Star Trek streaming home CBS All Access relaunching as Paramount+ this March
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In the age of streaming wars, sometimes you have to rebrand to get people s attention, and that s what ViacomCBS is hoping for later this year. Variety reports that the company s previously announced CBS All Access rebrand will take effect March 4 with the launch of Paramount+, an expanded streaming home for original series like
Star Trek: Picard,
Star Trek: Discovery and
The Twilight Zone revival, which will also serve as a hub for the company s massive library of programming.
CBS All Access launched in the fall of 2014 with the promise of both live TV viewing through dozens of local CBS affiliates, including NFL games, and an expansive selection of previously completed and ongoing CBS programming. Three years later, the streaming service finally launched its original programming with
| 19 January 2021
The varied and wide choice of direct-to-consumer services is weeks away from getting wider after ViacomCBS announced the launch schedule for its anticipated streaming service, Paramount+.
The streaming service will premiere in the US and across Latin America on 4 March 2021, the Nordics on 25 March and Australia in mid-2021. The CBS All Access service in Canada will be rebranded to Paramount+ on 4 March 4, and an expanded offering will be available later in the year.
Said to offer a mountain of entertainment, Paramout+ is the successor to CBS All Access. It will offer exclusive access to the latest films from Paramount Pictures within a year after the cinema premiere and titles such as Sonic The Hedgehog, Gemini Man and Paw Patrol: Ready, Race, Rescue.
ViacomCBS has announced that its rebranded streaming service, Paramount+, will launch on March 4 in the U.S. and Canada. The service is also coming to more countries around the world.
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