Showtime Proclaims Streaming Service Is Shutting Down

Showtime’s streaming app is chucking the deuces to its subscribers because the platform is slated to close down in April.

In response 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 Formally Finish?

The streaming service premiered in July 2015 and after roughly 9 years, the platform is looking it quits. The premium community will formally finish its standalone service on April 30. In response to the discover on the web site, “Present Showtime streaming subscribers will proceed to have entry to the Showtime streaming service till it’s shut down on April 30, 2024.”

Paramount’s International, the community’s mum or dad firm, initially deliberate to part out the community’s solo streaming app on the finish of final yr.

The shutdown follows the combination of Paramount+ with Showtime. The union debuted in the summertime of 2023, together with an ad-free bundle for $11.99. Showtime’s standalone service was $2 much less at $9.99.

@mannysolo quipped, “I used to be about to be pretend mad however I don’t even have Showtime…”

Some Roomies weren’t too involved with the app shutting down.

“Simply so long as it ain’t STARZ,” @_joooo wrote.

A number of Roommates had been apprehensive about how they’d watch the present by producer and author Lena Waithe, The Chi.

@jalonclarkk requested, “what’s occurring with the Chi?” 

@loammirichardson added, “So the chi gonna launch their last episodes now?”

Roommate, @tyronda0414, understood the combination of the networks, writing, “is smart they’d merge with Paramount.” 

@iamkingtyree agreed, writing, “greatest thought of the yr.”

The corporate 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 happen to’re a Showtime subbie and need to proceed viewing your exhibits, gon’ make that change!

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