{"id":5512,"date":"2025-02-16T17:25:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-16T17:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/youtube-tv-keeps-paramount-content\/"},"modified":"2025-02-16T17:25:15","modified_gmt":"2025-02-16T17:25:15","slug":"youtube-tv-keeps-paramount-content","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/youtube-tv-keeps-paramount-content\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube TV keeps Paramount content"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following warnings that Paramount content was on the verge of being removed from Google&#8217;s pay TV service, YouTube TV, the two companies announced late on Saturday that they had reached a deal, thereby avoiding any disruption to channel availability.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the announcements did not provide many details about the agreement, a statement from a Paramount spokesperson revealed that it includes &#8220;an expanded streaming relationship.&#8221; This means that YouTube Primetime Channels will continue to offer Paramount+ With Showtime and BET+ as add-ons, and Google will also have &#8220;the right to make Paramount+ available to qualifying YouTube TV customers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">YouTube TV has previously been involved in high-profile contract disputes with media companies, <a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/12\/20\/youtube-tv-settles-its-contract-dispute-with-disney-credits-customers-15\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">including Disney<\/a>. In its own announcement, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/blog.youtube\/inside-youtube\/youtube-tv-and-paramount-programming-update\/\" target=\"_blank\">Google stated<\/a>, &#8220;We are pleased to announce that we have reached a deal to continue carrying Paramount channels, including CBS, CBS Sports, Nickelodeon, and more&#8230; We appreciate our subscribers&#8217; patience while we negotiated on their behalf.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The company had earlier warned that all Paramount content, including CBS and CBS Sports, would be removed from YouTube TV on February 13. However, a short-term deadline extension was granted when the companies appeared to be close to reaching an agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the time, Google stated that it was &#8220;fighting for an agreement that avoids passing along additional costs and offers subscribers more flexibility in how they watch their favorite sports and shows.&#8221; (Pay TV providers have reportedly been <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hollywoodreporter.com\/business\/digital\/paramount-youtube-tv-new-carriage-deal-avoid-blackout-1236137958\/\" target=\"_blank\">seeking more flexible ways to bundle channels<\/a>, particularly at the basic tiers of their services.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, Paramount&#8217;s co-CEOs, George Cheeks, Chris McCarthy, and Brian Robbins, sent an internal memo to employees describing Google as &#8220;unwilling to agree to reasonable terms consistent with the market, choosing to jeopardize the entertainment experience at the expense of consumers.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The CEOs stated, &#8220;The reality is, you cannot have a successful video product without Paramount, one of the leading media families in TV viewing.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/02\/16\/youtube-tv-reaches-new-deal-to-keep-paramount-content\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Source Link<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following warnings that Paramount content was on the verge of being removed from Google&#8217;s pay TV service, YouTube TV, the two companies announced late on Saturday that they had reached&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5513,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[103,1541,888,1542],"class_list":["post-5512","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news","tag-google","tag-paramount","tag-youtube","tag-youtube-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2025\/02\/GettyImages-1184040131.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5512"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5512\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5512"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5512"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fusionmindlabs.com\/blogs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5512"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}