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For its successors, see <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom (2005–2019)</a>.</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1257001546">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme)>div:not(.notheme)[style]{background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data:not(.notheme) div:not(.notheme){background:#1f1f23!important;color:#f8f9fa}}@media(min-width:640px){body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table{display:table!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>caption{display:table-caption!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table>tbody{display:table-row-group}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table tr{display:table-row!important}body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table th,body.skin--responsive .mw-parser-output .infobox-table td{padding-left:inherit;padding-right:inherit}}</style><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1242257876">.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-label{padding-right:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-data,.mw-parser-output .ib-company .infobox-below{line-height:1.35em}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-logo img{background-color:#f8f9fa}.mw-parser-output .ib-company-locality,.mw-parser-output .ib-company-country{display:inline}</style><table class="infobox ib-company vcard"><caption class="infobox-title fn org">Viacom Inc.</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Viacom-old.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Viacom-old.svg/270px-Viacom-old.svg.png" decoding="async" width="270" height="52" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Viacom-old.svg/405px-Viacom-old.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ec/Viacom-old.svg/540px-Viacom-old.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="192" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Final logo, used from January 1, 1990 to December 31, 2005</div></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image ib-company-logo logo"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG/250px-One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG" decoding="async" width="250" height="188" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG/375px-One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/98/One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG/500px-One_Astor_Plaza1.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">Headquarters at <a href="/wiki/One_Astor_Plaza" title="One Astor Plaza">One Astor Plaza</a> in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Formerly</th><td class="infobox-data nickname"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li>CBS Television Film Sales (1952–1958)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Films" title="CBS Films">CBS Films</a> (1958–1968)</li> <li>CBS Enterprises Inc. (1968–1970)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Company type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Ticker_symbol" title="Ticker symbol">Traded as</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/New_York_Stock_Exchange" title="New York Stock Exchange">NYSE</a>: VIA</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Industry</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/wiki/Broadcasting" title="Broadcasting">Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Publishing" title="Publishing">publishing</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founded</th><td class="infobox-data">March 16, 1952<span class="noprint">; 72 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated">1952-03-16</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Founder</th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baruch" title="Ralph Baruch">Ralph Baruch</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Defunct</th><td class="infobox-data">December 31, 2005<span class="noprint">; 18 years ago</span><span style="display:none"> (<span class="dtend">2005-12-31</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Fate</th><td class="infobox-data">Split into the second incarnations of <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Successors</th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><div class="plainlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Legal_successor_(business)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal successor (business)">legal successor</a>)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spun off</a>)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Headquarters</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="ib-company-locality locality"><a href="/wiki/One_Astor_Plaza,_New_York_City" class="mw-redirect" title="One Astor Plaza, New York City">One Astor Plaza, New York City</a></div>, <div class="ib-company-country country-name">United States</div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Area served</div></th><td class="infobox-data">Worldwide</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Key people</div></th><td class="infobox-data agent"><a href="/wiki/Sumner_Redstone" title="Sumner Redstone">Sumner Redstone</a> (<a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">CEO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Tom_Freston" title="Tom Freston">Tom Freston</a> (co-<a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a> and co-<a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">COO</a>)<br /><a href="/wiki/Les_Moonves" title="Les Moonves">Les Moonves</a> (co-president and co-COO)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">Parent</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a><br />(1952–1971)<br /><a href="/wiki/National_Amusements" title="National Amusements">National Amusements</a><br />(1987–2005)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Division_(business)" title="Division (business)">Divisions</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Viacom_Productions" title="Viacom Productions">Viacom Productions</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Viacom_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom International">Viacom International</a><br /><a href="/wiki/CBS_News" title="CBS News">CBS News</a><br /><a href="/wiki/CBS_Sports" title="CBS Sports">CBS Sports</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Viacom_Outdoor" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom Outdoor">Viacom Outdoor</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Subsidiary" title="Subsidiary">Subsidiaries</a></th><td