![]() ![]() It doesn’t have theme parks (Disney, Comcast), doesn’t own a distribution platform (Comcast, WarnerMedia), and of course isn’t a tech giant (Amazon, Apple).” “ViacomCBS simply can’t afford to completely give up all of the billions it takes in from licensing its content to third parties. In a must-read story about Paramount+’s strategy, my friend Joe Adalian reported for Vulture that: That explains weird music in seasons that are streaming, and could explain seasons that are not yet streaming.īut Paramount+ is missing shows for another reason, which also has to do with money. The short version: “the process of licensing popular tunes can be prohibitively expensive.” Old TV shows used short-term licensing deals to get big songs for less, and now they can’t afford the rights: “between $30,000 and $40,000 on average for indefinite rights to a popular song,” the Times reported. The New York Times just reported on this, and about why, even when a show or episode is streaming, it’s sometimes missing its original music. But I do think I know what’s going on here.įirst, one thing that complicates the ability to stream older shows is their use of music. So why is that? I’ve reached out to Paramount+ to ask about those seasons specifically, and I’ll update if I hear back.
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