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Pluto TV

May 04, 2023

Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global.[2]

Pluto TV
Type of businessSubsidiary
Type of site
Available inDanish
English
French
German
Norwegian
Spanish
Portuguese
FoundedAugust 1, 2013; 9 years ago (2013-08-01)
Headquarters
Area served
  • United States
  • Canada
  • Latin America
  • European Union
OwnerIndependent (2013–2019)
Paramount Global (2019–present)
Founder(s)
Key people
  • Tom Ryan
    (President/CEO)
  • Ilya Pozin
    (Chief Growth Officer)
  • Mike Drath
    (Co-COO/CFO)
  • Christof Wahl
    (Co-COO)
  • Jeff Shultz
    (CBO)
  • Kenneth Parks
    (Executive Chairman)[1]
  • Robert Magdlen
    (Chief Programming Officer)
  • Olivier Jollet
    (Managing Director, Pluto TV Europe)
Products
ParentParamount Streaming[2]
URLpluto.tv
AdvertisingSupported
RegistrationOptional
Users 80 million monthly active users (as of April 1, 2023)
LaunchedMarch 31, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-03-31)

Co-founded by Tom Ryan, Ilya Pozin and Nick Grouf in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California,[3] Pluto is a free ad-supported streaming television (FAST) service available in the Americas and Europe that primarily offers programming content through digital linear channels designed to emulate the experience of traditional broadcast programming.[4][5] The service's revenue is generated from video advertisements seen during programming within commercial breaks structured similarly to those found on conventional television.[6]

Pluto TV licenses its content directly from providers; as of March 2020, it had deals with 170 content partners providing more than 250 channels and 100,000 unique hours worth of programming.[7] In October 2020, Pluto TV became part of the newly created ViacomCBS Streaming (renamed Paramount Streaming in February 2022), both to be led by Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan.[8][9] Its content is available via its website and mobile apps on Android and iOS operating systems. In January 2022, the service reached a total of 64 million monthly active users.[10] In April 2022, Pluto TV reached 68 million monthly active users.[11][12] In July 2022, Pluto TV reached 69.9 million monthly active users.[13] As of April 2023, Pluto TV has a total of 80 million monthly active users.[14]

History

First years (2014–2019)

Pluto TV launched its beta website on March 31, 2014, and was co-founded by chairman and CEO Nick Grouf, Tom Ryan, and Ilya Pozin.[15][16] Pluto TV was originally developed to provide curated channels of existing online content, offering a slate of nearly 100 categorized channels featuring content aggregated from various video-sharing platforms (including YouTube, Vimeo, and Dailymotion) as well as additional content provided through partnerships with original web content services and television networks (including Funny or Die, QVC, Refinery29, RocketJump and TYT Network).[15] The service was originally owned by Pluto Inc., which, during the second half of 2013 and early 2014, had raised $13 million in series A funding from investors that included Universal Music Group, Sky plc, UTA Ventures, and venture capital firms U.S. Venture Partners (USVP), QueensBridge Venture Partners, Pritzker Group Venture Capital, Luminari Capital, Great Oaks Venture Capital and Chicago Ventures.[6][17] On May 14, 2014, Pluto unveiled a digital video recorder feature on its website known as "myPluto"; users could “record” content by clicking a “save show” button that would archive content from the channel as it played.[18]

On July 1, 2015, Pluto TV announced that it had signed a deal with Disney's now-owned Hulu to distribute the ad-supported video content, available for free on Hulu's website at the time, including current-season episodes of programs from ABC, NBC and Fox, recent and older classic television series, and domestic and foreign animated programs. Under the arrangement, Hulu handled advertising for content made available through the Pluto website. Separately, in the weeks preceding the Hulu deal, Pluto TV had reached content agreements with AOL, Endemol Beyond USA, Shout! Factory, Jukin Media and YouTube content channels Devin SuperTramp, Multicom, Around the World in 4K and Amazing Places on Our Planet to distribute their programming on the service.[19][20][21][22] In October 2015, 20 additional channels (featuring content from AwesomenessTV, IGN, Cracked, DHX Media, Just For Laughs, Newsy, Legendary Digital Networks and The Onion) were brought onto the service's lineup, bringing the total number of curated channels offered by Pluto to around 120.[23]

On May 15, 2016, Pluto TV signed an agreement with Sony to make the Pluto TV app available on the PlayStation Store for download by users of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4. In 2016, Pluto Inc. raised $30 million in series B venture capital funding from ProSiebenSat.1 Media, Scripps Networks Interactive, and venture capital firms Luminari Capital, Chicago Ventures and Third Wave Ventures, valuing the company at $140 million. The round was led by German television network ProSieben, with additional funding from telecommunications company Sky UK.[6] On April 30, 2017, Pluto Inc. added a chief programming officer role, appointing Robert Magdlen—who formerly served as senior vice president of program strategy and acquisitions for the Universal-owned E! and as a production executive for TNT—in the post, handling responsibilities for programming and channel development from the company's Los Angeles headquarters.[24]

On May 15, 2017, Pluto TV launched a traditional video-on-demand offering, consisting a large library of movies and television series licensed from such distributors as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Viacom, Sony Pictures, Fremantle, Monstercat, King Features Syndicate alongside two Canadian studios, DHX Media and Nelvana that are made available for individual viewing to Pluto users.[25][26] Variety reported that as of May 2017, the service was averaging 6 million users per month,[27] and, as of October 2017, it was rated one of the most-watched Roku Channels on Roku.[28]

By October 2017, Pluto TV reached over 15 million users. On October 17 of that year, Pluto TV announced that it received a $5-million investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation as part of an $8.3 million round of funding raised by various investors.[29] On March 15, 2018, Pluto TV entered into a partnership with SpotX to provide advertising monetization services for Pluto, including engendering sales from media buyers breaking into over-the-top content services.[30] On August 1, 2018, Vizio launched a new ad-supported streaming platform powered by Pluto TV, called WatchFree. This service is built into several models of Vizio's line of Internet-connected smart TVs, particularly those supporting its SmartCast operating system, and is advertised as having "an easy-to-navigate, cable-like interface".[31]

