Tag: Paramount Global

Paramount Global has extended its partnership with VideoAmp for audience measurement amid an ongoing contract dispute with Nielsen. VideoAmp will continue providing demographic and advanced audience data for 40 million households. Paramount cites VideoAmp’s tools as key to making data-driven…

Paramount Global and Comcast have renewed their multiyear distribution agreements, ensuring continued access to Paramount’s networks like CBS, MTV, and Nickelodeon, along with streaming services such as Paramount+, Pluto TV, and BET+ for Xfinity subscribers. The deal also allows Comcast…

Skydance Media, Paramount Global, and National Amusements are defending their $8 billion merger against FCC petitions alleging foreign influence, ideological bias, and anticompetitive practices. They argue the claims are baseless and legally unfounded, emphasizing that Tencent’s minority stake in Skydance…

Paramount Global’s split from Nielsen has led to restricted access to its ratings data for advertisers, with Nielsen removing Paramount data from transactional files. Paramount now uses VideoAmp for audience measurement, despite discrepancies with Nielsen’s counts. The shift occurs amid…

Paramount Global is restructuring its distribution teams ahead of its 2025 merger with Skydance Media, integrating streaming and TV networks distribution. The move includes layoffs and follows broader cost-cutting efforts to save $500 million annually. Key executive Jeff Shultz will…

The Streaming Wars compiled key industry reactions to Comcast’s decision to spin off its cable networks, signaling a strategic pivot to streaming, broadcast, and sports. Analysts view the move as an acknowledgment of legacy cable's declining value amidst the collapse…

Nielsen CEO Karthik Rao addressed the firm’s contract dispute with Paramount Global, rejecting claims of "substantial price increases" and asserting that Paramount is seeking an unsustainable 50% price cut. Rao highlighted Nielsen’s investments in upgrading its measurement tools and emphasized…

Paramount Global reported its second consecutive quarterly profit in streaming, driven by a $49 million gain and 3.5 million new subscribers for Paramount+. Overall revenue fell 6% due to declines in the TV and film segments, with linear TV profits…

Shari Redstone will exit the Paramount Global board in 2025 once Skydance Media and RedBird Capital acquire her company, National Amusements Inc., and merge with Paramount. The new entity, temporarily named "New Pluto Global, Inc.," will have an 11-member board…

Paramount Global is facing a class action lawsuit in California for allegedly sharing subscribers' viewing history and personal information with Meta and TikTok to facilitate targeted advertising. The lawsuit, seeking at least $5 million in damages, claims this violates the…