ShowSwitch
A 'where to watch' tracker for German subscribers of US/international series that monitors HBO Max, Paramount+, Netflix, Disney+, and their German partners, then alerts you the moment a show jumps platforms, gets pulled, or shifts licensing because of an industry merger.
German streaming subscribers who follow US and international series and don't want to lose track when shows move services
- Personal watchlist with push alerts the moment a series moves between platforms
- Cross-platform search including German-dubbed availability on Joyn, RTL+, and Sky
- Merger-impact feed translating deals like the Paramount-Warner block into plain-language 'what changes for you'
- 30-day 'watch before it leaves' countdown for titles expiring from your services
The Paramount-Warner merger was just temporarily blocked by a US court, and German readers searching 'emmy' are landing on M&A news — subscribers are realizing show locations are now unstable in a way they weren't three years ago.
Large German SVOD market with 9.5M JustWatch monthly users and 160 tracked providers; HBO Max recently entered Germany adding fragmentation, but JustWatch already satisfies the core 'where to watch' need.Streaming-Markt 2025: Dominanz von Netflix und Prime gerät ins Wanken ↗JustWatch Marktanteile der Streaming-Dienste - Deutschland Q2 2025 ↗
JustWatch is an entrenched 60M-user global incumbent that already ships watchlist availability-change alerts and price-drop notifications; competing on the same 'where to watch' axis is nearly closed.JustWatch: Guide to Streaming Content Across Platforms ↗JustWatch - Streaming Guide - Apps on Google Play ↗
Streaming aggregator users are conditioned to free ad-supported tools like JustWatch; a narrow M&A-alert niche is hard to charge for and would be a low-ARPU add-on, not a standalone SaaS.JustWatch Apps for mobile and Smart TVs ↗Streaming-Markt 2025: Dominanz von Netflix und Prime gerät ins Wanken ↗
Confirmed Paramount/HBO Max merger pipeline plus ongoing consolidation means show licensing will keep shifting across platforms for years, sustaining the underlying pain point.HBO Max, Paramount+ streaming services will merge after WBD deal ↗Paramount+ and HBO Max to merge into one streaming service after WBD deal closes ↗
Building a basic availability tracker and push-notification layer is straightforward, but matching JustWatch's catalog coverage across 160+ German providers and 60M-user scale is a major data-pipeline lift.Streaming-Markt 2025: Dominanz von Netflix und Prime gerät ins Wanken ↗