The APP is available on the X1 platform, but you still have to sign up and pay for an account. There's no discount if you're a cable subscriber.
(And FWIW, the X1 box is a decent DVR, but it SUCKS as a streamer. Even though I've got an X1 box on every TV in my house, all of my streaming is done via AppleTV or Roku.) On Wednesday, January 20, 2021 at 10:21:15 AM UTC-5 Mark Jeffries wrote: > They are on Xfinity X1 as of about a month ago (in fact, the day before > HBO Max finally appeared on the platform in plenty of time before "Wonder > Woman 1984"). Apple TV was offering a deal of CBSAA and Showtime for $9.99 > a month before Christmas. > > As far as I know, the only time I've seen "Paramount+" in connection with > on-air promotion was on the Nickelodeon telecast of the Bears v. Saints > Wild Card game two Sundays ago, where they featured at halftime a scene > from the upcoming "Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years," which can be > described as "SpongeBob Babies" in CGI instead of cel animation and was > unimpressive (I know, I'm not the target audience, but...). > > Mark Jeffries > [email protected] > > > On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 2:36 PM M-D November <[email protected]> wrote: > >> What's curious to me is that with less than 2 months to relaunch, there's >> no talk of pricing and/or CableCo partnerships. By rebranding as >> "Paramount+", they're trying to position themselves as something more than >> a broadcast network's streaming front (and home to the Big Brother live >> feeds), but doing so puts the service (in perception, anyway) on the same >> field as Disney+ and HBOMax. >> >> HBOMax's price point is overly high, but their CableCo partnerships make >> the service accessible to traditional subscribers. Disney+ went the other >> way and went with a lower price point (even more so if you were able to >> lock in the D23 "founders" discount). CBSAA, meanwhile, despite the linkage >> to the terrestrial network, offers no CableCo partnerships and has a price >> point equivalent to Netflix's single stream plan.without anything >> approaching the same depth of content. >> >> For the rebrand to work (and to gain more subscribers), I think they need >> to follow the HBO model - especially since a case can be made that CableCo >> subs already pay enough in fees to get the channels that will live under >> the P+ banner. I could even live with something akin to the Peacock model >> on Xfinity (all content w/ minimal ads is free, fully-ad-free is an >> upcharge). >> >> On Tuesday, January 19, 2021 at 10:56:30 AM UTC-5 Bob Jersey wrote: >> >>> Début date: March 4th. >>> >>> >>> https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/paramount-plus-streaming-debut-march-4-viacomcbs-1234887452/ >>> (link) >>> >>> Jon Delfin, Sept 15th 2020: >>> >>>> >>>> https://tvline.com/2020/09/15/cbs-all-access-rebranding-paramount-plus-new-name-the-godfather/ >>>> >>>> Yes, the only thing that's been keeping me from subscribing is the >>>> branding. >>>> >>> >>> B >>> >>> >> -- >> > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> > To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0abee53a-f287-49c1-84f4-0ab5813a9640n%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/0abee53a-f287-49c1-84f4-0ab5813a9640n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/14d3d6b3-9bd1-4a85-a383-8f4f36f82dbdn%40googlegroups.com.