class="infobox-data">CBS<br /><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Media_Networks" title="Paramount Media Networks">MTV Networks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Showtime_Networks" title="Showtime Networks">Showtime Networks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/BET_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="BET Networks">BET Networks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Parks" title="Paramount Parks">Paramount Parks</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Famous_Players" title="Famous Players">Famous Players</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a><br /><a href="/wiki/King_World_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="King World Productions">King World Productions</a><br /><a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Licensing Corporation">Westinghouse Licensing Corporation</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20051231182644/https://www.viacom.com/">https://www.viacom.com/</a> (archived on December 31, 2005)</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The original phase of <b>Viacom Inc.</b><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>a<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American <a href="/wiki/Mass_media" title="Mass media">mass media</a> and <a href="/wiki/Entertainment" title="Entertainment">entertainment</a> <a href="/wiki/Conglomerate_(company)" title="Conglomerate (company)">conglomerate</a> based in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>. It began as <b>CBS Television Film Sales</b>, the <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">broadcast syndication</a> division of the <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> television network in 1952; it was renamed <b>CBS Films</b> in 1958, renamed <b>CBS Enterprises</b> in 1968, renamed Viacom in 1970, and <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spun off</a> into its own company in 1971. Viacom was a distributor of CBS television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and also distributed syndicated television programs. The company went under <a href="/wiki/Sumner_Redstone" title="Sumner Redstone">Sumner Redstone</a>'s control in 1987 through his cinema chain company <a href="/wiki/National_Amusements" title="National Amusements">National Amusements</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>At the time of its split, Viacom's assets included the CBS and <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> broadcast networks, the <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> film and <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Television_(original)" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Television (original)">television</a> studio, local radio station operator <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a>, cable channels such as <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a>, <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a>, <a href="/wiki/BET" title="BET">BET</a> and <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>, outdoor media operator <a href="/wiki/Viacom_Outdoor" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom Outdoor">Viacom Outdoor</a>, television production and distribution firm <a href="/wiki/King_World_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="King World Productions">King World Productions</a>, and book publisher <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>. It also owned its IP holding subsidiary <a href="/wiki/Viacom_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom International">Viacom International</a> and brand licensor <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Licensing Corporation">Westinghouse Licensing Corporation</a>. </p><p>In 2000, Viacom acquired the <a href="/wiki/Parent_company" class="mw-redirect" title="Parent company">parent company</a> of CBS, the former <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation">Westinghouse Electric Corporation</a>, which had been renamed CBS Corporation in 1997. Viacom was <a href="/wiki/Split_of_CBS_Corporation_and_Viacom" title="Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom">split into the second incarnations of</a> <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom</a> — both remained under National Amusements ownership — in 2005;<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the split was structured with the second CBS Corporation being the original Viacom's <a href="/wiki/Legal_successor_(business)" class="mw-redirect" title="Legal successor (business)">legal successor</a>, and the second Viacom being an entirely new company. The two companies eventually <a href="/wiki/2019_merger_of_CBS_and_Viacom" title="2019 merger of CBS and Viacom">re-merged</a> in 2019, leading to the formation of ViacomCBS, now known as <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox collapsible"><caption class="infobox-title">The evolution of Paramount</caption><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="skin-invert" typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Paramount_Global_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/200px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="54" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/300px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/400px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="139" /></a></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1886</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation">Westinghouse Electric Corporation</a> is founded as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1912</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Famous_Players_Film_Company" title="Famous Players Film Company">Famous Players Film Company</a> is founded</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1913</th><td class="infobox-data">Lasky Feature Play Company is founded</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1914</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> is founded</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1916</th><td class="infobox-data">Famous Players and Lasky merge as <a href="/wiki/Famous_Players%E2%80%93Lasky" title="Famous Players–Lasky">Famous Players–Lasky</a> and acquire Paramount</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1927</th><td class="infobox-data">Famous Players–Lasky renamed to Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation; <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> is