Paramount+ Launches in Korea on TVing Streaming Platform

variety.com:

Patrick Frater Asia Bureau ChiefThe Paramount+ streaming service launches Thursday in South Korea as a free-of-charge addition to the CJ ENM-controlled TVing platform.Paramount+ originals such as “Halo,” in addition to “Yellowjackets,” “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “1883” will be released for the first time in Korea, exclusively through the new branded zone.

It will also provide access to library movie titles including “Mission: Impossible,” “Top Gun,” and “Transformers,” CBS series “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation” and “NCIS,” Nickelodeon’s “SpongeBob SquarePants,” Comedy Central’s “South Park,” MTV’s young adult series and others from Showtime.

The launch is part of a strategic global partnership between Paramount Global and CJ ENM that was announced in December last year.

The deal includes content licensing and distribution across Paramount+ and TVing, as well as joint efforts on seven Korean original series.TVing was originally launched in 2010 by CJ Hellovision.