Was Paramount+ previously called something else?

Yes — it launched as CBS All Access in 2014 before being rebranded as Paramount+ in March 2021.

Does Paramount+ include Showtime content?

Yes — Paramount+ expanded in 2024 into "Paramount+ with Showtime," folding Showtime's streaming library into the service.

What live sports does Paramount+ carry?

Paramount+ streams NFL games broadcast on CBS, including exclusive streaming windows for select playoff games.

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Written by Total Apex Entertainment Staff · Editorial Policy · Updated October 11, 2026

Total Apex Take

Paramount+ is now a streaming service owned by a company that just spent a year fighting over whether to buy Warner Bros. Discovery, and its own identity is the thing most likely to change next.

The Skydance-Paramount merger closed in 2025, putting David Ellison in charge of a company whose streaming arm had already merged Paramount+ with Showtime and leaned hard into password-sharing crackdowns to narrow losses. Paramount+'s real value has always been less about prestige originals and more about live sports and reliable IP — CBS's NFL package and exclusive streaming windows for playoff games, plus Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone-adjacent universe and Star Trek, carry the platform more than any single flagship drama.

Our take is that Paramount+ is now a bargaining chip as much as a product: new ownership has spent considerable energy on acquisition talks involving Warner Bros. Discovery, and a service this size either becomes the core of a much bigger streaming consolidation play or gets rebranded and folded into something else entirely within the next couple of years. Betting on its name staying the same through 2027 feels like the riskier assumption right now.

Watch what Ellison's team does with the Showtime integration and sports rights specifically — NFL and other live sports are the one asset here that's genuinely hard to replace, and whoever ends up running Paramount's streaming business will build around that first.

About Paramount+

Paramount+ launched on March 4, 2021, as a rebrand of CBS All Access, Paramount's earlier streaming service that had run since 2014. The relaunch broadened the platform beyond CBS content to include the wider Paramount Pictures film library, Nickelodeon, MTV, and other ViacomCBS-owned brands, alongside live NFL and other sports coverage carried on CBS.

Notable Paramount+ Programming

Title	Type	Notes
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds	Original series	Part of Paramount+'s expanded Star Trek slate
1883 / 1923	Original series	Yellowstone prequel series extending Taylor Sheridan's franchise
Mayor of Kingstown	Original series	Another Taylor Sheridan-produced Paramount+ drama
NFL on CBS	Live sports	Live and exclusive streaming windows for NFL games, including playoff coverage

Financials

Launched	2021, rebranded from the earlier CBS All Access service
Parent company	Paramount Skydance
Current branding	Expanded in 2024 into "Paramount+ with Showtime," folding Showtime's streaming library into the service

How It Compares

Compared To	Key Difference
Peacock	Both platforms combine a broadcast network's library with live sports rights, though Paramount+ centers on CBS and NFL coverage while Peacock carries NBC's Premier League and Olympics rights.

Paramount+

Launched	March 4, 2021 (as a rebrand of CBS All Access, which launched 2014)
Parent company	Paramount (formerly ViacomCBS)

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