ntawm HBO Max, uas yuav ua ke nrog Discovery + xyoo tom ntej. Starz tab tom nrhiav kev sib cais los ntawm Lionsgate yog li nws tuaj yeem muaj peev xwm sib koom ua ke nrog lwm tus neeg muab kev pabcuam kom nce qib.
Kev tshem tawm Showtime raws li ib qho chaw ywj pheej kuj tseem tuaj nrog kev txuag nqi los ntawm kev txo qis hauv lub taub hau, xws li Nevins tawm mus, thiab thev naus laus zis thiab kev lag luam luam theej tawm.
Saib: CNBC qhov kev sib tham tag nrho nrog Paramount Global CEO Bob Bakish
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.cnbc.com/2022/10/06/showtime-paramount-streaming-merger.html