On October 1, 2018, Pluto TV expanded into parts of Europe, with the launch of a platform on Sky's Now TV service in the United Kingdom, offering an initial slate of more than 12 curated channels.[32] Also in October 2018, Pluto TV picked Tru Optik to help with advertising inventory.[33] On December 4, 2018, Pluto TV launched a regional service in Germany and Austria, also through a separate collaborative agreement with Sky, with the app's content made available initially via the Sky TV stick; the German/Austrian service initially incorporated a slate of 15 streaming channels (consisted of both Pluto-exclusive services with German and English language content as well as channels compiled by third-party content providers).[34][35]

Purchase by Viacom/Paramount Global ownership (2019–present)

On January 22, 2019, Viacom announced its intention to acquire Pluto for $340 million.[36][37] Viacom's plans for Pluto TV included using the service as a marketing tool for its portfolio of linear media brands (including incorporating more licensed content from Viacom-owned properties) and to serve as a distribution outlet for its in-house digital content brands (including CBS News Streaming, AwesomenessTV and CNET), expanding the service into Latin America and expanding its distribution on smart TVs. The company also planned to use the service to upsell its subscription video-on-demand (SVOD) properties (including Paramount+, Showtime, Noggin, and BET+) directly to consumers.[38] The deal was completed on March 4, 2019.[39] On March 18, 2019, Viacom—through its Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) unit—announced plans to launch Pluto TV worldwide; VIMN President James Currell stated that the company believed the global SVOD sector was "becoming too crowded and capital intensive," choosing to focus on building scale through ad-supported streaming platforms.[40]

On May 1, 2019, Pluto introduced branded channels based on Viacom Media Networks-owned cable outlets and other Viacom properties, including content from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, VH1, Logo, TV Land and MTV. Among those channels is a revival of Spike, which had been relaunched as Paramount Network in a year later. The free channels are not simulcasts of their namesake networks, as contractual restrictions with traditional pay television providers prevent it from distributing the full linear feeds, but instead focus primarily on archival content and series that Pluto TV has acquired from other content providers.[41][42][43][44] Some of these branded services are direct offshoots of their linear counterparts, while others (such as CMT Cheer 24/7, TV Land Sitcoms, TV Land Drama, MTV Teen, VH1: I Love Reality, and Nickelodeon offshoots Dora TV[45] and Totally Turtles,[44] but added with NickMovies and NickGames, a 24/7 revival of the former channel that shut down for eight years in December 31.) maintain theme formats offering specialty programming owned by ViacomCBS and other program library partners.

On June 13, 2019, Pluto TV was launched on Comcast's Xfinity X1 cable boxes.[46] On July 1, 2019, the service launched a Spanish-language programming tier, Pluto TV Latino, consisting initially of eleven Spanish and Portuguese-language channels (including two sports-focused channels, Lucha Libre and Combate World, that were previously assigned to the service's main sports tier) that incorporate programming originally produced natively in those languages and Spanish-dubbed versions of English and Portuguese programs.[47]

 
Pluto TV's former logo used from 2016 until March 1, 2020; a variant featuring the "TV" dot in the same size as the rest of the logo text was used from 2018 until the current logo was introduced. The logo remains in use during ID bumpers shown in place of unsold advertising spots on certain channels or during technical difficulties.

On August 13, 2019, National Amusements announced that Viacom and CBS Corporation—which had split into two separate companies in 2005, five years after the original Viacom first acquired CBS's assets—would recombine their assets into a singular entity to be named ViacomCBS in a deal valued at up to $15.4 billion.[48][49][50] Following the announcement, Deadline Hollywood, citing sources within the company, identified Pluto TV as a potential outlet for CBS streaming content. Pluto had recently carried CBS News's CBSN, and technology and video-game-oriented CNET Video.[51] Additional channels from CBS, including the CBS News New York and Los Angeles services, and an Entertainment Tonight-branded entertainment news channel (ET Live), were added to the service on November 13, 2019, prior to the completion of the merger.[52]

In September 2019, Pluto TV became available on mobile platforms in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; the service first became available in those countries on iOS and Apple TV devices on September 6, and on Android devices on September 24.[53][54] By November 2019, the service was estimated to have 20 million monthly active users.[55]

On February 3, 2020, ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in Latin America at the end of March, offering 17 channels available in two languages, Spanish and Portuguese at launch; additional channels would be added on a monthly basis with more than 80 channels expected to be available by the end of 2020. Alongside content carried by ViacomCBS Networks International-owned local versions of its corporate parent's U.S. media properties, co-owned Argentine network Telefe and Porta dos Fundos would also provide content for the service.[56][57] The service was expected to launch in Brazil in December 2020,[58] but was anticipated and was launched on November 17, 2020.[59]

In January 2020, Pluto TV unveiled a new logo at CES 2020, and later unveiled a redesign of its Apple iOS apps, which included a new channel guide and on-demand menu interface.[60][61] The redesigned interface—absent the new logo—was rolled out to the website and desktop app the following day on February 21, its Roku app on February 26, and Android devices and other platforms on March 2.[62][63]

On February 20, 2020, ViacomCBS estimated that Pluto TV generated a monthly average of 22 million viewers in the fourth quarter of 2019, with expectations of its user base reaching 30 million monthly viewers by December 2020. The company also announced that Pluto content would be incorporated into a revamped version of CBS All Access, which would also add content from ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks cable properties, Paramount Pictures and CBS Television Distribution. ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish stated that Pluto TV—which will remain a free, standalone offering—would be part of the company's refocusing on three core streaming services, alongside the subscription-based CBS All Access and Showtime's OTT service, which would act as its mid-level and premium offerings and which Pluto will also be used to upsell along with ViacomCBS's other niche streaming platforms.[64][65][66][67]

On July 9, 2020, the service launched an app for Virgin Media customers in the United Kingdom.[68]

On October 8, 2020, ViacomCBS announced Pluto TV's launch in Spain, Italy and France, with 40 channels and thousands of hours of on-demand content.[69]

