Paramount Combines Pluto & My5 In UK; VR Cinema Tech Biz Launches; ’14 Peaks’ Producer Noah Adds Development Chief – Global Briefs

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Paramount Combines Streamers Pluto & My5 In UK Paramount is to combine its AVoD platform Pluto TV with BVoD My5 in the UK.

In a move that could be the precursor to the breaking down of barriers between AVoD and BVoD, the new streamer will launch in the market in the second half of next year, with more details coming in the next few months.

The platform will combine My5’s collection of Paramount UK network Channel 5‘s content such as All Creatures Great and Small with Pluto, which carries numerous FAST Channels.

Pluto has recently expanded annual revenue beyond $1B, according to Paramount, and is available in 35 markets. FAST once again dominated much of the chatter at Mipcom Cannes and Paramount Chief Strategy Officer and Chief Business Development Officer Jeff Shultz spoke at the confab’s now-annual FAST Summit. “As we look ahead to an IP-delivered future, this is the right time for us to fully leverage the Paramount ecosystem and combine the reach and scale of our free-to-air network in the UK with the global success of our FAST service,” said Maria Kyriacou, Paramount’s President, Broadcast & Studios, International Markets. Aussie Producer Launches Tech Biz To Facilitate VR Cinema Australia’s White Spark Pictures has launched Surround Sync, a business aimed at delivering its patent-pending immersive experience tech into cinemas and other venues.