Patrick Frater Asia Bureau Chief The Paramount+ streaming service will launch in Japan in December as a free-of-charge addition to cable and internet provider J:COM’s platform and to pay-TV service Wowow.
Paramount+ originals including “Tulsa King,” “Mayor of Kingstown” and “Star Trek: Strange New Worlds” will be available at the launch of the service and for the first time in Japan.
Japan will be the second country in East Asia where the service becomes available, following a launch in South Korea in June last year.
That launch followed a strategic partnership between Paramount and dominant Korean entertainment group CJ ENM and sees Paramount+ operate as a free tier on local streaming platform TVing.
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