On July 17, 2021, Pluto TV added several new channels including News 12 New York, Pluto TV Home, and Professional Bull Riders’ RidePass.[70] A deal made between Pluto TV and PBR allowed for Pluto TV to be the exclusive home to RidePass content.[71]

On September 29, 2021, Pluto TV's parent ViacomCBS agreed to pay $3.5 million and enter into a consent decree with the FCC to provide clear and accessible closed captioning, which would often not be passed down to the consumer via Pluto TV apps or websites despite either being part of a program already or being captioned by the live programming provider. The FCC's determined the service had not implemented proper and visible settings to allow the passthrough of captions, removed captioning capabilities, and did not maintain email or telephone captioning support hotlines required by the FCC to address viewer complaints. Under FCC rules, all nonexempt full-length video programming delivered over the Internet must present closed captions if originally aired over American television with captioning, if the programming had previously been shown on television in the U.S. with captions. This effectively applies to most television programming created after 1984, along with the 1990 Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990, which mandated a requirement for captions to be accessible on all but the smallest televisions.[72]

On November 29, 2021, ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in Sweden, Norway and Denmark by 2022 as part of a joint venture with Nordic Entertainment Group, phasing out the company's existing AVOD service Viafree upon launch.[73] On March 16, 2022, it was announced that the launch date of Pluto TV in the three countries will be on May 18, 2022.[74]

On February 16, 2022, Pluto TV's parent company, ViacomCBS Streaming, was renamed to Paramount Streaming, in-line with the rebranding of parent company ViacomCBS to Paramount Global.[75]

On May 18, 2022, Pluto TV was launched in the Nordics through a partnership with Viaplay Group (formerly called Nordic Entertainment Group).[76] On July 13, 2022, Pluto TV added five new channel categories: Game Shows, Daytime TV, Home, Food, and Lifestyle & Culture, and two new channels: Let's Make a Deal and The Judge Judy Channel.[12] Additional channels devoted to Jeopardy! and Wheel of Fortune were added in August 2022.[77]

On September 1, 2022, Pluto TV launched two new channels, the movie channel 00s Replay, and The Ed Sullivan Show. More channels were added throughout the month: CSI: Miami and its spin-off CSI: NY, launched on September 13, 60 Minutes launched on September 24, and Hallmark Movies & More and Rachael Ray launched on September 26.[78] On October 31, 2022, Pluto TV announced that it would add 6,300 episodes of classic CBS-distributed series to its on-demand library by the end of 2022, including Cheers, Criminal Minds, Frasier, and Star Trek.[13]

On December 1, 2022, Pluto TV launched in Canada in partnership with Corus Entertainment, which is handling marketing and Canadian advertising sales, and contributing content from its networks and Global News.[79] The next day, the service added additional Christmas-related channels for the holiday season, as well as More Star Trek, Confess by Nosey, and AMC en Español.[80] On December 15, 2022, Pluto TV launched a new advertising campaign featuring actress Drew Barrymore.[81]

On April 11, 2023, Pluto TV launched the CBS Sports Golazo Network in the United States, the first channel dedicated to all things soccer with shows, recaps on games and live soccer matches from United States, Mexico, Latin America and Europe.

Programming

Pluto TV is structured similarly to the traditional cable television model, offering its content as designated channels categorized by program content type into multiple channel categories:

  • Featured – new channels and special event content.
  • Movies – movie channels, consisting of both general-format and genre-based (e.g., comedy, action, horror) services.
  • Entertainment – varied general, drama and specialty entertainment-based programming.
  • News + Opinion – mainstream news and opinion channels, as well as partisan, commentary-based outlets reflecting progressive and conservative viewpoints.
  • Crime – crime-based programming, primarily dramas.
  • Reality – reality and competition shows.
  • Game Shows (introduced in July 2022)[12]
  • Daytime TV (introduced in July 2022)[12]
  • Comedy – comedy-based services, consisting of stand-up, sitcom/sketch comedy, and curated viral video channels (e.g. Mystery Science Theater 3000).[82]
  • Classic TV – channels focused on classic television shows and cartoons, mostly comedies.
  • Home (formerly Home + DIY, renamed in July 2022) – lifestyle-oriented channels.[12]
  • Food (formerly part of Home + DIY, introduced in July 2022)[12]
  • Lifestyle + Culture (formerly Explore, renamed in July 2022)[12]
  • Sports – live and previously aired events, sporting news and analysis programs.
  • Gaming + Anime – Japanese animation, technology, sci-fi, and geek culture-oriented channels.
  • Music – music videos (with Vevo, MTV and Xite) and video concerts (audio-based music channels from Dash Radio were previously among the selections, but they were dropped in July 2020).[83]
  • En Español – Spanish-language channels.
  • Kids – channels aimed at children and young teenagers.
  • Local – CBS News Local channels (which had previously been carried in the news section via geolocation), News 12 New York and geolocated channels from Cox Media Group stations.

Former channel categories:

Explore – travel, lifestyle, historical, science and special-interest channels.[12]

As of August 2022, Pluto TV carries over 200 channels, packaging content acquired through various content syndication deals, as well as programming from ViacomCBS's internal libraries. Traditional television channels whose feeds are carried directly on Pluto include WeatherNation TV, Newsmax TV, Dabl, Bloomberg Television, Sky News, CNN, Professional Bull Riders’ RidePass, Eleven Sports (albeit with some events replaced with alternative programming due to streaming rights restrictions), Stadium and TheBlaze.[84] AVOD services whose feeds are carried on Pluto include CBS News, CBS Sports HQ, ET Live, Fox Sports, Nosey, NBC News Now, Scripps News (short-form Scripps News Briefs are inserted into commercial breaks on other Pluto channels), Cheddar News, TYT Network, People TV and the religious-owned TBN (and its sister network Hillsong Channel),[85] In addition, Pluto also offers “pop-up channels," which maintain binge-viewing or specialty programming formats that operate on a temporary or open-ended basis.

