MAY 4, 2022 - Great news this week for (selected) European Star Trek fans! Paramount+ is scheduled to launch in the UK and Ireland June 22nd, with more international rollouts planned throughout the next year.

According to a press release from Paramount Global, the news was broken by CEO Bob Bakish during the latest quarterly earnings meeting. The upcoming launch will see Paramount+ “available online at paramountplus.com and on mobile and a wide range of connected TV devices via the Paramount+ app, via [...] Apple, Amazon, Google, Roku® and Samsung, with more platforms to be announced in the coming months.” After a free seven-day trial, the service will be available for £6.99 per month, or £69.90 annually in the UK.

Paramount+ is also expected to be available in South Korea beginning in June in a partnership with CJ ENM, with a move into the Indian market in 2023. Paramount+ will also be launching on the Sky platform later this year in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany and Austria. Sky Cinema subscribers will be able to access Paramount+ content at no extra charge.

“The addition of Paramount+ to our strong portfolio of free-to-air, pay TV and streaming services will broaden the range of choice available to our audiences in the UK and Ireland. Paramount+ will be a one-stop destination for Paramount’s biggest brands, where fans of all ages can find exclusive original premium content, global hits, and discover a world of favourites from Paramount’s vast catalogue,” Maria Kyriacou, President of the Australian, Canadian, Israeli and UK divisions of Paramount said in a statement.

That’s right! Subscribers in the UK and Ireland will have access to more than 8,000 hours of content from across the Paramount portfolio, including the full range of the Star Trek brand. For more information, download the app or visit paramountplus.com.