founded with investment from <a href="/wiki/Columbia_Records" title="Columbia Records">Columbia Records</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1929</th><td class="infobox-data">Paramount acquires 49% of CBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1930</th><td class="infobox-data">Paramount Famous Lasky Corporation renamed to Paramount Publix Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1932</th><td class="infobox-data">Paramount sells back its shares of CBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1934</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Western_Industries" title="Gulf and Western Industries">Gulf+Western</a> is founded as the Michigan Bumper Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1935</th><td class="infobox-data">Paramount Publix Corporation renamed to Paramount Pictures</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1936</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/National_Amusements" title="National Amusements">National Amusements</a> is founded as Northeast Theater Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1938</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS acquires Columbia Records</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1950</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Desilu" title="Desilu">Desilu</a> is founded and CBS distributes its television programs</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1952</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS creates the CBS Television Film Sales division</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1958</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Television Film Sales renamed to CBS Films</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1966</th><td class="infobox-data">Gulf+Western acquires Paramount</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1967</th><td class="infobox-data">Gulf+Western acquires Desilu and renames it <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Television" title="Paramount Television">Paramount Television</a> (now <a href="/wiki/CBS_Studios" title="CBS Studios">CBS Studios</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1968</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Films renamed to CBS Enterprises</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1970</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Enterprises renamed to <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Viacom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1971</th><td class="infobox-data">Viacom is spun off from CBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1987</th><td class="infobox-data">National Amusements acquires Viacom</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1988</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS sells Columbia Records to <a href="/wiki/Sony" title="Sony">Sony</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1989</th><td class="infobox-data">Gulf+Western renamed to <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Communications" class="mw-redirect" title="Paramount Communications">Paramount Communications</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1994</th><td class="infobox-data">Viacom acquires Paramount Communications</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1995</th><td class="infobox-data">Westinghouse acquires CBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">1997</th><td class="infobox-data">Westinghouse renamed to CBS Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2000</th><td class="infobox-data">Viacom acquires <a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a> and CBS Corporation</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2005</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Split_of_CBS_Corporation_and_Viacom" title="Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom">Viacom splits</a> into second <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2006</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Corporation shuts down UPN and replaces it with <a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2017</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Corporation sells <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> to Entercom (now <a href="/wiki/Audacy" title="Audacy">Audacy</a>)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2019</th><td class="infobox-data">CBS Corporation and Viacom <a href="/wiki/2019_merger_of_CBS_and_Viacom" title="2019 merger of CBS and Viacom">re-merge</a> as ViacomCBS</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2022</th><td class="infobox-data">ViacomCBS renamed to <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="min-width: 3.5em; text-align: center">2024</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Skydance_Media" title="Skydance Media">Skydance Media</a> and Paramount Global <a href="/wiki/Proposed_merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_Paramount_Global" title="Proposed merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global">agree to merge</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-navbar"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1129693374">.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol 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.navbar{display:none!important}}</style><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Paramount_evolution" title="Template:Paramount evolution"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Paramount_evolution" title="Template talk:Paramount evolution"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:Paramount_evolution" title="Special:EditPage/Template:Paramount evolution"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Viacom originated on March 16, 1952 — when CBS founded its <a href="/wiki/Broadcast_syndication" title="Broadcast syndication">broadcast syndication</a> division, <b>CBS Television Film Sales</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It renamed as <b>CBS Films</b> in October 1958.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On December 1, 1967, it again renamed as <b>CBS Enterprises Inc.</b>.