Availability

  Available
  Confirmed launch

Pluto TV content can be streamed through a number of desktop, mobile and internet-connected TV platforms, including: Android and Apple iOS/iPadOS devices, Android TV, Apple TV, Amazon Fire TV, Roku, Cox Contour Stream Player, Vizio SmartCast, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X/S, webOS, Chromecast, Virgin Media and macOS and Windows computers.[86] Pluto-operated channels are also offered through The Roku Channel's live TV section.

In Canada, Pluto TV was available in a limited capacity due to existing program rights held by broadcasters.[87] In June 2022, it was announced that Paramount would partner with Corus Entertainment to relaunch the service locally in late 2022, with Corus serving as ad-sale representative and providing library content to the service.[88][89] Pluto TV was officially relaunched in Canada on December 1, 2022.[90]

During the Canadian launch event on December 1, 2022, executive VP and international general manager Olivier Jollet told The Hollywood Reporter that they're already planned to launch Pluto TV in Australia by 2023 (by merging with Paramount's existing BVOD service 10Play) and are exploring expansion into other European territories.[91]

Notes and references

Notes

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Pluto TV is a free ad supported streaming television FAST service owned and operated by the Paramount Streaming division of Paramount Global 2 Pluto TVType of businessSubsidiaryType of siteEntertainment OTT platformAvailable inDanishEnglishFrenchGermanNorwegianSpanishPortugueseFoundedAugust 1 2013 9 years ago 2013 08 01 HeadquartersUnited States Los Angeles California Europe Berlin Germany Area servedUnited States Canada Latin America European UnionOwnerIndependent 2013 2019 Paramount Global 2019 present Founder s Tom Ryan Ilya Pozin Nick GroufKey peopleTom Ryan President CEO Ilya Pozin Chief Growth Officer Mike Drath Co COO CFO Christof Wahl Co COO Jeff Shultz CBO Kenneth Parks Executive Chairman 1 Robert Magdlen Chief Programming Officer Olivier Jollet Managing Director Pluto TV Europe ProductsStreaming media Video on demand Television on demandParentParamount Streaming 2 URLpluto wbr tvAdvertisingSupportedRegistrationOptionalUsers80 million monthly active users as of April 1 2023 update LaunchedMarch 31 2014 9 years ago 2014 03 31 Co founded by Tom Ryan Ilya Pozin and Nick Grouf in 2013 and based in Los Angeles California 3 Pluto is a free ad supported streaming television FAST service available in the Americas and Europe that primarily offers programming content through digital linear channels designed to emulate the experience of traditional broadcast programming 4 5 The service s revenue is generated from video advertisements seen during programming within commercial breaks structured similarly to those found on conventional television 6 Pluto TV licenses its content directly from providers as of March 2020 it had deals with 170 content partners providing more than 250 channels and 100 000 unique hours worth of programming 7 In October 2020 Pluto TV became part of the newly created ViacomCBS Streaming renamed Paramount Streaming in February 2022 both to be led by Pluto TV CEO Tom Ryan 8 9 Its content is available via its website and mobile apps on Android and iOS operating systems In January 2022 the service reached a total of 64 million monthly active users 10 In April 2022 Pluto TV reached 68 million monthly active users 11 12 In July 2022 Pluto TV reached 69 9 million monthly active users 13 As of April 2023 Pluto TV has a total of 80 million monthly active users 14 Contents 1 History 1 1 First years 2014 2019 1 2 Purchase by Viacom Paramount Global ownership 2019 present 2 Programming 3 Availability 4 Notes and references 4 1 Notes 4 2 References 5 External linksHistory EditFirst years 2014 2019 Edit Pluto TV launched its beta website on March 31 2014 and was co founded by chairman and CEO Nick Grouf Tom Ryan and Ilya Pozin 15 16 Pluto TV was originally developed to provide curated channels of existing online content offering a slate of nearly 100 categorized channels featuring content aggregated from various video sharing platforms including YouTube Vimeo and Dailymotion as well as additional content provided through partnerships with original web content services and television networks including Funny or Die QVC Refinery29 RocketJump and TYT Network 15 The service was originally owned by Pluto Inc which during the second half of 2013 and early 2014 had raised 13 million in series A funding from investors that included Universal Music Group Sky plc UTA Ventures and venture capital firms U S Venture Partners USVP QueensBridge Venture Partners Pritzker Group Venture Capital Luminari Capital Great Oaks Venture Capital and Chicago Ventures 6 17 On May 14 2014 Pluto unveiled a digital video recorder feature on its website known as myPluto users could record content by clicking a save show button that would archive content from the channel as it played 18 On July 1 2015 Pluto TV announced that it had signed a deal with Disney s now owned Hulu to distribute the ad supported video content available for free on Hulu s website at the time including current season episodes of programs from ABC NBC and Fox recent and older classic television series and domestic and foreign animated programs Under the arrangement Hulu handled advertising for content made available through the Pluto website Separately in the weeks preceding the Hulu deal Pluto TV had reached content agreements with AOL Endemol Beyond USA Shout Factory Jukin Media and YouTube content channels Devin SuperTramp Multicom Around the World in 4K and Amazing Places on Our Planet to distribute their programming on the service 19 20 21 22 In October 2015 20 additional channels featuring content from AwesomenessTV IGN Cracked DHX Media Just For Laughs Newsy Legendary Digital Networks and The Onion were brought onto the service s lineup bringing the total number of curated channels offered by Pluto to around 120 23 On May 15 2016 Pluto TV signed an agreement with Sony to make the Pluto TV app available on the PlayStation Store for download by users of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4 In 2016 Pluto Inc raised 30 million in series B venture capital funding from ProSiebenSat 1 Media Scripps Networks Interactive and venture capital firms Luminari Capital Chicago Ventures and Third Wave Ventures valuing the company at 140 million The round was led by German television network ProSieben with additional funding from telecommunications company Sky UK 6 On April 30 2017 Pluto Inc added a chief programming officer