Paramount+ Reveals When Showtime Will Be Added to Service With New Price Point

It’s nearly Showtime for Paramount+. The Paramount Global streaming service combining content from the Showtime app and Paramount+ will launch on Tuesday, June 27th, as the previously announced Paramount+ with Showtime bundle. The merger means there will be a price increase for subscribers who will now have access to Showtime’s programming as well as Paramount+’s library of movies and television, making Showtime series like Yellowjackets, Billions, and Your Honor available to stream alongside such Paramount+ Originals as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Tulsa King, Mayor of Kingstown, and Yellowstone spin-off 1923.

The ad-free Paramount+ with Showtime service will cost $11.99/month (up from $9.99/month), while the Essential plan – which is ad-supported and doesn’t include Showtime content – will see a price hike to $5.99/month, up from $4.99/month. Currently, the service offers ad-free Paramount+ Premium for $9.99/month, plus its Essential with Showtime bundle for $11.99/month.

Despite the price increase, Paramount+ with Showtime is less expensive than Warner Bros. Discovery’s Max ($9.99/month with ads, $15.99/month without ads) and ad-free Netflix ($15.49/month).

“From Yellowjackets to Your Honor, Showtime is hometo big, premium, sophisticated series which will now be complementedwith broad, blockbuster originals and movies in the alignment ofParamount+ with Showtime,” said Paramount Media Networks president and CEOChris McCarthy in a statement. “Together, Paramount+ with Showtimewill provide our consumers a much more rewarding experience with ourvast set of unique originals and deep library of iconic shows and hitfilms.”

When Paramount announced plans to merge Paramount+ with Showtime and shut down the standalone Showtime app by the end of 2023, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish touted what will be the streamer’s cornerstone offering.

“Showtime has captivated audiences for decades with ambitiousoriginal series that defined premium content and fandom,” Bakish said in January.”Its name will always stand for critically acclaimed, groundbreakingentertainment and creative excellence. Now, with Showtime’s contentintegrated into our flagship streaming service, and select Paramount+originals joining the linear offering, Paramount+ will become thedefinitive Multiplatform brand in the streaming space — and the first ofits kind to integrate streaming and linear content in this way.”

“This summer, Paramount+ will officially become the streaming home forShowtime, further advancing our lead in being the total householdservice,” added Tom Ryan, President & CEO Paramount Streaming. “Byintegrating the Showtime premium and critically acclaimed portfolio withthe service’s already broad and popular slate, all at a competitiveprice, we will solidify Paramount+ as a cornerstone in streaming.”

Paramount+ with Showtime launches June 27th. Sign up for Paramount+ here.