The Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review would dig into what all can be watched on it, the pricing and is it better than its competitors or not.
In today’s time, OTT platforms have made a special place in our lives. The fact that we can binge-watch the latest series or movies at one go makes these OTT platforms a fun way of entertainment that can be done at the comforts of our room, cafe, public transport etc. Adding more fun to the OTT platform party, a new video streaming service Paramount+ has made its way.
6 Things You Can Watch On Paramount+
The service’s content is divided into two categories: on-demand content (network shows, original series, and films) and live streams (news and sports). All of ViacomCBS’ channels are available, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, and more.
- 1. Series
Like its competitors, the Paramount+ also offers an array of shows depending on the genre you like. If you want to binge-watch on drama series then below are a few options from which you can pick-
• All Rise
• CSI (SCI and CSI Miami)
• Clarice
• Criminal minds
• FBI and FBI: Most Wanted),
• Hawaii 5-0 (classic and current)
• MacGyver (classic and current),
• NCIS (NCIS, NCIS: Los Angeles, and NCIS: New Orleans),
• Star Trek (Star Trek, Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, The Next Generation, Voyager, and The Animated Series),
• The Equalizer, The Good Wife,
• The Twilight Zone (classic and current),
• Twin Peaks
One has to keep in mind that Paramount+ has replaced CBS All Access, so if you were aware of the kind of content available on the CBS platform then you wouldn’t be surprised to find the same kind of content even on the Paramount+. But, the good part about this is that one can now watch CBS All Access’s latest originals on Paramount+ easily.
Some of the original series that will be available on Paramount+ are Star Trek; Discovery, Star Trek: Lower Decks, Star Trek: Picard, Stephen Colbert Presents Tooning Out the News, The Good Fight, and Why Women Kill.
- 2. Kids & Family Genres
If your kids or family is a fan of Nickelodeon then you would be glad to know that Paramount+ offers a wide range of Nickelodeon shows. As ViacomCBS owns Nickelodeon, therefore, it shouldn’t be of many surprises that Paramount+ would also showcase Nickelodeon content. With kid-friendly titles, Paramount+ offers some of the best children-friendly content such as-
• Avatar (The Last Airbender and the Legend of Korra)
• Blue’s Clues
• CatDog
• Dora the Explorer
• Drake and Josh,
• iCarly, Maurice Sendak’s Little Bear,
• Ned’s Declassified School Survival Guide,
• Paw Patrol,
• Peppa Pig,
• Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles,
•The Fairly OddParents,
• SpongeBob SquarePants
- 3. Reality Shows
Let’s be honest, no matter how much we say that reality shows do not make any sense, we still love to watch them because of all the real-time drama it appears. Keeping up with all the drama, Paramount+ also offers some of the finest and most popular reality shows such as-
• Behind the music
• Cradle to stage
• Ink Master
• Queen of the Universe
• Road rules
• RuPaul’s Drag race all-stars
• The Real World: Homecoming : New York
- 4. Movies & Documentaries
Unlike its predecessor who never competed with movie streaming services, Paramount+ has taken up this challenge in full stride against its competitors like HBO Max, Prime Video, Disney+, Hulu and Netflix.
Paramount+ offers over 2500 titles. Currently, it’s showcasing Internal Affairs, Lemony Snicket, A series of Unfortunate Events, Indiana Jones (Raiders of the Lost Ark, Temple of Doom and Last crusade), Spy kids 3-D ” Game over, Trainspotting and much more.
Furthermore, its documentaries section also has some very interesting choices to explore such as 76 days, Console wars, Sir Alex Ferguson: Never Give up. On the Paramount+ one has access to watch a wide range of documentaries based on history, crime and politics.
- 5. Sports
The Paramount+ offers live sports streaming. Coming with the CBS All Access background, the Paramount+ is keeping up to the expectations. It offers options to watch football, golf and college basketball events all on a budget.
Furthermore, one also access to watch NFL, NCAA Men’s Basketball Championship coverage, Soccer games that include, Campeonato Brasileiro Série A, Concacaf, Liga Profesional de Fútbol, National Women’s Soccer League, UEFA Champions League, UEFA Europa League, and UEFA Europa Conference League.
- 6. Access to Live TV
For its premium subscribers, the Paramount+ offers access to all the local CBS broadcast stations that means one can watch primetime shows such as 60 Minutes or any other show of the CBS network as when they get aired.
Pricing – Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review
When it comes to pricing, Paramount+ like its competitors offers a monthly and a yearly subscription. The monthly subscription is $4.99 per month whereas, the year subscription would cost $49.99 per year. In these plans, one would not be able to access local CBS stations but can access NFL games and UEFA Champions League soccer matches. Furthermore, this plan doesn’t support features such as streaming titles in 4K nor, would be able to download.
On the other hand if one chooses to subscribe to Paramount+ premium tier then that would cost $9.99 per month and $99 for a year subscription. Continue reading Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review to know more about parental controls & subtitles.
Interface on Web & App
If you have used CBS All Access then you wouldn’t find much difference in the Paramount+ interface on the web. It too uses a dark color scheme, sleek in design and is user-friendly. To make it more convenient for the audience, the categorizations have been done such as Trending shows, Recently added shows, Trending movies, On Now, Original and more.
Each show has been given its descriptions, list of available episodes and related show sections. One thing that Paramount+ doesn’t offer (which it should) like Prime Video and Shudder is that it doesn’t allow the audience to leave reviews of the content or give any ratings.
Paramount+ can be easily downloaded on Android phones. Similar to it web theme, the app also contains a menu bar with Home, Search, Live Tv and More options.
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Parental Controls & Subtitles
This platform has a decent subtitling feature with the option of changing the font size, type, weight and color of the background. For subtitles, it offers the languages of English, Danish, Finnish, Norwegian and Swedish.
When it comes to Parental control, then the platform offers two kinds of settings- one for the younger kids and the other for older kids. When that setting is activated, only movies and shows with the specified ratings will be accessible. The strange thing is that Paramount+ doesn’t require a password to switch from Kids Mode to Unrestricted Mode, which seems counterproductive to the purpose.
Pros & Cons – Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review
To answer this question, we would have to go through the pros and cons of this platform so that we can decide whether Paramount+ is worth an investment or not?
| PROS | CONS |
| It gives you a Live TV option which will include a feed of local CBS stations. | Does not have the feature of watchlists like its competitors who offer basic quality-of-life features. |
| One doesn’t have to wait for the season to end as one can access the recently aired episode. | Theatrical releases come in 45 days later which shouldn’t happen as the standard way is that it should happen right away. |
| Can watch Paramount movies that are still running in the theater. | Does not have exciting original content like Netflix, Prime Video and Disney+. |
| One cannot get all CBS or Viacom show or Paramount movies on this platform |
Final Words – Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review
The objective behind this Paramount Plus OTT Platform Review was to ensure that our readers get to know this OTT platform completely so that they can decide better whether this platform is worth switching to or not. After considering the facts, pros and cons of the Paramount+, it can be stated in this review that this OTT still has a long way to go.
It offers something for everyone, be it dramas, children’s shows, family series, latest movies and sports games with easy accessibility. The accessibility of the latest Paramount+ movies on the platform gives the platform its uniqueness.
Things that Paramount+ needs to work upon are its basic quality life feature, downloading feature, the not-so-strict parental controls, creating more original content and most importantly, adding more features and options in the budgeted subscription.