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On July 6, 1970, it announced that CBS Enterprises would be spun out from its parent company,<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the same month the division was incorporated as <b>Viacom</b>,<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-idch_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/Corporate_spin-off" title="Corporate spin-off">spun off</a> on January 1, 1971,<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> amid new <a href="/wiki/Federal_Communications_Commission" title="Federal Communications Commission">FCC</a> rules forbidding <a href="/wiki/Television_network" class="mw-redirect" title="Television network">television networks</a> from <a href="/wiki/Financial_Interest_and_Syndication_Rules" title="Financial Interest and Syndication Rules">owning syndication companies</a> (the rules were later repealed). </p><p> Viacom expanded its activities throughout the decade with a launch of a production unit, and later acquired the rights to various features from various studios.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg/220px-Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="63" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg/330px-Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg/440px-Viacom_Pinball_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="400" data-file-height="115" /></a><figcaption>The original Viacom logo used from 1971 to 1976</figcaption></figure> <p>In addition to CBS TV series syndication rights, Viacom also held cable systems with 90,000 cable subscribers, at that time the largest in the US. In 1976, Viacom launched <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>, a pay movie channel, with <a href="/wiki/Warner-Amex_Satellite_Entertainment" class="mw-redirect" title="Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment">Warner-Amex</a> taking a half-share ownership. The company went into original programming production starting in the late 1970s until the early 1980s with middling results.<sup id="cite_ref-idch_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-idch-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The company expanded in 1977 to launch a unit for program acquisitions and prime-time network programming.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Expansion_through_acquisitions">Expansion through acquisitions</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Expansion through acquisitions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Viacom's first broadcast station acquisition came in 1978 when the company purchased WHNB-TV in <a href="/wiki/New_Britain,_Connecticut" title="New Britain, Connecticut">New Britain, Connecticut</a>, changing its call letters to <a href="/wiki/WVIT" title="WVIT">WVIT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Two years later Viacom added the Sonderling Broadcasting chain, giving it radio stations in <a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City</a>, <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a>, <a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco</a>, and one television station, WAST (now <a href="/wiki/WNYT_(TV)" title="WNYT (TV)">WNYT</a>) in <a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany, New York</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg/125px-Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg.png" decoding="async" width="125" height="140" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg/188px-Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg/250px-Viacom%27s_logo_from_1976-1990.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="1118" /></a><figcaption>Logo from 1976 to 1989</figcaption></figure> <p>In 1983 Viacom purchased <a href="/wiki/KSLA" title="KSLA">KSLA</a> in <a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport, Louisiana</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and <a href="/wiki/WHEC-TV" title="WHEC-TV">WHEC-TV</a> in <a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, New York</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in separate transactions. This was followed in 1986 with CBS-owned KMOX-TV in <a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis</a>; with the purchase, that station's call letters were changed to <a href="/wiki/KMOV" title="KMOV">KMOV</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 1983, Viacom reacquired its premium channel Showtime, and later merged it with Warner-Amex's <a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Channel" title="The Movie Channel">The Movie Channel</a> forming <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Networks" title="Showtime Networks">Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc</a>. </p><p>Between the late 1980s and the early 1990s, Viacom syndicated several shows produced by <a href="/wiki/The_Carsey-Werner_Company" title="The Carsey-Werner Company">Carsey-Werner Productions</a>, namely <i><a href="/wiki/The_Cosby_Show" title="The Cosby Show">The Cosby Show</a></i>, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Different_World" title="A Different World">A Different World</a></i> and <i><a href="/wiki/Roseanne" title="Roseanne">Roseanne</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1985, Viacom acquired Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. from Warner-Amex, ending the joint venture. Around the same time, Viacom bought <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Media_Networks" title="Paramount Media Networks">MTV Networks</a>, which owned <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>, <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH-1</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This led to Viacom becoming a mass media company rather than simply a distribution company, and completed in 1986. </p><p>In 1987, Viacom sought to expand its horizons by launching the new Viacom Network Enterprises division, which was led by Ronald C. Bernard, in order to develop and exploit properties outside of the core cable business and the company would ride herd on diverse enterprises as Viacom's pay-per-view venture, Viewer's Choice, Satellite Direct, Inc. and SMA TV, and handle strategic planning and new business development for Viacom Networks Group, and would develop merchandising, licensing and home video business around the two Viacom subsidiaries it was currently operating, <a href="/wiki/Showtime_Networks" title="Showtime Networks">Showtime-The Movie Channel, Inc.</a> and <a href="/wiki/MTV_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Networks">MTV Networks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1989, the company had set up its own division Viacom Pictures, to produce its feature films for television, most notably <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Sumner_Redstone" title="Sumner Redstone">Sumner Redstone</a>, via his theater chain operator <a href="/wiki/National_Amusements" title="National Amusements">National Amusements</a>, acquired a controlling interest in Viacom on June 10, 1987.