Showtime’s streaming app is chucking the deuces to its subscribers because the platform is slated to close down in April.
According to Variety, subscribers discovered the community was shutting down the app by way of a discover.
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When Will The Showtime App Officially End?
The streaming service premiered in July 2015 and after roughly 9 years, the platform is asking it quits. The premium community will formally finish its standalone service on April 30. According to the discover on the web site, “Current Showtime streaming subscribers will continue to have access to the Showtime streaming service until it is shut down on April 30, 2024.”
Paramount’s Global, the community’s dad or mum firm, initially deliberate to section out the community’s solo streaming app on the finish of final 12 months.
The shutdown follows the combination of Paramount+ with Showtime. The union debuted in the summertime of 2023, together with an ad-free package deal for $11.99. Showtime’s standalone service was $2 much less at $9.99.
@mannysolo quipped, “I was about to be fake mad but I don’t even have Showtime…”
Some Roomies weren’t too involved with the app shutting down.
“Just as long as it ain’t STARZ,” @_joooo wrote.
Several Roommates had been nervous about how they’d watch the present by producer and author Lena Waithe, The Chi.
@jalonclarkk requested, “what’s happening with the Chi?”
@loammirichardson added, “So the chi gonna release their final episodes now?”
Roommate, @tyronda0414, understood the combination of the networks, writing, “makes sense they would merge with Paramount.”
@iamkingtyree agreed, writing, “best idea of the year.”
The firm took notes from Warner Bros.’s Discovery technique, which mixed HBO and Max. After HBO Max hit the scene, the HBO Go and HBO Now apps had been axed.
If you’re a Showtime subbie and wish to proceed viewing your reveals, gon’ make that swap!
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