role appointing Robert Magdlen who formerly served as senior vice president of program strategy and acquisitions for the Universal owned E and as a production executive for TNT in the post handling responsibilities for programming and channel development from the company s Los Angeles headquarters 24 On May 15 2017 Pluto TV launched a traditional video on demand offering consisting a large library of movies and television series licensed from such distributors as Metro Goldwyn Mayer Viacom Sony Pictures Fremantle Monstercat King Features Syndicate alongside two Canadian studios DHX Media and Nelvana that are made available for individual viewing to Pluto users 25 26 Variety reported that as of May 2017 update the service was averaging 6 million users per month 27 and as of October 2017 update it was rated one of the most watched Roku Channels on Roku 28 By October 2017 Pluto TV reached over 15 million users On October 17 of that year Pluto TV announced that it received a 5 million investment from Samsung Venture Investment Corporation as part of an 8 3 million round of funding raised by various investors 29 On March 15 2018 Pluto TV entered into a partnership with SpotX to provide advertising monetization services for Pluto including engendering sales from media buyers breaking into over the top content services 30 On August 1 2018 Vizio launched a new ad supported streaming platform powered by Pluto TV called WatchFree This service is built into several models of Vizio s line of Internet connected smart TVs particularly those supporting its SmartCast operating system and is advertised as having an easy to navigate cable like interface 31 On October 1 2018 Pluto TV expanded into parts of Europe with the launch of a platform on Sky s Now TV service in the United Kingdom offering an initial slate of more than 12 curated channels 32 Also in October 2018 Pluto TV picked Tru Optik to help with advertising inventory 33 On December 4 2018 Pluto TV launched a regional service in Germany and Austria also through a separate collaborative agreement with Sky with the app s content made available initially via the Sky TV stick the German Austrian service initially incorporated a slate of 15 streaming channels consisted of both Pluto exclusive services with German and English language content as well as channels compiled by third party content providers 34 35 Purchase by Viacom Paramount Global ownership 2019 present Edit On January 22 2019 Viacom announced its intention to acquire Pluto for 340 million 36 37 Viacom s plans for Pluto TV included using the service as a marketing tool for its portfolio of linear media brands including incorporating more licensed content from Viacom owned properties and to serve as a distribution outlet for its in house digital content brands including CBS News Streaming AwesomenessTV and CNET expanding the service into Latin America and expanding its distribution on smart TVs The company also planned to use the service to upsell its subscription video on demand SVOD properties including Paramount Showtime Noggin and BET directly to consumers 38 The deal was completed on March 4 2019 39 On March 18 2019 Viacom through its Viacom International Media Networks VIMN unit announced plans to launch Pluto TV worldwide VIMN President James Currell stated that the company believed the global SVOD sector was becoming too crowded and capital intensive choosing to focus on building scale through ad supported streaming platforms 40 On May 1 2019 Pluto introduced branded channels based on Viacom Media Networks owned cable outlets and other Viacom properties including content from Paramount Pictures Nickelodeon BET Comedy Central VH1 Logo TV Land and MTV Among those channels is a revival of Spike which had been relaunched as Paramount Network in a year later The free channels are not simulcasts of their namesake networks as contractual restrictions with traditional pay television providers prevent it from distributing the full linear feeds but instead focus primarily on archival content and series that Pluto TV has acquired from other content providers 41 42 43 44 Some of these branded services are direct offshoots of their linear counterparts while others such as CMT Cheer 24 7 TV Land Sitcoms TV Land Drama MTV Teen VH1 I Love Reality and Nickelodeon offshoots Dora TV 45 and Totally Turtles 44 but added with NickMovies and NickGames a 24 7 revival of the former channel that shut down for eight years in December 31 maintain theme formats offering specialty programming owned by ViacomCBS and other program library partners On June 13 2019 Pluto TV was launched on Comcast s Xfinity X1 cable boxes 46 On July 1 2019 the service launched a Spanish language programming tier Pluto TV Latino consisting initially of eleven Spanish and Portuguese language channels including two sports focused channels Lucha Libre and Combate World that were previously assigned to the service s main sports tier that incorporate programming originally produced natively in those languages and Spanish dubbed versions of English and Portuguese programs 47 Pluto TV s former logo used from 2016 until March 1 2020 a variant featuring the TV dot in the same size as the rest of the logo text was used from 2018 until the current logo was introduced The logo remains in use during ID bumpers shown in place of unsold advertising spots on certain channels or during technical difficulties On August 13 2019 National Amusements announced that Viacom and CBS Corporation which had split into two separate companies in 2005 five years after the original Viacom first acquired CBS s assets would recombine their assets into a singular entity to be named ViacomCBS in a deal valued at up to 15 4 billion 48 49 50 Following the announcement Deadline Hollywood citing sources within the company identified Pluto TV as a potential outlet for CBS streaming content Pluto had recently carried CBS News s CBSN and technology and video game oriented CNET Video 51 Additional channels from CBS including the CBS News New York and Los Angeles services and an Entertainment Tonight branded entertainment news channel ET Live were added to the service on November 13 2019 prior to the completion of the merger 52 In September 2019 Pluto TV became available on mobile platforms in Germany Austria Switzerland and the United Kingdom the service first became available in those countries on iOS and Apple TV devices on September 6 and on Android devices on September 24 53 54 By November 2019 the service was estimated to have 20 million monthly active users 55 On February 3 2020 ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in Latin America at the end of March