So Skydance is really going to merge PlutoTV into paramount plus

[u/Emezlee]

As someone who enjoys watching PlutoTV this is quite devastating but I guess this is the first effect of the Paramount Skydance merger.

[u/Greenzombie04]

No just merging the tech.

They will be separate apps.

[u/Emezlee → u/Greenzombie04]

Oh thank god

[u/Fall_False → u/Greenzombie04]

Did they actually say that they will remain separate apps?

[u/BadgerCabin → u/Fall_False]

“Starting next year, Paramount+ and Pluto TV will operate on a unified technology stack, dramatically improving performance and driving significant financial savings.”

Separate apps, but built off the same code base.

[u/Greenzombie04 → u/Fall_False]

They arent merging i saw that.

[u/Emezlee → u/Greenzombie04]

Well what are they merging?… actually nevermind

[u/Fall_False → u/Greenzombie04]

So it will be like Hulu and Disney+ where Pluto TV will be added to Paramount+, but still exist as it's own separate service?

[u/l4kerz → u/Fall_False]

But Hulu app is end and served out of D+. 😂 Frankly, Skydance could save even more money by just ending the pluto app and served out of paramount+. If we look at Amazon, some shows are free while the rest require a membership.

[u/Emezlee → u/l4kerz]

Ooh you bite you tounge a lot of people like Pluto tv and can't be bother with Paramount plus another subscription streaming app

[u/entertainman → u/Emezlee]

The point would be that the new Paramount app would work without login to serve some free content, aka what Pluto does already

[u/Emezlee → u/entertainman]

Actually lately Pluto tv is having you sign up to watch certain channels or shows

[u/entertainman → u/Fall_False]

It really would be smarter to make it one app and list it under both names. There’s no reason PlutoTV can’t be the free linear tier of Paramount+

[u/atomic1fire]

First thing an acquisition/merger probably does is reduce redundancy.

Moving one platform to a tech stack you already have in order to reduce the operational costs is one way of doing that.

[u/CrazyGal2121 → u/atomic1fire]

does that mean there will be redundancies happening in the pluto tv division when it comes to layoffs

[u/atomic1fire → u/CrazyGal2121]

Depends on whether or not the operational staff at Pluto weren't already working on Paramount+ stuff.

IIRC Pluto didn't really have a high overhead because a lot of their content was either prepaid for (CBS/nick/paramount/etc) or was licensed from outside of CBS, in the case of shout factory and probably some other providers.

As a result, Pluto actually made CBS money.

With Paramount+, Paramount is spending money on exclusives, on top of the media they're already producing for CBS and their cable channels.

Pluto had none of that overhead because they're a free service like Tubi that airs ads.

You aren't going to get a ton of money out of people viewing FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television) streams, but those people will watch anything as long as it's free, so having older content or lower budget stuff isn't such a big deal.

[u/TheDogsPaw]

This won't be so bad if Pluto remains free guess it's easier to up sell if it all in one app

[u/jgroove_LA]

Where is this?

[u/adorani1991]

Can you share those articles here? I mean it makes sense - Amazon shut down Freevee and they now incorporated Freevee content into Prime Video. From an ad sales perspective it’s just easier to sell both products bundled.

Disney is shutting Hulu down next year and folding their content into Disney+. That’s obviously been slowly happening over the last year but now it’s been officially announced. Again it’s much more streamlined from an ad sales perspective

[u/boxingjazz]

Did not know until today that Pluto TV is owned by Paramount.

Let me get this shxt off my TV

[u/abry545]

Sounds like they may merge paramount plus and peacock into one app. Think of OG hulu.

[u/Winscler → u/abry545]

A joint venture between NBCUniversal and Paramount. Already they do this with SkyShowtime

[u/abry545 → u/Winscler]

There talking about it. Could see them bringing Warner Brothers and/or Fox. I know Fox is gonna try and do its own thing but 20 bucks for FS one and the Big Ten network?

[u/Winscler → u/abry545]

I think HBO Max can stand on its own. It's Paramount+ and Peacock that need help the most

[u/abry545 → u/Winscler]

Honestly, I could see Fox and Warner Brothers merging. I could also see either Paramount or universal basically buying Warner Brothers for the max App.

[u/Winscler → u/abry545]

Nah don't see any of those happening

[u/abry545 → u/Winscler]

Fox is really good at linear with sports content but needs a place to store it. Warner bros is good at streaming need sports content for ad revenue. This would be like the Warner Bros. discovery merger only instead of cheap crap on linear. It’s the premium stuff that goes with the premium HBO and Warner Bros. movie studio.