Paramount+ has launched in Russia on the Okko OTT platform.
According to TelecomDaily, it is being made available as a separate subscription service for R199 (€2.57) a month for the first three months, rising to R299 a month afterwards.
It is also being offered in Okko’s Optimum and Premium subscriptions, which cost R399 and R799 a month respectively.
Furthermore, this month a trial version of the Optimum package, including Paramount+, is being made available to new customers for only R1 a month.
The Paramount+ service is operated jointly by Okko and ViacomCBS Networks International and offers premium content from ViacomCBS brands, including Channel 5 and MTV.
It also includes the bulk of the content of Comedy Central, shown for the first time and exclusively on Okko.
Okko was launched in 2011 and has a catalogue that includes 43,000 films, cartoons and series.
It has a monthly audience of 2.8 million people and over 20 million users have visited the service since its launch.
Source: https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2020/06/02/paramount-debuts-in-russia/