offering 17 channels available in two languages Spanish and Portuguese at launch additional channels would be added on a monthly basis with more than 80 channels expected to be available by the end of 2020 Alongside content carried by ViacomCBS Networks International owned local versions of its corporate parent s U S media properties co owned Argentine network Telefe and Porta dos Fundos would also provide content for the service 56 57 The service was expected to launch in Brazil in December 2020 58 but was anticipated and was launched on November 17 2020 59 In January 2020 Pluto TV unveiled a new logo at CES 2020 and later unveiled a redesign of its Apple iOS apps which included a new channel guide and on demand menu interface 60 61 The redesigned interface absent the new logo was rolled out to the website and desktop app the following day on February 21 its Roku app on February 26 and Android devices and other platforms on March 2 62 63 On February 20 2020 ViacomCBS estimated that Pluto TV generated a monthly average of 22 million viewers in the fourth quarter of 2019 with expectations of its user base reaching 30 million monthly viewers by December 2020 The company also announced that Pluto content would be incorporated into a revamped version of CBS All Access which would also add content from ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks cable properties Paramount Pictures and CBS Television Distribution ViacomCBS CEO Bob Bakish stated that Pluto TV which will remain a free standalone offering would be part of the company s refocusing on three core streaming services alongside the subscription based CBS All Access and Showtime s OTT service which would act as its mid level and premium offerings and which Pluto will also be used to upsell along with ViacomCBS s other niche streaming platforms 64 65 66 67 On July 9 2020 the service launched an app for Virgin Media customers in the United Kingdom 68 On October 8 2020 ViacomCBS announced Pluto TV s launch in Spain Italy and France with 40 channels and thousands of hours of on demand content 69 On July 17 2021 Pluto TV added several new channels including News 12 New York Pluto TV Home and Professional Bull Riders RidePass 70 A deal made between Pluto TV and PBR allowed for Pluto TV to be the exclusive home to RidePass content 71 On September 29 2021 Pluto TV s parent ViacomCBS agreed to pay 3 5 million and enter into a consent decree with the FCC to provide clear and accessible closed captioning which would often not be passed down to the consumer via Pluto TV apps or websites despite either being part of a program already or being captioned by the live programming provider The FCC s determined the service had not implemented proper and visible settings to allow the passthrough of captions removed captioning capabilities and did not maintain email or telephone captioning support hotlines required by the FCC to address viewer complaints Under FCC rules all nonexempt full length video programming delivered over the Internet must present closed captions if originally aired over American television with captioning if the programming had previously been shown on television in the U S with captions This effectively applies to most television programming created after 1984 along with the 1990 Television Decoder Circuitry Act of 1990 which mandated a requirement for captions to be accessible on all but the smallest televisions 72 On November 29 2021 ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in Sweden Norway and Denmark by 2022 as part of a joint venture with Nordic Entertainment Group phasing out the company s existing AVOD service Viafree upon launch 73 On March 16 2022 it was announced that the launch date of Pluto TV in the three countries will be on May 18 2022 74 On February 16 2022 Pluto TV s parent company ViacomCBS Streaming was renamed to Paramount Streaming in line with the rebranding of parent company ViacomCBS to Paramount Global 75 On May 18 2022 Pluto TV was launched in the Nordics through a partnership with Viaplay Group formerly called Nordic Entertainment Group 76 On July 13 2022 Pluto TV added five new channel categories Game Shows Daytime TV Home Food and Lifestyle amp Culture and two new channels Let s Make a Deal and The Judge Judy Channel 12 Additional channels devoted to Jeopardy and Wheel of Fortune were added in August 2022 77 On September 1 2022 Pluto TV launched two new channels the movie channel 00s Replay and The Ed Sullivan Show More channels were added throughout the month CSI Miami and its spin off CSI NY launched on September 13 60 Minutes launched on September 24 and Hallmark Movies amp More and Rachael Ray launched on September 26 78 On October 31 2022 Pluto TV announced that it would add 6 300 episodes of classic CBS distributed series to its on demand library by the end of 2022 including Cheers Criminal Minds Frasier and Star Trek 13 On December 1 2022 Pluto TV launched in Canada in partnership with Corus Entertainment which is handling marketing and Canadian advertising sales and contributing content from its networks and Global News 79 The next day the service added additional Christmas related channels for the holiday season as well as More Star Trek Confess by Nosey and AMC en Espanol 80 On December 15 2022 Pluto TV launched a new advertising campaign featuring actress Drew Barrymore 81 On April 11 2023 Pluto TV launched the CBS Sports Golazo Network in the United States the first channel dedicated to all things soccer with shows recaps on games and live soccer matches from United States Mexico Latin America and Europe Programming EditPluto TV is structured similarly to the traditional cable television model offering its content as designated channels categorized by program content type into multiple channel categories Featured new channels and special event content Movies movie channels consisting of both general format and genre based e g comedy action horror services Entertainment varied general drama and specialty entertainment based programming News Opinion mainstream news and opinion channels as well as partisan commentary based outlets reflecting progressive and conservative viewpoints Crime crime based programming primarily dramas Reality reality and competition shows Game Shows introduced in July 2022 12 Daytime TV introduced in July 2022 12 Comedy comedy based services consisting of stand up sitcom sketch comedy and curated viral video channels e g Mystery Science Theater 3000 82 Classic TV channels focused on classic television shows and cartoons mostly comedies Home formerly Home DIY renamed in July 2022 lifestyle oriented channels 12 Food formerly part of Home DIY introduced