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Skydance plans an HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle in early 2027 and one tech platform within a year. Pluto TV has shrunk to 75 million users.
Skydance plans an HBO Max and Paramount+ bundle in early 2027 and one tech platform within a year. Pluto TV has shrunk to 75 million users.
It’s part of an industrywide trend toward bundling — and a prelude to further integration between the two streaming services.
The company says it will eventually merge them into a single streaming platform, but it will bundle both subscriptions first. In its latest quarterly earnings, Paramount Skydance said the merger will move faster than its integration of Pluto TV with Paramount Plus, which took 18 months. [Link: Paramount Skydance Q3 2026 Shareholder Letter | https://ir.skydance.com/static-files/af510edc-00d2-44ca-8e8c-b73466e99694 | Skydance]
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