Pluto TV

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Pluto TV is a free ad-supported streaming service owned by Paramount Global. It primarily offers a selection of programming content through digital linear channels designed to emulate the experience of traditional broadcast programming.

1 History
2 On demand Transformers shows
3 External links
4 References

History

Pluto TV was originally co-founded by Thomas V. Ryan, Ilya Pozin and Nick Grouf in 2013 and launched its website in 2014. Originally owned by Pluto Inc., it was developed to provide curated channels of existing online content, offering a slate of nearly 100 categorized channels featuring content from various video-sharing platforms and additional content provided through partnerships with original web content services and television networks (including Funny or Die, QVC, and RocketJump)^[1]. The number of channels would expand over the years.

In 2017, Pluto launched a video-on-demand offering featuring a library of licensed television shows and movies from distributors such as Sony and Paramount Pictures^[2]. On October 1st, 2018, Pluto TV expanded to other parts of Europe with a platform on Sky's Now TV in the UK^[3]. On December 4th, 2018, it expanded to Germany and Austria, also through an agreement with Sky^[4].

On January 22nd, 2019, Viacom announced their intention of buying Pluto TV from Pluto Inc., with the deal being completed on March 4th^[5]. On March 18th, Viacom announced plans to launch Pluto TV worldwide^[6]. On May 1st, Pluto TV introduced branded channels based on Viacom-cable outlets and other Viacom properties, including content from Paramount and Nickelodeon. These channels focus primarily on archival content and series that Pluto TV has acquired from other content providers^[7].

On August 13th, 2019, National Amusements announced that Viacom and CBS Corporation, which had split into two separate companies in 2005, would re-merge to become ViacomCBS. Pluto TV already had CBS News' 24/7 streaming network CBSN prior to the announcement^[8].

On February 3rd, 2020, ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in South America, at the end of March, offering 17 channels available in Spanish and Portuguese at launch.^[9] The service was expected to launch in Brazil in December 2020 but was launched on November 17th instead.^[10] On October 8th, ViacomCBS announced Pluto TV's launch in Spain, Italy and France.^[11] On November 29, 2021, ViacomCBS announced that Pluto TV would launch in Sweden, Norway and Denmark by 2022 as part of a joint venture with Nordic Entertainment Group.^[12] On May 18, 2022, Pluto TV launched in the Nordics.^[13] On June 8th, Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS^[14]), and Corus Entertainment announced that Pluto TV will launch in Canada in the Fall.^[15] On the 29th, it was announced that a Transformers-themed channel created by Nickelodeon would launch on June 13. ^[16] Currently the United States, Latin American, Brazilian, United Kingdom, French, Italian, and Nordic versions are available.