Pluto TV is a free ad-supported video streaming service owned and operated by Paramount Streaming, a division of Paramount Global.
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27 Facts About Pluto TV
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On May 14,2014, Pluto TV unveiled a digital video recorder feature on its website known as "myPluto TV"; users could “record” content by clicking a “save show” button that would archive content from the channel as it played.
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On July 1,2015, Pluto TV announced that it had signed a deal with Hulu to distribute the ad-supported video content, available for free on Hulu's website at the time, including current-season episodes of programs from ABC, NBC and Fox, recent and older classic television series, and domestic and foreign animated programs.
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On May 15,2016, Pluto TV signed an agreement with Sony to make the Pluto TV app available on the PlayStation Store for download by users of the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 4.
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In 2016, Pluto TV Inc raised $30 million in series B venture capital funding from ProSiebenSat.
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On May 15,2017, Pluto TV launched a traditional video-on-demand offering, composing a large library of movies and television shows licensed from such distributors as Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, Viacom, Sony Pictures, DHX Media, Nelvana, Fremantle, Monstercat and King Features Syndicate that are made available for individual viewing to Pluto users.
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On March 15,2018, Pluto TV entered into a partnership with SpotX to provide advertising monetization services for Pluto, including engendering sales from media buyers breaking into over-the-top content services.
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On October 1,2018, Pluto TV expanded into parts of Europe, with the launch of a platform on Sky's Now TV service in the United Kingdom, offering an initial slate of more than 12 curated channels.
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Also in October 2018, Pluto TV picked Tru Optik to help with advertising inventory.
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Viacom's plans for Pluto TV included using the service as a marketing tool for its portfolio of linear media brands and to serve as a distribution outlet for its in-house digital content brands, expanding the service into Latin America and expanding its distribution on smart TVs The company planned to use the service to upsell its subscription video-on-demand properties directly to consumers.
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On May 1,2019, Pluto TV introduced branded channels based on Viacom Media Networks-owned cable outlets and other Viacom properties, including content from Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, VH1, Logo, TV Land and MTV.
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On July 1,2019, the service launched a Spanish language programming tier, Pluto TV Latino, consisting initially of eleven Spanish and Portuguese-language channels that incorporate programming originally produced natively in those languages and Spanish-dubbed versions of English and Portuguese programs.
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Pluto TV already carried CBS's free online news service, and technology and video-game-oriented CNET Video.
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In September 2019, Pluto TV became available on mobile platforms in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and the United Kingdom; the service first became available in those countries on iOS and Apple TV devices on September 6, and on Android devices on September 24.
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On February 20,2020, ViacomCBS estimated that Pluto TV generated a monthly average of 22 million viewers in the fourth quarter of 2019, with expectations of its user base reaching 30 million monthly viewers by December 2020.
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Pluto TV announced that Pluto content would be incorporated into a revamped version of CBS All Access, which would add content from ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks cable properties, Paramount Pictures and CBS Television Distribution.
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The FCC's investigation revealed that Pluto did not enable the delivery of captions provided by the programmer on numerous online platforms that carry Pluto TV, did not implement certain closed captioning functionalities, and did not make contact information for closed captioning complaints available to viewers.
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On May 18,2022, Pluto TV was launched in the Nordics through a partnership with Viaplay Group.
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On June 8,2022, Pluto TV announced a partnership with Corus Entertainment to launch Pluto TV in Canada and will launch in Fall 2022.
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On September 1,2022, Pluto TV launched 2 new channels: 00s Replay and The Ed Sullivan Show.
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Pluto TV is structured similarly to the traditional cable television model, offering its content as designated channels categorized by program content type into multiple channel categories:.
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Traditional television channels whose feeds are carried directly on Pluto TV include WeatherNation TV, Newsmax TV, the Trinity Broadcasting Network, Dabl, Bloomberg Television, Sky News, CNN, Professional Bull Riders' RidePass, Eleven Sports, Stadium and TheBlaze.
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AVOD services whose feeds are carried on Pluto TV include CBS News, CBS Sports HQ, Fox Sports, ET Live, Nosey, NBC News Now, Newsy, Cheddar News, TYT Network, and People TV.
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Pluto TV-operated channels are offered through The Roku Channel's live TV section.
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In Canada, Pluto TV was available in a limited capacity due to existing program rights held by broadcasters.
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