South Park enthusiasts can expect at least five more years of Cartman, Stan, Kyle, and Kenny. Trey Parker and Matt Stone, the masterminds behind the popular animated series South Park, have secured a five-year agreement to continue their show.Paramount Plusstreaming platform and to grant Paramount worldwide accessstreaming rights.
The pair will continue to produce 10 episodes annually, asreported in the Los Angeles Times; this agreement supersedes the one the franchise had withHBO Maxand its parent company, Warner Bros. Discovery. The creators of South Park were engaged in prolonged discussions for a potential $3 billion, 10-year agreement,according to previous reports.
The agreement solely pertains to streaming rights and does not involve merchandise or the revenue that the duo’s production company, Park County, receives through a separate contract with Comedy Central to maintain the show on that network.
The 27th season of the show wasdelayed to July 23due to the internal dealings related to the continuous acquisition of Paramount by Skydance Media. The television show premiered on Comedy Central in 1997.
Parker and Stone will appear at San Diego Comic-Con the day following the show’s debut on July 24.for a panelfeaturing Saturday Night Live alumnus Andy Samberg and Mike Judge, the creator of Beavis and Butt-Head.
What this implies for television audiences and the streaming sector
Paramount’s commitment to South Park is “a courageous wager on the future of streaming,” said Jason Fairchild, CEO oftvScientific, a television advertising firm, states .
“Although other areas of the media industry are merging or cutting costs, Paramount is focusing on exclusive intellectual property to support its platform and capture audience interest in a competitive market,” Fairchild states.
Other streaming competitors including Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video have make agreements for sports contentand global content, he says. “The fundamental approach is evident: control the content that fuels subscriptions and interaction.”
Audience members, according to Fairchild, may increasingly turn to ad-supported options on streaming platforms if they find it difficult to afford all the premium content they desire in a market with numerous separate paid services.
Seth Schachner, a former Sony executive who currently serves as managing director at Strat Americas, a Los Angeles-based consulting company, stated that Paramount’s agreement “appears to be quite progressive, more similar to what Netflix might aim for than what a conventional studio would pursue.”
The agreement, Schachner notes, might signal the beginning of a new trend involving more direct collaborations between creators and streamers.
“It wouldn’t amaze me if this agreement serves as a model for other major initiatives that studios aim to maintain,” he states.
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