Already, the company has managed to bring together the tech stacks of Paramount+, BET+ and Pluto TV, a shift that subscribers and viewers do not notice. Ellison credited “the way AI technology and other things have progressed” for providing a boost to that process.

This is the most managerial statement of "AI does nothing" that I have ever read. I knew it was bullshit, but to read it is a whole new level.

If the price increases due to the extreme leveraging to make this 'deal' go through, I will be cancelling my subscription to HBO

In much of continental Europe we have Sky Showtime, which is a Paramount-Universal partnership. It's not the best platform, but it's the cheapest and still doesn't have account sharing issues. It's the last platform I have left. Does anyone know what's going to happen with it? I haven't read anything about it anywhere.