<sup id="cite_ref-:1_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:1-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Redstone made a string of large acquisitions in the early 1990s, announcing plans to merge with Paramount Communications (formerly <a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Western_Industries" title="Gulf and Western Industries">Gulf+Western</a>), parent of <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a>, in 1993, and buying the <a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_LLC" class="mw-redirect" title="Blockbuster LLC">Blockbuster Video</a> chain in 1994. The acquisition of Paramount Communications on July 7, 1994, made Viacom one of the world's largest entertainment companies.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also in 1993, <a href="/wiki/WCCT-TV" title="WCCT-TV">WTXX</a> entered into a part-time local marketing agreement with Viacom's NBC station <a href="/wiki/WVIT" title="WVIT">WVIT</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Paramount and Blockbuster acquisitions gave Viacom access to large television holdings: An archive of programming controlled by <a href="/wiki/Aaron_Spelling" title="Aaron Spelling">Aaron Spelling</a>'s company which included, along with <a href="/wiki/Spelling_Television" title="Spelling Television">his own productions</a>, the pre-1973 <a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> libraries under <a href="/wiki/Worldvision_Enterprises" title="Worldvision Enterprises">Worldvision Enterprises</a> and <a href="/wiki/Republic_Pictures" title="Republic Pictures">Republic Pictures</a>; and an expanded group of television stations which merged Viacom's five existing outlets into <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Stations_Group" title="Paramount Stations Group">Paramount's seven-station group</a>. Viacom used some of these stations to launch the <a href="/wiki/United_Paramount_Network" class="mw-redirect" title="United Paramount Network">UPN</a> network, which started operations in January 1995 as a <a href="/wiki/Joint_venture" title="Joint venture">joint venture</a> with <a href="/wiki/Chris-Craft_Industries" title="Chris-Craft Industries">Chris-Craft Industries</a>. Shortly afterward, Viacom/Paramount spent the next two years selling off its non-UPN affiliated stations to various owners. In 1997, Viacom exited the broadcast radio business, albeit temporarily, when it sold the majority of its stations to Chancellor Media, a predecessor company of <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a>. </p><p>On September 7, 1999, Viacom announced their acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation">CBS Corporation</a> in a $35.9 billion deal. In addition to being the largest media merger in history at the time, the purchase effectively reunited Viacom with its former parent, CBS.<sup id="cite_ref-Detroi19990908p56a2_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Detroi19990908p56a2-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger was completed in May 2000, bringing CBS's cable channels TNN (now <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network" title="Paramount Network">Paramount Network</a>) and <a href="/wiki/CMT_(American_TV_channel)" title="CMT (American TV channel)">Country Music Television</a> (CMT) under Viacom's MTV Networks wing, as well as CBS's production and distribution units Eyemark Entertainment (formerly <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Group W Productions</a>) and <a href="/wiki/King_World_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="King World Productions">King World</a> under the main wing.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The merger also folded Viacom's broadcast group, now consisting entirely of UPN stations, into CBS's <a href="/wiki/CBS_News_and_Stations" title="CBS News and Stations">owned-stations</a> division.<sup id="cite_ref-Detroi19990908p56_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Detroi19990908p56-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Detr990915_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Detr990915-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2001, Viacom completed its purchase of BET Holdings, the owners of the <a href="/wiki/BET" title="BET">Black Entertainment Television</a> (BET) network.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> As with CBS Cable, it was immediately integrated into MTV Networks, causing some outcry among BET workers in the Washington, D.C., area (where BET was based before the merger). As a result, BET was separated from MTV Networks, into a division known as <a href="/wiki/BET_Networks" class="mw-redirect" title="BET Networks">BET Networks</a>. </p><p>Although a majority economic interest in Viacom was held by independent shareholders, the Redstone family maintained 71-percent voting control of the company through National Amusements' holdings of Viacom's stock. </p><p>In 2002, Viacom's MTV Networks International bought independently run Dutch music video channel <a href="/wiki/The_Music_Factory" title="The Music Factory">TMF</a>, which at the time was broadcasting in <a href="/wiki/Belgium" title="Belgium">Belgium</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. In June 2004, MTVNI bought <a href="/wiki/VIVA_(German_TV_channel)" title="VIVA (German TV channel)">VIVA Media AG</a>, the German equivalent to MTV. The same month, plans were announced to dispose of Viacom's interest in Blockbuster later that year by means of an exchange offer; the spinoff of Blockbuster was completed in October. </p><p>Also in 2002, Viacom acquired the remaining shares of <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinity Broadcasting">Infinity Broadcasting</a> radio chain, which resulted in Viacom's return to operating radio stations after it originally exited the broadcast radio business in 1997. In April 2003, Viacom acquired the remaining ownership shares of <a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a> from then-<a href="/wiki/WarnerMedia" title="WarnerMedia">AOL Time Warner</a>, integrating Comedy Central into MTV Networks. