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Paramount Plus with Showtime is half price during the Amazon Prime Day sale
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Just in time for the new season of “Big Brother,” you can subscribe to Paramount+ and save 50% on the first two months. The Prime Day streaming deal is part of a suite of Prime Video channels deals that offer serious discounts on some of the best streaming platforms.
If you’re new to Paramount+ or looking to level up your subscription from Paramount+ Essential, the Paramount+ with Showtime tier is now 50% off per month for the first two months when you subscribe via Amazon. That makes your monthly charge $5.99 per month for two months, then $11.99 per month to follow. (You can cancel anytime.)
Enjoy your local CBS affiliates’ live feed (where available) while diving into the Paramount+ library of original and on-demand content ad-free (except for your CBS live feed). That means you’ll get access to top-tier award shows and sports airing on CBS, NFL games airing on CBS and Paramount+ originals like “Yellowstone” spinoffs “1883” and “1923.”
This top Amazon Prime Day deal ends July 17, 2024, so grab it while you can.
CBS Essentials, CBS News and Paramount+ are all subsidiaries of Paramount.
More Prime Video streaming channel deals to shop on Amazon Prime Day
Streaming top-tier content, from the Olympics and the NFL to the latest episode of “The Serpent Queen,” has never been more cost-effective thanks to the Prime Day streaming deals listed below. Simply add the channels of your choice to your Amazon Prime account and start streaming.
Get MGM+ for 99 cents for the first two months
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Get MGM+ for 99 cents per month for the next 60 days, then pay $6.99 per month. Watch new movies like “IF” or “The Beekeeper,” or stream originals like “Billie The Kid” and “The Emporer of Ocean Park,” all from the comfort of home.
Tap the button below to add MGM+ to your Prime Video subscription.
Get Starz for 99 cents per month for the first two months
Starz
Add the Starz Channel to your Prime membership for just 99 cents per month for the first two months, then pay $9.99 per month going forward.
Enjoy the Starz library of original and on-demand content, from “The Serpent Queen” to “Mary & George” starring Julianne Moore.
This offer ends July 17, 2024. Tap the button below to add the Starz Channel to your Prime video membership.
Sign up for Hallmark Movies Now for 99 cents per month for the first two months
Hallmark Movies Now
Watch your favorite Hallmark movies on your phone, or on TV, with the Hallmark Movies Now Amazon Prime add on. Pay just 99 cents for the first two months, then $5.99 per month after and watch Hallmark’s bingeable series, classic rom-coms, mysteries and more.
This limited-time offer ends July 17, 2024. Tap the button below to add Hallmark Movies Now to your Amazon Prime subscription.
PBS Kids is on sale for 99 cents per month for the first two months
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Add PBS Kids to your Prime Video subscription and pay just 99 cents per month for the first two months, then $4.99 per month afterward.
Check out age-appropriate kid’s content like “Arthur,” “Daniel Tiger’s Neighborhood,” “Wild Kratts” and more when you add PBS Kids to your Prime Video subscription.
This is a limited-time offer valid through July 17, 2024.
Save 50% on two months of Discovery+
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Amazon slashed the price of the Discovery+ add-on, a Prime Day special that saves you 50% on the first two months of Discovery+. You’ll pay $4.99 per month for the first two months, then $8.99 after.
Included in a Discovery+ subscription is HGTV, TLC, Discovery Network, Discovery+ Originals and more.
This offer ends July 17, 2024.
Save 50% on the first two months of AMC+
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Rewatch “The Walking Dead” or catch up on “The Watcher” with the Prime Day deal on AMC+. You’ll pay just $4.49 per month for the first two months, then $8.99 to follow.
You’ll also get access to Sundance Now, Shudder and IFC Films Unlimited with your AMC+ Prime Video add on.
Tap the button below to learn more. This offer ends July 17.
Pay just 99 cents per month for two months of Britbox: Get the best of British TV
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Stream the best British TV all in one place, now for just 99 cents per month for the first two months. You’ll pay just $8.99 per month afterward and get access to “After The Flood,” “Grace,” “Blue Lights,” “Northern Lights” and more hits from across the pond when you add Britbox to your Prime Video subscription.
This offer ends June 17, 2024. Tap the button below to learn more.
Get A&E Crime Central on Prime Video for 99 cents per month for two months
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Delve into all the true crime documentaries, mystery originals and detective series to your heart’s content with the A&E Crime Central Prime Video add on. You’ll pay 99 cents per month for the first two months, then $4.99 per month afterward.
Watch A&E originals like “60 Days In,” “Court Cam,” “Dog the Bounty Hunter” and so much more.
This offer ends July 17, 2024. Add A&E Crime Central to your Prime Video subscription by tapping the button below.
