Paramount Posts $286M Fourth Quarter Streaming Loss

Uhh... Most of the comments are reading as if the 286m net loss is a negative and piling on with complaints about the app. If you get past the headline, 286m is an improvement from the 490m net loss the year prior. I.e., paramount invested a ton of money in developing a streaming service up front and made an awesome gain on their debt. If they keep at this rate, the service will be profitable in a year and a half or sooner.

Comment by [deleted] at 09/03/2025 at 02:33 UTC

82 upvotes, 6 direct replies

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Comment by palookadook at 09/03/2025 at 02:45 UTC

41 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Turns out people don't like having a subscription that then tells them they need another subscription for most of the things they actually want to watch?

Comment by Huge_Yak6380 at 09/03/2025 at 02:34 UTC

50 upvotes, 6 direct replies

The only thing I watch on it is The Daily Show and it never recommends it for me. I have to dig every time.

Comment by SalsaSmuggler at 09/03/2025 at 02:36 UTC

90 upvotes, 6 direct replies

All these streaming services suck now, at least HBO max doesn’t add fucking commercials to movies

Comment by Sweaty-Discipline746 at 09/03/2025 at 03:03 UTC

9 upvotes, 3 direct replies

I subscribe for Yellowjackets but as soon as that ends im canceling it lol

Comment by shillyshally at 09/03/2025 at 02:29 UTC

44 upvotes, 2 direct replies

Crappy service with crappy content loses money. News at 11.

Comment by Quick_Swing at 09/03/2025 at 07:44 UTC

7 upvotes, 0 direct replies

Cut some of their execs salaries, it won’t look so bad. It’ll still be bad, just less so.

Comment by notreal088 at 09/03/2025 at 18:23 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Good, a lot of these services need fail. They are all cash grabs that saw the money that Netflix and Hulu were making and decided they wanted all the money instead.

Paramount, peacock, and others could have easily made money off the licensing deals and they all instead became greedy. Made people go from 1/2 service to suddenly 5/6 and price themselves out of the market cause not enough people are willing to pay for their shows and movies.

I wish them more losses until the give up their half baked platform and allow better established companies to show their products.

Comment by the_doctor04 at 09/03/2025 at 03:01 UTC*

11 upvotes, 2 direct replies

They ruined fucking Halo. If there was ever a game that could have totally slid right over to a TV series, Halo was a layup. Not only was the writing awful, they fucking ruined it. Fuck Paramount+

Comment by momoenthusiastic at 09/03/2025 at 03:00 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

“ For the direct-to-consumer segment, which includes Pluto TV and BET+, Paramount posted an adjusted OIBDA loss of $286 million for the latest financial quarter, an improvement from the $490 million adjusted OIBDA loss in the same period of 2023.”

It’s not just Paramount+, it’s also Pluto TV and BET+ and other DTC Streaming services. But it’s actually an improvement from Q4 of 2023.

As much as I don’t like their UX, their content is solid imo.

Comment by ProperRemoval at 09/03/2025 at 03:47 UTC

7 upvotes, 1 direct replies

These fuckers own the rights to Australian Survivor and choose to let no1 in America able to watch it legally. I hope they never turn a profit on that pile of trash.

Comment by hanselpremium at 09/03/2025 at 03:39 UTC

11 upvotes, 1 direct replies

fuck paramount+ free workaholics

Comment by eternalbuzzard at 09/03/2025 at 02:47 UTC

20 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Surprised by all these complaints. Anecdotal of course but my paramount app has never had an issue