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Viacom_Cable">Viacom Cable</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Viacom Cable"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>From its formation until 1995, Viacom operated several <a href="/wiki/Cable_television" title="Cable television">cable television</a> systems generally located in the <a href="/wiki/Dayton_metropolitan_area" title="Dayton metropolitan area">Dayton</a>, <a href="/wiki/San_Francisco_Bay_Area" title="San Francisco Bay Area">San Francisco</a>, <a href="/wiki/Nashville_metropolitan_area" title="Nashville metropolitan area">Nashville</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seattle_metropolitan_area" title="Seattle metropolitan area">Seattle</a> metropolitan areas.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Several of these were originally independent systems that CBS acquired in the 1960s. The division was known as Viacom Cablevision until the early 1990s, when it was renamed to <i>Viacom Cable</i>. By 1995, Viacom Cable had about 1.1 million subscribers. Viacom sold the division to <a href="/wiki/Tele-Communications_Inc." title="Tele-Communications Inc.">TCI</a> in 1995.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Viacom's cable assets are now part of <a href="/wiki/Comcast" title="Comcast">Comcast</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Corporate_spin-off">Corporate spin-off</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Corporate spin-off"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Split_of_CBS_Corporation_and_Viacom" title="Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom">Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:CBS_Corporation_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/CBS_Corporation_logo.svg/200px-CBS_Corporation_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="200" height="91" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/CBS_Corporation_logo.svg/300px-CBS_Corporation_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/CBS_Corporation_logo.svg/400px-CBS_Corporation_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="455" /></a><figcaption>CBS Corporation logo (2005–2019)</figcaption></figure> <p>In March 2005, Viacom announced that it would split into two companies – one would contain Viacom's "slow-growth" assets; the other would consist of the company's "high-growth" divisions<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> – under National Amusements' control because of a stagnating stock price. The internal rivalry between CBS chairman <a href="/wiki/Les_Moonves" title="Les Moonves">Les Moonves</a> and MTV Networks <a href="/wiki/Chief_executive_officer" title="Chief executive officer">chief executive officer</a> <a href="/wiki/Tom_Freston" title="Tom Freston">Tom Freston</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Super_Bowl_XXXVIII_halftime_show_controversy" title="Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show controversy">the controversy of the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show</a> were also seen as factors. After the departure of <a href="/wiki/Mel_Karmazin" title="Mel Karmazin">Mel Karmazin</a> in 2004, Redstone, who served as <a href="/wiki/Chairman" class="mw-redirect" title="Chairman">chairman</a> and CEO, decided to split the offices of <a href="/wiki/President_(corporate_title)" title="President (corporate title)">president</a> and <a href="/wiki/Chief_operating_officer" title="Chief operating officer">chief operating officer</a> between Moonves and Freston. Redstone was set to retire in the near future, and a split would be a creative solution to the matter of replacing him.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Viacom_logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Viacom_logo.svg/220px-Viacom_logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="34" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Viacom_logo.svg/330px-Viacom_logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/37/Viacom_logo.svg/440px-Viacom_logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1168" data-file-height="180" /></a><figcaption>Logo of the spun-off Viacom (2005–2019), introduced on December 31, 2005</figcaption></figure> <p>The existing Viacom would become <a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">the second CBS Corporation</a> as it was headed by Moonves and kept CBS, <a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and Paramount Network Television (now known as <a href="/wiki/CBS_Studios" title="CBS Studios">CBS Studios</a>), among other assets; while MTV Networks, BET Networks, and Paramount Pictures would spin-off to a sister company headed by Freston under the <a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom</a> name. The split was approved by Viacom's board on June 14, 2005,<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and took effect on December 31.<sup id="cite_ref-:0_5-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-:0-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The second iterations of CBS Corporation and Viacom began trading on January 3, 2006.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:ViacomCBS.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ViacomCBS.svg/220px-ViacomCBS.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="27" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ViacomCBS.svg/330px-ViacomCBS.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4a/ViacomCBS.svg/440px-ViacomCBS.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1000" data-file-height="124" /></a><figcaption>Logo of ViacomCBS (2019–2022), introduced on December 4, 2019</figcaption></figure> <p>On August 13, 2019, CBS and Viacom officially announced their <a href="/wiki/2019_merger_of_CBS_and_Viacom" title="2019 merger of CBS and Viacom">re-merger deal</a>; the combined company would be called ViacomCBS, with <a href="/wiki/Robert_Bakish" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Bakish">Bob Bakish</a> as president and CEO and <a href="/wiki/Shari_Redstone" title="Shari Redstone">Shari Redstone</a> as the chairwoman of the new company.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The deal was closed on December 4.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Paramount_Global_Logo.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/220px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/330px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Paramount_Global_Logo.svg/440px-Paramount_Global_Logo.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="139" /></a><figcaption>Logo of Paramount Global, introduced on February 16, 2022</figcaption></figure> <p>Despite ViacomCBS renaming itself to <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a> on February 16, 2022,<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> several Paramount assets retain the Viacom name, such as <a href="/wiki/Viacom_International" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom International">Viacom International</a> (until inactive) and <a href="/wiki/Viacom18" title="Viacom18">Viacom18</a> (the latter of which Paramount holds a minority stake in until sold in 2024). