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How Showtime builds for TV

A premium network app now largely folded into Paramount+.

Hybrid7 of 7 platforms

Where Showtime runs

General availability across the major smart-TV platforms. Support changes over time.

Tizen · Samsung
Available
webOS · LG
Available
Roku · Roku
Available
Fire TV · Amazon
Available
Android TV · Google
Available
tvOS · Apple
Available
SmartCast · Vizio
Available

How Showtime is built for TV

Showtime ships as a standalone app across the major platforms and is also bundled inside Paramount+. It is a useful case study in consolidation: one owner, overlapping apps, shared back-end.

For builders, the interesting question is how you share a content and playback core across two front-end brands.

Building something like Showtime?

  • A shared playback and content core can power multiple branded front ends.
  • Consolidation is common in streaming; design your core to outlive the brand on it.
  • Keep entitlement and sign-in flows consistent across bundled apps.

Availability and engineering details are compiled from public sources and change over time. Showtime is a trademark of its owner; this page is an independent developer reference and is not affiliated with or endorsed by Showtime.