SkyShowtime Announces Official Launch Date and Lineup

LONDON–( CorporatePRwire )–New streaming service SkyShowtime today announces its official launch date of September 20, 2022 and will bring its premium offering of exclusive and iconic entertainment to millions of homes for the first time in all of Europe.

A joint venture of Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA), parent company of NBCUniversal and Sky, and Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), SkyShowtime will launch in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden on September 20, before expanding to Netherlands during the fourth quarter. SkyShowtime will continue its rollout with Spain, Portugal, Andorra, and Central and Eastern Europe in the coming months and through to the first quarter of 2023. Central and Eastern European markets include the Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Poland, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia and Slovenia. Specific launch dates and pricing for these markets will be announced in the coming months.

SkyShowtime brings together the best in entertainment from the world’s biggest studios and storytellers. With thousands of hours of quality entertainment for the whole family, the service will host a wide selection of the world’s most anticipated series and films.

The service will offer first-to-the-small-screen exclusives of cinematic films from Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures, Hollywood’s oldest studios, which together account for nearly 50% of the Hollywood box office.

SkyShowtime will deliver a slew of new blockbusters following their theatrical and home entertainment releases, including Top Gun: Maverick, Jurassic World: The World After, Minions 2: Once Upon A Time Gru, The Northman, All On Stage 2, Sonic the Hedgehog 2, The Secret of the Lost City, Downton Abbey 2: A New Era, Nope, Belfast, Ambulance and The Bad Guys.

SkyShowtime will also feature new premium series, content for kids and families, and a selection of must-see titles and box sets from Universal Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, DreamWorks Animation, Paramount+, SHOWTIME®, Sky Studios and Peacock, all streaming on one platform. SkyShowtime will also rely on local original programming, documentaries and specials from its markets.

In the Nordics, as part of the partnership with Paramount, SkyShowtime will replace Paramount+, allowing current and future subscribers to watch their favorite Paramount+ series and movies, such as Halo, Yellowstone, The Offer and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, as well than original SHOWTIME® content like Yellowjackets, Dexter: New Blood, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber, and The First Lady. And for the first time, subscribers will have access to even more exclusive new series and movies from Universal Pictures, Sky Originals and NBCUniversal.

Upon launch, subscribers will be able to watch highly anticipated series from SHOWTIME® with American Gigolo, Sky Originals with The Rising, The Fear Index, and The Midwich Cuckoos, as well as Season 21 of Peacock’s Law & Order. In the coming months, additional series will include Season 5 of Yellowstone, Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin, Vampire Academy, and Season 2 of Yellowjackets and SHOWTIME®’s Let The Right One In.

Monty Sarhan, CEO of SkyShowtime: “It’s time for… SkyShowtime, the next generation streaming service in Europe. Just a few months after receiving regulatory approvals, SkyShowtime will officially launch on September 20, 2022. We are pleased to offer our customers exclusive access to the latest series and film releases from our iconic and world-renowned studios.We look forward to further communicating launch dates in our other markets and bringing SkyShowtime to a even wider audience in Europe.”

And Henriette Skov, SkyShowtime’s Regional General Manager for Northern Europe, concluded: “We are delighted to launch SkyShowtime in the Nordics and look forward to bringing our customers the best selection of series and movies on a single platform.”

The service will be directly accessible via the SkyShowtime application downloadable on Apple iOS, tvOS, Android devices, and via the website: www.skyshowtime.com . SkyShowtime’s monthly fee will be 6.99 EUR in Finland, 79 SEK in Sweden, 79 NOK in Norway, and 69 DKK in Denmark.

SkyShowtime will also be available through the following distribution partners in the Nordic markets: Allente, RiksTV, Ruutu, Sappa, Strim, Telenor, Tele2, Telia, Telmore and Nuuday Group’s YouSee, and TV 2 Play.

Powered by the Peacock platform, SkyShowtime has been specially created for Europe and focuses on these markets. With regional offices in all of its territories, SkyShowtime’s customer-focused focus and presence in local markets exemplifies its approach to partnerships, content and marketing. Once launched in more than 20 countries, SkyShowtime apps and programming will be available in 18 languages.

The programming described in this press release is specific to the Nordic countries and may vary depending on the market.

Find the trailer on https://youtu.be/ujzpT7FTeeY

For more information, please visit:

Website: www.skyshowtime.com

Press room: corporate.skyshowtime.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/skyshowtime

For more information, email skyshowtimeenquiries@mcsaatchi.com

About SkyShowtime

SkyShowtime is a new streaming service that will launch in the Nordics on September 20 this year.

A joint venture between Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) and Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA), SkyShowtime combines the resources of both companies to deliver a direct-to-consumer experience based on the best in entertainment, feature films and original series from Universal Pictures, DreamWorks, Sky Studios, Peacock, Paramount+, SHOWTIME®, Paramount Pictures and Nickelodeon.

SkyShowtime is available in over 20 European markets and covers 90 million homes. The service will be offered in the following countries: Albania, Andorra, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Denmark, Spain, Finland, Hungary, Kosovo, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Norway, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Czech Republic, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia and Sweden.

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