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Former_Viacom-owned_stations">Former Viacom-owned stations</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Former Viacom-owned stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Stations are arranged alphabetically by state and <a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">community of license</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Radio_stations">Radio stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Radio stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Notes: </p> <ul><li>Two boldface asterisks appearing following a station's call letters (<b>**</b>) indicate a station that was purchased from Sonderling Broadcasting in 1980, which initiated Viacom's entry into radio station ownership (WAST television in Albany was also purchased through the Sonderling deal);</li> <li>This list does not include stations owned by <a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a> and its predecessors, <a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Westinghouse Broadcasting</a> and <a href="/wiki/Infinity_Broadcasting" class="mw-redirect" title="Infinity Broadcasting">Infinity Broadcasting</a> which were acquired by Viacom through its merger with CBS in 2000.</li></ul> <table> <tbody><tr> <th style="border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; padding: 2px; margin: auto;" bgcolor="#cedff2">AM Stations </th> <th style="border: 1px solid #a3b0bf; padding: 2px; margin: auto;" bgcolor="#ddcef2">FM Stations </th></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">City of license/Market </th> <th scope="col">Station </th> <th scope="col">Years owned </th> <th scope="col">Current status </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Los_Angeles" title="Los Angeles">Los Angeles, CA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/KYSR" title="KYSR">KJOI/KXEZ/KYSR</a> 98.7 </th> <td>1990–1997 </td> <td>owned by <a href="/wiki/IHeartMedia" title="IHeartMedia">iHeartMedia</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KQLZ/KXEZ/KIBB 100.3 </th> <td>1993–1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KKLQ_(FM)" title="KKLQ (FM)">KKLQ</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Educational_Media_Foundation" title="Educational Media Foundation">Educational Media Foundation</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/San_Francisco" title="San Francisco">San Francisco, CA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;">KDIA 1310 ** </th> <td>1980–1983 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KMKY_(AM)" title="KMKY (AM)">KMKY</a>, owned by Akai Broadcasting Corporation </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KDBK/KSRY-FM–98.9 </th> <td>1990–1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KSOL" title="KSOL">KSOL</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Univision_Radio" class="mw-redirect" title="Univision Radio">Univision Radio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KDBQ/KYLZ/KSRI 99.1 </th> <td>1990–1994 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KSQL" title="KSQL">KSQL</a>, owned by Univision Radio </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Denver" title="Denver">Denver, CO</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"><a href="/wiki/KHOW" title="KHOW">KHOW</a> 630 </th> <td>1990–1993 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KHOW-FM/KSYY 95.7 </th> <td>1990–1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KDHT_(FM)" title="KDHT (FM)">KDHT</a>, owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="4"><a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, DC</a>–<a href="/wiki/Arlington_County,_Virginia" title="Arlington County, Virginia">Arlington, VA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"><a href="/wiki/WZHF" title="WZHF">WMZQ/WZHF</a> 1390 </th> <td>1984–1997 </td> <td>owned by <a href="/wiki/Multicultural_Broadcasting" title="Multicultural Broadcasting">Multicultural Broadcasting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;">WCPT 730 </th> <td>1993–1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WTNT_(AM)" title="WTNT (AM)">WTNT</a>, owned by Metro Radio </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/WMZQ-FM" title="WMZQ-FM">WMZQ-FM</a> 98.7 ** </th> <td>1980–1997 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">WCXR-FM 105.9 </th> <td>1993–1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WMAL-FM" title="WMAL-FM">WMAL-FM</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Cumulus_Media" title="Cumulus Media">Cumulus Media</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago, IL</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/WLIT-FM" title="WLIT-FM">WLAK/WLIT-FM</a> 93.9 </th> <td>1982–1997 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Detroit" title="Detroit">Detroit, MI</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">WLTI/WDRQ 93.1 </th> <td>1988–1997 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WUFL_(FM)" title="WUFL (FM)">WUFL</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Family_Life_Radio" title="Family Life Radio">Family Life Radio</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/New_York_City" title="New York City">New York City, NY</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"><a href="/wiki/WWRL" title="WWRL">WWRL</a> 1600 ** </th> <td>1980–1982 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/WLTW" title="WLTW">WKHK/WLTW</a> 106.7 ** </th> <td>1980–1997 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/WAXQ" title="WAXQ">WAXQ</a> 104.3 </th> <td>1996–1997 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Memphis,_Tennessee" title="Memphis, Tennessee">Memphis, TN</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"><a href="/wiki/WDIA" title="WDIA">WDIA</a> 1070 ** </th> <td>1980–1983 </td> <td>owned by iHeartMedia </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;">WRVR 680 </th> <td>1985–1988 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/WMFS_(AM)" title="WMFS (AM)">WMFS</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Audacy,_Inc." title="Audacy, Inc.">Audacy, Inc.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/WRVR" title="WRVR">WRVR-FM</a> 104.5 </th> <td>1981–1988 </td> <td>owned by Audacy, Inc. