Paramount’s Pluto TV strikes Sony deal to expand channel offering

Paramount’s FAST unit Pluto TV has launched four new channels in collaboration with Sony Pictures Television (SPT).

The multi-territory agreement brings SPT content to Pluto TV across Europe and the UK. The new channels operate on Pluto TV across Spain, Italy, Germany, Switzerland, Austria and the UK.

Audiences in the UK, Italy and Spain will have access to a channel dedicated to Married with Children, the classic SPT series.

Viewers in the UK and Spain will be able to view The Nanny, while sitcom The Jeffersons will be offered as a Pluto TV channel in Italy.

The 1980s sitcom Who’s The Boss has launched as a channel in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Separately, Pluto TV has launched its 100th channel in France, Pluto TV 100sationelle (Centsationelle), which allows viewers to vote for their favourite content from a list of available programmes via a dedicated website. Content available includes Alerte à Malibu, Queen of the Universe and South Park.

June has also seen the addition of channels dedicated to US series MacGyver and Melrose Place to Pluto TV France, along with kids channels Digimon and Winx.