In want of a great snort after these Election Day outcomes? Aren’t all of us! Paramount+ may be simply what the (psychological well being) physician ordered.
A brand new research by Nielsen’s Gracenote has discovered that Paramount+ options the best share of comedy-genre content material (22.4 %) of any of the 5 main international SVOD providers. You possibly can simply think about what that quantity could be if Paramount+ had the 26 “South Park” seasons, which it received’t get again till June 2025. (The Comedy Central dad or mum firm made a short-sighted take care of Max, f.okay.a. HBO Max — probably one as regrettable because the one Paramount made with Peacock for “Yellowstone” streaming rights. It’s form of working round each with spinoffs and specials.) The streamer can nevertheless name house to “Colin From Accounts,” “Star Trek: Decrease Decks,” “Knuckles,” and the revival of “Frasier,” to call a couple of.
In comparison with Paramount+, Amazon’s streaming service is as severe as a coronary heart assault. Prime Video’s library, although a lot bigger, is comprised of simply 13.9 % of comedies. Apple TV+ is nineteen.1 % comedy, adopted by Disney+ at 18.7 % and Netflix at 18 %.
That doesn’t imply Amazon Prime Video is gentle on comedy choices — it’s fairly heavy on all the pieces. Prime Video distributes almost three-quarters (72 %) of the entire films provided by the 5 international SVODs; as we advised you again in January, film buffs want Prime Video. Amazon Prime Video additionally has greater than half (57 %) of the TV exhibits.
Gracenote tallied greater than 550,000 TV present episodes, films, and sports-related packages obtainable throughout the 5 tracked SVODs, or about 84,000 distinctive titles. Almost 90 % of the content material was TV episodes, and greater than 70 % of the mixed content material has been launched since 2010.
Gracenote’s annual State of Play report analyzes the catalogs of SVOD providers working in 9 of extra international locations world wide and launched earlier than 2020. Due to its latest worldwide enlargement, Max will be a part of the fray in 2025.
Final week, Paramount reported a second quarter (in a row) of profitability at streaming. That achievement might not be sufficient to save lots of Paramount+ as soon as David Ellison has his say. Ellison is within the regulatory a part of buying management of Paramount World, after which he plans to merge it along with his Skydance firm. His plans for streaming — and for Paramount’s linear tv enterprise, which incorporates the printed community CBS and a complete bunch of underperforming cable channels — are unclear.
As of September 30, 2024, Paramount+ has 72 million subscribers. They need to love comedy — or no less than NFL soccer.