{"id":1208129,"date":"2023-12-01T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208129"},"modified":"2023-12-01T15:00:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-01T20:00:00","slug":"paramount-with-showtime-is-going-to-cost-you-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208129","title":{"rendered":"Paramount+ With Showtime Is Going to Cost You More"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most streaming services have raised their prices in the past year\u2014some more confusingly than others. Back in June, <a href=\"https:\/\/mashable.com\/article\/paramount-plus-showtime-merge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"(opens in a new window)\">Paramount+ merged with Showtime<\/a>, and, as a result, its pricing increased\u2014but not only for people interested in actually watching Showtime content. Both Paramount+ pricing tiers\u2014ad-free with Showtime and ad-supported without Showtime\u2014are now more expensive, even though only one of these tiers actually offers more content.<\/p>\n<h2>The cheapest Paramount+ plan costs more than ever<\/h2>\n<p>The most affordable Paramount+ subscription has ads, and does <strong>not<\/strong> include Showtime content. It&#8217;s called Paramount+ Essential, and it will now cost you $5.99\/month, up from $4.99 before the merger. If you prefer paying for a year upfront, then you&#8217;ll be shelling out $59.99\/year\u2014an increase of $10 to the annual fee. Note that these prices don&#8217;t include local taxes, which may or may not apply to you depending on where in the U.S. you live.<\/p>\n<p>This plan does not include a live stream of your local CBS station. You will, however, be able to access NFL on CBS and UEFA Champions League soccer matches through separate live feeds.<\/p>\n<h2>Paramount+ With Showtime pricing<\/h2>\n<p>For those who want Showtime and an ad-free experience, the Paramount+ with Showtime plan is the one to choose. It costs $11.99\/month, or $119.99\/year, excluding taxes. This includes all the content available on both these streaming services, now merged into one.<\/p>\n<p>This plan does cost $2 more per month when compared to the old Paramount+ only model, but you <em>do<\/em> get more content with this increase. If you subscribed for the year prior to the merger, you&#8217;ll be grandfathered in until it&#8217;s time for your next billing cycle. Once that time comes, however, you will be charged at the new rate.<\/p>\n<p>&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: LifeHacker &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/lifehacker.com\/entertainment\/how-much-is-paramount-plus-with-showtime\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paramount+ With Showtime Is Going to Cost You More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Most streaming services have raised their prices in the past year\u2014some more confusingly than others. Back in June, Paramount+ merged with Showtime, and, as a result, its pricing increased\u2014but not only for people interested in actually watching Showtime content. Both &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1208129\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91,110],"tags":[92],"class_list":["post-1208129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lifehacker","category-unfiltered-rss","tag-lifehacker"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1208129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1208129\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1208129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1208129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1208129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}