Pretty soon you’ll no longer need separate apps to binge Yellowjackets and The Good Fight: Paramount+ and Showtime are merging into one offering — sort of. While both platforms will continue to be sold and marketed as stand-alone services, their owner, ViacomCBS, said Tuesday that starting this summer, it will allow consumers to sign up for and access the combined offering of Showtime and P+ within the P+ app. The news was announced by ViacomCBS streaming president and CEO Tom Ryan at a virtual investor event, where a corporate name change to Paramount Global, or simply Paramount, was also announced.
Housing the two streaming platforms under one roof is something industry analysts have long suggested the company f.k.a. ViacomCBS consider, and it’s an idea it has been moving toward since…