in July 2022 12 Lifestyle Culture formerly Explore renamed in July 2022 12 Sports live and previously aired events sporting news and analysis programs Gaming Anime Japanese animation technology sci fi and geek culture oriented channels Music music videos with Vevo MTV and Xite and video concerts audio based music channels from Dash Radio were previously among the selections but they were dropped in July 2020 83 En Espanol Spanish language channels Kids channels aimed at children and young teenagers Local CBS News Local channels which had previously been carried in the news section via geolocation News 12 New York and geolocated channels from Cox Media Group stations Former channel categories Explore travel lifestyle historical science and special interest channels 12 As of August 2022 Pluto TV carries over 200 channels packaging content acquired through various content syndication deals as well as programming from ViacomCBS s internal libraries Traditional television channels whose feeds are carried directly on Pluto include WeatherNation TV Newsmax TV Dabl Bloomberg Television Sky News CNN Professional Bull Riders RidePass Eleven Sports albeit with some events replaced with alternative programming due to streaming rights restrictions Stadium and TheBlaze 84 AVOD services whose feeds are carried on Pluto include CBS News CBS Sports HQ ET Live Fox Sports Nosey NBC News Now Scripps News short form Scripps News Briefs are inserted into commercial breaks on other Pluto channels Cheddar News TYT Network People TV and the religious owned TBN and its sister network Hillsong Channel 85 In addition Pluto also offers pop up channels which maintain binge viewing or specialty programming formats that operate on a temporary or open ended basis Availability EditGraphs are temporarily unavailable due to technical issues Available Confirmed launch Pluto TV content can be streamed through a number of desktop mobile and internet connected TV platforms including Android and Apple iOS iPadOS devices Android TV Apple TV Amazon Fire TV Roku Cox Contour Stream Player Vizio SmartCast PlayStation 4 PlayStation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X S webOS Chromecast Virgin Media and macOS and Windows computers 86 Pluto operated channels are also offered through The Roku Channel s live TV section In Canada Pluto TV was available in a limited capacity due to existing program rights held by broadcasters 87 In June 2022 it was announced that Paramount would partner with Corus Entertainment to relaunch the service locally in late 2022 with Corus serving as ad sale representative and providing library content to the service 88 89 Pluto TV was officially relaunched in Canada on December 1 2022 90 During the Canadian launch event on December 1 2022 executive VP and international general manager Olivier Jollet told The Hollywood Reporter that they re already planned to launch Pluto TV in Australia by 2023 by merging with Paramount s existing BVOD service 10Play and are exploring expansion into other European territories 91 Notes and references EditNotes Edit References Edit Todd Spangler August 5 2015 Spotify s Ken Parks Joins OTT Startup Pluto TV Variety Retrieved February 11 2020 a b Spangler Todd October 20 2020 ViacomCBS Streaming Shake Up Pluto TV s Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division Marc DeBevoise Steps Down Variety Archived from the original on March 3 2021 Retrieved March 18 2021 Pluto Inc Private Company Information Bloomberg Businessweek Bloomberg L P Retrieved April 9 2016 Schneider Michael January 6 2021 Audiences and Advertisers Embrace the Early Cable Aesthetic of Pluto TV Other Free Streaming Platforms Variety Retrieved June 17 2022 Vivirelli Nick September 21 2021 ViacomCBS Pluto TV Sets Italy Launch for October With 40 Channels Variety Retrieved September 6 2022 a b c Sarah Perez October 13 2016 Pluto TV a free streaming service for cord cutters raises 30 million more TechCrunch AOL Retrieved April 30 2017 Pluto TV March 13 2020 Retrieved March 15 2020 Spangler Todd May 20 2022 ViacomCBS Streaming Shake Up Pluto TV s Tom Ryan to Head New Global Division Marc DeBevoise Steps Down Variety Retrieved June 17 2022 Alexander Julia January 19 2021 Paramount Plus ViacomCBS s new rebranded version of CBS All Access launches on March 4th The Verge Retrieved September 6 2022 Pluto TV Hits 64 Million Active Users Paramount Reaches 32 8 Million Subscribers in Q4 Cord Cutters News February 15 2022 Retrieved February 16 2022 Pluto TV revamps its lineup with a focus on using lifestyle content and game shows to draw in viewers TechCrunch July 11 2022 Retrieved July 14 2022 a b c d e f g h Pluto TV Introduces New Categories and Adds Two New Channels Cord Cutters News July 13 2022 Retrieved July 14 2022 a b Fletcher Bevin October 31 2022 Pluto TV adds 6 300 CBS classic episodes to on demand offering Fierce Video Szalai Georg Vlessing Etan May 4 2023 Paramount Streaming Loss Widens to 511M as Paramount Hits 60M Subs The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved May 4 2023 a b Todd Spangler March 31 2014 Pluto TV Launches Live Web Video Service with Backing from UTA s Jeremy Zimmer Terry Semel Variety Retrieved February 11 2020 Colao J J May 31 2014 Hey Cord Cutters Pluto TV Launches With 85 Channels Of Free TV Style Internet Video Forbes Retrieved September 16 2022 Peter Kafka November 20 2014 Web Video Channel Guide PlutoTV Raises 13 Million Recode Retrieved February 11 2020 Josh Ong May 15 2014 Web TV Service Pluto TV Adds a DVR Feature The Next Web The Next Web B V Retrieved May 31 2019 Todd Spangler July 1 2015 Hulu to Deliver Free TV Shows Movies via Pluto TV Service Exclusive Variety Retrieved February 11 2020 Hulu inks distribution deal with Pluto TV CED July 1 2015 Archived from the original on April 19 2016 Retrieved April 9 2016 Edgar Alvarez July 1 2015 Hulu s free ad powered shows are heading to Pluto TV Engadget AOL Inc Retrieved February 11 2020 Todd Spangler March 13 2015 Pluto TV Inks Video Distribution Deals with Endemol AOL Exclusive Variety Retrieved February 11 2020 Pluto TV Adds 20 New Channels Including IGN The Onion AwesomenessTV Newsy And The Young Turks Android Police Illogical Robot LLC October 7 2015 Retrieved April 9 2016 Todd Spangler April 4 2017 Pluto TV Taps Former E Exec Robert Magdlen as Chief Programming Officer Variety Retrieved April 30 2017 Todd Spangler May 16 2017 Pluto TV Angling to Become the Spotify of Premium Video Launches Free On Demand Service EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved February 11 2020 Sarah Perez May 16 2017 Streaming TV service Pluto TV adds an on demand video library TechCrunch Verizon