Paramount+ streaming service to launch in June

THE Paramount+ streaming service will launch in Ireland on June 22, the company has confirmed.

The US media giant’s platform will feature content from the firm’s range of studios and brands, including Paramount Pictures, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon.

It will be home to original shows including Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the Halo TV series based on the hit video game franchise and the new TV adaptation of The Man Who Fell To Earth.

The service, which is also set to launch in the UK on the same date, will include access to the wider library of Star Trek content, as well as that of South Park, the MTV Shores series and family content such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Paw Patrol, the company said.

Maria Kyriacou, Paramount’s UK president, said the platform would be a ‘one-stop destination’ for the company’s biggest brands and a place where ‘fans of all ages can find exclusive original premium content, global hits, and discover a world of favourites from Paramount’s vast catalogue’.

Raffaele Annecchino, from Paramount Global, said: ‘Paramount is known for its leading portfolio of premium entertainment brands and a robust content engine that fuels our rapidly expanding streaming service, Paramount+.’