Get Vix Premium for 99 cents per month for the first two months
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Vix Premium features content predominantly owned by TelevisaUnivision. The streamer features content, sports, movies and TV series spoken in Spanish and Porteuegese, with more than 10,000 hours of content on the platform.
Get Vix Premium by July 17, 2024 and pay 99 cents per month for two months, then $6.99 per month going forward.
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How do Prime video channels work?
Prime Video channels allows Prime members to curate their streaming experience, all without a cable subscription. Simply choose which streaming channels you’d like to add to your Prime Video subscription and add them to your Prime membership.
You’ll be able to watch all the content available on each app through your Prime membership. Not only can you save big on streaming favorites with the Prime Video Prime Day deals, you can sample new content for as little as 99 cents per month. Best part, you can cancel anytime.
Is Prime Day the best time to get streaming deals?
While many streaming platforms offer seasonal sales (usually scheduled around big sporting events like the NBA Playoffs or the Super Bowl) you’ll be hard-pressed to find a time of year with many streamers on sale — and so many deep discounts on popular streaming platforms.
The Paramount+ Prime Day deal is one of our favorites this Prime Day. With the NFL season just around the corner, the Paramount+ Prime Day deal saves subscribers 50% for the first two months, which means you can watch the NFL preseason and the NFL regular season open for $2 for two months.
With so many streamers offering discounts for Prime Day, there’s never been a better time of year to press “add to cart” to new content, favorite streamers and top-tier content.
How and when to watch ‘Big Brother’ Season 26 on Paramount +
The new season of “Big Brother’ will start with a two-night premiere on Wednesday, July 17 and Thursday, July 18, 2024 from 9-10 p.m. ET/PT. The show will air on CBS and streaming on Paramount+.
A Georgia county’s emergency call center was overwhelmed by calls on Sept. 4 about a school shooting at Apalachee High School that killed four people and wounded nine others, records released Friday by Barrow County show.
Local news organizations report many of the 911 phone calls were not released under public record requests because state law exempts from release calls recording the voice of someone younger than 18 years old. That exemption would cover calls from most of the 1,900 students at the school in Winder, northeast of Atlanta.
Calls spiked around 10:20 a.m., when authorities have said that 14-year-old suspect Colt Gray began shooting. Many calls were answered with an automated message saying there was a “high call volume,” WAGA-TV reported.
One man called 911 after receiving text messages from a girlfriend. He was put on hold for just over 10 minutes because of an influx of calls at the time of the shooting, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported.
“She hears people yelling outside, so I don’t know if that’s officers in the building or that’s — I don’t know,” he said, adding that she was eventually evacuated out of the school.
Other adults also called 911 after their children contacted them.
“My daughter calling me crying. Somebody go ‘boom, boom, boom, boom,'” one mother said. The 911 operator responded: “Ma’am we have officers out there, OK?”
Parents of students at an elementary school and middle school neighboring Apalachee also flooded 911 seeking information.
“Sir, my daughter goes to school next door to Apalachee. Is there a school shooter?” one caller asked.
“We do have an active situation (at) Apalachee High School right now,” the operator responded. “We have a lot of calls coming in.”
More than 500 radio messages between emergency personnel were also released Friday.
“Active shooter!” an officer yells in one audio clip while speaking with a dispatcher, CNN reported. Another officer responds, “Correct. We have an active shooter at Apalachee High School.”
The shooting killed teachers Richard Aspinwall, 39, and Cristina Irimie, 53, as well as students Mason Schermerhorn and Christian Angulo, both 14. Another teacher and eight more students were wounded, with seven of those hit by gunfire.
The Georgia Bureau of Investigation reported Thursday that the suspect rode the school bus on the day of the shooting with the assault-style rifle concealed in his backpack.
He then asked a teacher for permission to go to the front office to speak with someone, and when he received it, he was allowed to take his backpack with him, GBI said. He then went to a restroom, where he hid, and then eventually took out the weapon and started shooting, investigators said. A knife was also found on him when he was arrested.
According to investigators, the suspect enrolled at Apalachee High on Aug. 14, and between Aug. 14 and the day of the shooting, he was absent for nine days of school.
The family told CBS News that the suspect’s maternal grandmother had visited the school the day before the massacre to discuss the suspect’s alleged behavioral issues.
The suspect has been charged as an adult with four counts of murder, and District Attorney Brad Smith has said more charges are likely to be filed against him in connection with the wounded. Authorities have also charged his father, 54-year-old Colin Gray, alleging that he gave his son access to the gun when he knew or should have known that the teen was a danger to himself and others.
The 13,000 students at Barrow County’s other schools returned to class Tuesday. The 1,900 students who attend Apalachee are supposed to start returning the week of Sept. 23, officials said Friday.
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