Media Retrieved April 27 2018 Todd Spangler May 16 2017 Pluto TV Angling to Become the Spotify of Premium Video Launches Free On Demand Service EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved April 27 2018 Pluto TV Roku Roku Retrieved April 27 2018 Free streaming TV service Pluto TV raises 8 3M in new round led by Samsung TechCrunch Verizon Media October 17 2017 Retrieved April 27 2018 Briel Robert March 15 2018 Pluto TV teams up with SpotX Broadband TV News Retrieved September 7 2022 Janko Roettgers August 1 2018 Vizio Integrates Pluto TV With New Ad Supported WatchFree Service Variety Retrieved January 23 2019 Andrew McDonald October 2 2018 Pluto TV makes European debut on Now TV in the UK Digital TV Europe Informa PLC Jon Lafayette October 11 2018 Pluto TV Picks Tru Optik to Measure Ad Inventory Broadcasting amp Cable Future US Retrieved February 22 2022 Erik Greunwedel December 5 2018 Pluto TV Bows Service in Germany Austria MediaPlayNews JCH Media Inc Jorn Krieger December 3 2018 Pluto TV launches in Germany and Austria Broadband TV News Broadband TV News LLP Natalie Jarvey January 22 2019 Viacom Acquires Free Streaming Platform Pluto TV for 340 Million The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved February 22 2022 Dade Hayes January 22 2019 Viacom Acquires Pluto TV For 340 Million In Cash Deadline Hollywood Retrieved January 23 2019 Ben Munson February 27 2019 Viacom eyes distributor partnerships for Pluto TV FierceVideo Viacom Announces Completion of Pluto TV Acquisition Press release BusinessWire March 4 2019 Retrieved March 4 2019 Peter White March 18 2019 Viacom To Roll Out Ad Supported Service Pluto TV Worldwide As It Warns Global SVOD Market Is Too Crowded Deadline Retrieved April 9 2019 Todd Spangler April 29 2019 Viacom Launching 14 Free Channels on Pluto TV Sets Broad Digital Originals Slate Variety Retrieved April 30 2019 Daniel Frankel April 29 2019 Viacom to Launch Nick MTV BET and Other Channels on Pluto TV Multichannel News Future US Retrieved February 22 2022 Tim Peterson April 16 2019 Viacom will debut 15 channels on Pluto TV to bolster its upfront pitch Digiday Digiday Media Retrieved April 29 2019 a b Luke Bouma July 23 2019 Pluto TV Adds 3 New Channels Including Totally Turtles Cord Cutters News Retrieved July 23 2019 Luke Bouma July 17 2019 Pluto TV Adds a 24 7 Dora Channel Getting You Ready For The New Dora Movie Cord Cutters News Retrieved February 11 2020 Eli Blumenthal June 13 2019 Pluto TV brings free streaming network to Comcast s Xfinity X1 cable boxes CNET CBS Interactive Retrieved June 18 2019 Veronica Villafane July 1 2019 Viacom Launches Pluto TV Latino Forbes Forbes LLC Retrieved February 11 2020 Charles Gasparino Lydia Moynihan August 13 2019 CBS Viacom agree to merge forming a 28B entertainment firm Fox Business Fox News Networks LLC Retrieved February 11 2020 George Szalai Paul Bond Etan Vlessing August 13 2019 CBS Viacom Strike Deal to Recombine The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved February 22 2022 CBS and Viacom To Combine PDF Press release CBS Corporation August 12 2019 Archived from the original PDF on August 13 2019 Retrieved August 22 2019 Dade Hayes August 20 2019 NFL And Pluto TV Team For Streaming Channel Celebrating Pro Football s Past Deadline Retrieved August 21 2019 Luke Bouma November 13 2019 Pluto TV Adds Several CBS Stations Including ET Live For Free Cord Cutters News Retrieved November 13 2019 Jess Barnes September 6 2019 Pluto TV Now Available for Apple TV Devices Across Europe Cord Cutters News Retrieved February 11 2020 Jess Barnes September 24 2019 Pluto TV Europe is Now Available on Android Devices Cord Cutters News Retrieved September 25 2019 Ben Munson November 14 2019 Pluto TV claims 20M monthly active users FierceVideo Questex LLC Dade Hayes February 3 2020 Pluto TV Sets Latin America Launch In March With Brazil Coming By Year End Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 11 2020 Veronica Villafane February 4 2020 Viacom Announces Launch Of Pluto TV In Latin America Forbes Forbes LLC Retrieved February 11 2020 Data definida Pluto TV chega ao Brasil com streaming gratuito de 24 canais Defined date Pluto TV comes to Brazil with free streaming of 24 channels TudoCelular in Portuguese August 19 2020 Retrieved October 22 2020 Pluto TV adianta lancamento e ja esta disponivel no Brasil Pluto TV anticipates launch and is already available in Brazil VCfaz tv in Portuguese November 17 2020 Retrieved November 18 2020 Pluto TV Rolls Out New Logo at Start of Its First CES Under ViacomCBS Tent January 6 2020 Jess Barnes February 20 2020 Pluto TV Has Updated Their iOS App With a New Interface Watch Lists amp More Cord Cutters News Retrieved February 25 2020 Luke Bouma February 21 2020 Pluto TV Has Updated Its Website With a New Interface Watch Lists amp More Cord Cutters News Retrieved February 25 2020 Luke Bouma February 27 2020 Pluto TV Has Updated Its Roku Channel With a New Interface Watch Lists amp More Cord Cutters News Retrieved February 28 2020 Erik Greunwedel February 20 2020 Pluto TV Expected to Generate 30 Million Monthly Viewers by December MediaPlayNews JCH Media Inc Julia Alexander February 20 2020 CBS is planning an improved streaming service after squandering its head start with All Access The Verge Vox Media Sarah Perez February 20 2020 CBS All Access to gain content from Nick MTV Comedy Central Paramount Pictures amp more TechCrunch Verizon Media Kelsey Sutton February 20 2020 ViacomCBS Details Plans to Bulk Up CBS All Access and Accelerate Streaming Growth Adweek Beringer Capital The app is available free of charge for all customers on Virgin Media in the United Kingdom John Hopewell October 8 2020 ViacomCBS Pluto TV Sets Spain France Italy Launches Seals Movistar Plus Deal EXCLUSIVE Variety Pluto TV Adds Three New Channels to Its Free Streaming Service Cord Cutters News July 20 2021 Retrieved August 15 2021 Professional Bull Riders RidePass now on Pluto TV 406 MT SPORTS Retrieved August 15 2021 Federal Communications Commission DA 21 1183 PDF Docs fcc gov Archived PDF from the original on September 30 2021 Retrieved March 5 2022 Keslassy Elsa November 29 2021 ViacomCBS NENT Group Team to Launch New Pluto Service in Nordics EXCLUSIVE Variety com Retrieved December 11 2021 Layton Mark March 16 2022 News round up Pluto TV sets Nordics launch ZED to sell Zelenskyy doc Federation shops Good People TBIVision Retrieved March 17 2022 Paramount Global s AVOD service Pluto TV will launch in Sweden Denmark and Norway on 18 May The streamer will partner with NENT s Viafree service on 210 curated linear channels offering 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