Showtime
Premium TV network
Premium pay-TV brand for original drama and comedy series, documentaries, films and boxing, now offered as Paramount+ with Showtime.
Premium TV networkSince 1976
How it started
Viacom's answer to HBO.
1976the year it started
Viacom launched Showtime in 1976 as a pay-movie channel to compete with HBO, and it reached today's Paramount through the Viacom and CBS combinations.
Its place in Paramount
Paramount's premium channel.
Paramount+ with Showtime is the group's premium channel in the TV Media segment and the top tier of the Paramount+ streaming service.
Who it competes with
What Paramount does not disclose
- Showtime revenue or profit (reported inside the TV Media and Direct-to-Consumer segments)
- Showtime or Paramount+ with Showtime subscriber numbers on their own
- Showtime programming spend
The group behind itParamount
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Sources
Every number on this page comes from Paramount's own reports.
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