Over 20 Paramount channels, including CBS, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, may no longer be accessible to YouTube TV subscribers due to an ongoing contract dispute between the companies.
In a recent blog post, YouTube TV informed its subscribers about the situation, expressing their lack of success in reaching a fair agreement with Paramount. This lack of agreement means that the channels, including CBS and CBS Sports, may no longer be available on YouTube TV without imposing extra costs on subscribers.
Effective immediately, all Paramount content, along with previously recorded shows and additional services like Paramount+, Showtime, and BET+, will no longer be offered on YouTube TV as of today, February 13.
The company notes it is still “actively negotiating with Paramount.” But if an agreement is not reached and the content is unavailable for an extended amount of time, YouTube TV vowed to give subscribers an $8 credit.
This means subscribers will not be able to tune into network staples such as South Park, Paw Patrol, Tyler Perry’s Sistas, Fire Country and more.
“Paramount is an important partner for us and as you can imagine, this is not the outcome that we want,” YouTube TV’s statement concludes. “We’re still in active conversations with Paramount and are hopeful we can come to an agreement to keep their content available on YouTube TV.”
In a statement shared with Variety, a Paramount spokesperson said, “YouTube TV is attempting to pressure Paramount to agree to one-sided terms, and these non-market demands may lead to an avoidable loss of Paramount’s networks on YouTube TV, in addition to the removal of Paramount+ and BET+ from YouTube’s Primetime Channels, on February 13.”
The following national channels will be impacted by the changes:
- BET
- BET Her
- CBS
- CBS Sports Network
- CMT
- Comedy Central
- Comet TV
- Dabl
- MTV
- MTV Classic
- MTV2
- MyNetwork TV
- NewsNation
- Nick Jr.
- Nick Toons
- Nickelodeon
- Paramount
- Pop
- Smithsonian Channel
- Start TV
- Teen Nick
- Tr3s: MTV, Musica y Mas
- TV Land
- VH1
Local CBS stations in Atlanta (WUPA), New York (WLNY), Boston (WSBK), Philadelphia (WPSG), Dallas-Fort Worth (KTXA), Pittsburgh (WPCW), Seattle (KSTW), Sacramento (KMAX), San Francisco (KPYX), and Tampa Bay (WTOG) may also go dark on YouTube TV if an agreement is not met in time.
Subscribers looking to access Paramount content will have to subscribe to Paramount+, which is available beginning at $7.99 a month.
YouTube TV subscribers looking to claim their $8 credit can go to tv.youtube.com.
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