Paramount+
Paramount+ is a streaming service owned by Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, offering a broad content library drawn from brands including BET, CBS, CBS Sports, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Showtime.
Last updated Oct 11, 2026 by the ATDb Editorial Team · Connections updated Oct 14, 2026
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At a glance
- Employees
- 10001+
- Funding
- $0
- Revenue
- $1B+
- Stock
- PARA
About
Major streaming platform with a large ad-supported subscriber base, offering programmatic and direct advertising solutions across premium live sports and entertainment content
Paramount+ is a streaming service owned by Paramount, a Skydance Corporation, offering a broad content library drawn from brands including BET, CBS, CBS Sports, CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures, and Showtime. Approximately 58% of its 79.6 million subscribers are on an ad-supported plan, representing roughly 46 million addressable households for advertisers. On the ad tech side, Paramount has introduced guaranteed programmatic placement in live sports, beginning with in-game programmatic buying for select ad units, debuting with its UFC programming. To support this, Paramount has established a private marketplace with biddable inventory through partnerships with Amazon DSP, Google's Display & Video 360, The Trade Desk, and Yahoo DSP, available across UFC preliminaries and Fight Nights, while main card events are sold exclusively as Streaming Fixed Units. For audience targeting, advertisers can move beyond broad daypart buying to reach specific households based on demographics, household income, interests, and life events, with the option to match first-party customer lists via a secure clean room to model lookalike audiences. Source 1: paramountplus.com — About Sneak Peak Source 2: adduro.io — Paramount+ Advertising: 79.6M Subs Source 3: adweek.com — Paramount Steps Up Its Game With Programmatic Ads in ...
Business model
Subscription + Ad-Supported Streaming
Target market
Consumers (B2C) and Advertisers/Brands (B2B)
What they offer
Ad-Supported Streaming Tier
Lower-cost subscription plan serving ads to approximately 58% of Paramount+'s 79.6 million subscribers, representing ~46 million addressable households for advertisers.
Programmatic Live Sports Advertising
Guaranteed programmatic ad placement within live sports content, including in-game programmatic buying debuted with UFC programming.
Private Marketplace (PMP)
Biddable inventory available through partnerships with Amazon DSP, Google DV360, The Trade Desk, and Yahoo DSP across UFC preliminaries and Fight Nights.
Streaming Fixed Units
Exclusive direct-sold ad units for premium live events such as UFC main card events.
Audience Targeting & Clean Room
Household-level targeting by demographics, income, interests, and life events, with first-party data matching via a secure clean room for lookalike modeling.
Paramount+ with Showtime
Premium subscription tier bundling Paramount+ content with Showtime's premium cable programming.
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Limited
- 2021 · Founded
- 2025Came under Paramount Skydance
- 2026Moved to SkydanceCurrent parent