It has been a noteworthy year for the Showtime premium cable network. To start, Showtime’s parent company, Paramount Global, announced that the network’s live streaming video component would be folded into Paramount+ earlier on in the summer.
Subsequent to that announcement, Showtime’s own mobile app would cease to exist by year’s end to allow incumbent subscribers of both services to pay the monthly $11.99 (USD) fee and upgrade to the new Paramount+ subscription plan. This is all part of business.
Whenever a new service or feature gets introduced, an older service offering a similar or the same product will get phased out.