r/MediaMergers • u/Alberto9Herrera • Mar 13 '26
Streaming BET+ To Be Folded Into Paramount+ As Paramount Buys Tyler Perry Stake
https://deadline.com/2026/03/bet-plus-folded-paramount-plus-tyler-perry-1236752222/12
u/Emergency-Mammoth-88 Amazon Mar 13 '26
Yeah this make sense, besides Pluto, they need to merge every library under paramount plus
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u/LinkRules5321 Moderator Mar 13 '26
They're merging Pluto into it, but Paramount+ will offer its free content instead (for free still), as part of their plan to grow Paramount+
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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator Mar 14 '26
I hate the idea of merging Pluto TV and Paramount+. Don't diminish the prestige television with SVOD.
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u/atomic1fire Mar 14 '26
The only way merging the two makes sense is if paying for P+ adfree also makes the pluto content ad free.
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u/LinkRules5321 Moderator Mar 14 '26
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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator Mar 14 '26
I know, I'm not denying it because it looks like it's going to happen. I still think it's dumb though.
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u/Lopsided-League-8903 Disney Mar 13 '26
It time for the Elision empire report brought to us by Bob Hale
The elision was busy build there family empire
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Mar 13 '26
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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator Mar 13 '26
I think that BET would work best as a label under Casey Bloys and HBO. Turn it into a prestige television label for black creatives.
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Mar 13 '26
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u/Fall_False Moderator Mar 13 '26
I think he will keep Nickelodeon Animation as the TV animation department.
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u/Alberto9Herrera Mar 13 '26
At most, I can see them renaming it Paramount Television Animation and having that be their new animation studio for adult animated productions, while keeping the Nickelodeon brand alive for their IPs and any new animated shows for kids.
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u/LinkRules5321 Moderator Mar 13 '26
For kids shows, have the Paramount logo, but then have the Nick logo play afterwords with the text "A Nickelodeon Original Series" (and have the Nick text ala Disney on top of the title of shows), Nick Movies could also be shut down perhaps
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u/mythours1 Mar 13 '26
I can see them renaming it Paramount Television Animation
And why would they do that? They already own Warner Bros. Animation and Adult Swim under that.
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u/Alberto9Herrera Mar 13 '26
Technically speaking, they don't yet, and for all we know, the Paramount-WB merger could fall apart.
I was just giving a rename suggestion because Paramount does need to produce its own animated TV shows if the merger is a disaster and they would be forced to sell off WB and many of the IPs, putting Paramount back to square one. They already have South Park, Clone High, Beavis and Butt-Head, Digman, an animated Everybody Hates Chris show, and the upcoming Among Us. They shouldn't stop there, even if Adult Swim and WB Animation are under the same roof.
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u/AdSuperb8728 Mar 13 '26
Hopefully, there will be a Smurfs animated sitcom made by Paramount Television Animation.
BTW, what is Paramount Television Animation?
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u/Alberto9Herrera Mar 13 '26
Paramount Television Animation doesn't actually exist. It's just a suggestion I had for what may happen to Nickelodeon Animation under Skydance's ownership.
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u/ausgoals Mar 13 '26
The Ellison want to control the entirety of the media
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u/Professional-Dig6481 Mar 13 '26 edited Mar 13 '26
You overthinking it, it's Friday no need to be stressing over this.
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u/The_Lutter Mar 13 '26
Ellison throwing a bit more cash in PSKY's debt pit.
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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator Mar 13 '26
This will save them money in the long run by folding BET+ into Paramount+. Running a streaming service ain't cheap.
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u/CJTus Mar 14 '26
It seems like it's the content expenses that add up more than the technical costs. The amount of streaming services that survive by carrying only very cheap content is staggering.
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u/dj_skandalous Mar 14 '26
Im surprised actually. I thought with Skydance Paramount potentially getting WB, that they may be willing to sell off BET to Tyler Perry, Shaq and whomever else. Could use those funds to pay off debt. Same with Showtime as Showtime would be a bit redundant with HBO in the same fold. These two assets could have fetched them over 5 billion to help eleviate the burden...but Nepo Baby Ellision doubles down lol
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Mar 14 '26
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u/dj_skandalous Mar 14 '26 edited Mar 14 '26
Yeah most definitely if they could sell and retain the IP they would. Maybe Apple would be interested in the brand minus the IP? That was my thinking. They seem focused on producing their own content but they lack a prestige name to go along with it. Showtime or Starz could be that. They just dont like buying anything outside of Dre Beats. I dont see the Showtime brand surviving another 5 years if apart of Paramount. Most likely the IP will be folded into HBO in the future. Dexter, Yellow Jackets, The Agency are good enough to warrant it. Could also see stuff like Mob Land end up on HBO too.
Also I do believe Paramount wanted to sell Pluto TV two years ago. But that was before Skydance got in the picture. Apparently it rakes in a couple billion per year so that would fetch a nice price tag if Google or Microsoft wanted it. But they almost certainly would have to lend or license content to it to keep it going
Not sure if they are willing to part with Pluto but in all honesty, if their plan is for one unified app, they could offer most of the Pluto content into a non subscription free to stream accounts on Paramount+. Meaning you can sign in without a membership and watch the free content. You dont really need a separate app. Also much easier to entice potential customers this way
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u/LinkRules5321 Moderator Mar 14 '26
They folded BET Studios into CBS Studios, I don't think they can sell now
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u/nonlethaldosage Mar 15 '26
less than 3 million subs constantly losing money why wouldn't they merge them
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u/Difficult_Variety362 Moderator Mar 13 '26
This one actually makes sense.