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Four business professionals sitting around a conference table in a modern office, reviewing documents with a large screen displaying a streaming rights agreement in the background.

In early October 2019, industry rumors suggested that the streaming rights for South Park were being offered to various services, creating an intense bidding war that was estimated to be as high as US$500 million. HBO and South Park Digital Studios announced that HBO had secured a multi-year deal for the exclusive streaming rights for South Park on their HBO Max service starting June 24, 2020.[156] While the terms of the deal were not disclosed, Variety reported the deal fell between US$500 million and US$550 million.[157] Beginning with season 25 in 2022, HBO Max posts new episodes the next day after their Comedy Central airing.[158] Once that deal expires in 2025, Paramount+ will become the exclusive streaming home. In addition, the season 27 episodes would stream first on Paramount+ before hitting HBO Max.[159] Though season 27 would have originally aired in 2024, the season was delayed due to what Parker and Stone claimed to be uncertainties about the 2024 United States presidential election (mainly the exhaustion of humor set around Donald Trump), along with the merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global See more