Paramount: we won’t remove content from eras with ‘different sensibilities’

A full-size replica of a fighter jet at the UK premiere of Paramount’s Top Gun: Maverick. Under a deal with Sky, millions of viewers will receive the broadcaster’s streaming service, Paramount+, for free. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

The boss of the US media company Paramount has said he does not want to remove historic programmes from his new subscription streaming service because they no longer meet current expectations.

Bob Bakish, Paramount’s CEO, said his company had thousands of shows in its back catalogue. “By definition, you have some things that were made in a different time and reflect different sensibilities,” he said. “I don’t believe in censoring art that was made historically, that’s probably a mistake. It’s all on demand – you don’t have to watch anything you don’t want to.”