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/Houston" title="Houston">Houston, TX</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;"><a href="/wiki/KIKK" title="KIKK">KIKK</a> 650 ** </th> <td>1980–1993 </td> <td>owned by Audacy, Inc. </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KIKK-FM 95.7 ** </th> <td>1980–1993 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KKHH" title="KKHH">KKHH</a>, owned by Audacy, Inc. </td></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="3"><a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>–<a href="/wiki/Tacoma,_Washington" title="Tacoma, Washington">Tacoma, WA</a> </td> <th scope="row" style="background: #cedff2;">KBSG 1210 </th> <td>1989–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KMIA_(AM)" title="KMIA (AM)">KMIA</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Bustos_Media" title="Bustos Media">Bustos Media Holdings, LLC</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;">KBSG-FM 97.3 </th> <td>1987–1996 </td> <td><a href="/wiki/KIRO-FM" title="KIRO-FM">KIRO-FM</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Bonneville_International" title="Bonneville International">Bonneville International</a> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row" style="background: #ddcef2;"><a href="/wiki/KNDD" title="KNDD">KNDD</a> 107.7 </th> <td>1993–1996 </td> <td>owned by Audacy, Inc. </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Television_stations">Television stations</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Television stations"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dd>This list does not include other stations owned by <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Stations_Group" title="Paramount Stations Group">Paramount Stations Group</a> which were acquired by Viacom through its acquisition of <a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount Pictures</a> in 1994, nor any other station purchased by Viacom/Paramount following the Paramount acquisition and prior to its merger with CBS in 2000.</dd></dl> <table class="wikitable"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col"><a href="/wiki/City_of_license" title="City of license">City of license</a> / <a href="/wiki/Media_market" title="Media market">market</a> </th> <th scope="col">Station </th> <th scope="col">Channel </th> <th scope="col">Years owned </th> <th scope="col">Current status </th></tr> <tr> <td rowspan="2"><a href="/wiki/New_Britain,_Connecticut" title="New Britain, Connecticut">New Britain</a>–<a href="/wiki/Hartford,_Connecticut" title="Hartford, Connecticut">Hartford</a>–<a href="/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, CT</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WVIT" title="WVIT">WVIT</a> </th> <td>30</td> <td>1978–1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> owned-and-operated (<a href="/wiki/Owned-and-operated_station" title="Owned-and-operated station">O&O</a>) </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">WTXX <sup>1</sup> </th> <td>20</td> <td>1993–1997</td> <td><a href="/wiki/The_CW" title="The CW">The CW</a> affiliate <a href="/wiki/WCCT-TV" title="WCCT-TV">WCCT</a>, owned by <a href="/wiki/Tegna_Inc." title="Tegna Inc.">Tegna Inc.</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Shreveport,_Louisiana" title="Shreveport, Louisiana">Shreveport, LA</a>–<a href="/wiki/Texarkana,_Texas" title="Texarkana, Texas">Texarkana, TX</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/KSLA" title="KSLA">KSLA-TV</a> </th> <td>12</td> <td>1983–1995</td> <td><a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a> affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Gray_Television" title="Gray Television">Gray Television</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/St._Louis" title="St. Louis">St. Louis, MO</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/KMOV" title="KMOV">KMOV</a> </th> <td>4</td> <td>1986–1997</td> <td>CBS affiliate owned by Gray Television </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Albany,_New_York" title="Albany, New York">Albany</a>– <a href="/wiki/Schenectady,_New_York" title="Schenectady, New York">Schenectady</a>–<a href="/wiki/Troy,_New_York" title="Troy, New York">Troy, NY</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WNYT_(TV)" title="WNYT (TV)">WAST/WNYT</a> </th> <td>13</td> <td>1980–1996</td> <td>NBC affiliate owned by <a href="/wiki/Hubbard_Broadcasting" title="Hubbard Broadcasting">Hubbard Broadcasting</a> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Rochester,_New_York" title="Rochester, New York">Rochester, NY</a> </td> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/WHEC-TV" title="WHEC-TV">WHEC-TV</a> </th> <td>10</td> <td>1983–1996</td> <td>NBC affiliate owned by Hubbard Broadcasting </td></tr></tbody></table> <ul><li><sup>1</sup> WTXX was owned by Counterpoint Communications, but Viacom operated the station through a part-time <a href="/wiki/Local_marketing_agreement" title="Local marketing agreement">local marketing agreement</a>.</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932005)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist 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class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/iː/: 'ee' in 'fleece'">iː</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</a></span> <span class="noprint"><span class="ext-phonos"><span data-nosnippet="" id="ooui-php-1" class="ext-phonos-PhonosButton noexcerpt ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel oo-ui-widget oo-ui-widget-enabled oo-ui-buttonElement oo-ui-buttonElement-frameless oo-ui-iconElement oo-ui-buttonWidget" data-ooui="{"_":"mw.Phonos.PhonosButton","href":"\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/transcoded\/e\/e3\/En-us-Viacom2.oga\/En-us-Viacom2.oga.mp3","rel":["nofollow"],"framed":false,"icon":"volumeUp","data":{"ipa":"","text":"","lang":"en","wikibase":"","file":"En-us-Viacom2.oga"},"classes":["ext-phonos-PhonosButton","noexcerpt","ext-phonos-PhonosButton-emptylabel"]}"><a role="button" tabindex="0" href="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e3/En-us-Viacom2.oga/En-us-Viacom2.oga.mp3" rel="nofollow" aria-label="Play audio" title="Play audio" class="oo-ui-buttonElement-button"><span class="oo-ui-iconElement-icon oo-ui-icon-volumeUp"></span><span class="oo-ui-labelElement-label"></span><span class="oo-ui-indicatorElement-indicator oo-ui-indicatorElement-noIndicator"></span></a></span><sup class="ext-phonos-attribution noexcerpt navigation-not-searchable"><a href="/wiki/File:En-us-Viacom2.oga" title="File:En-us-Viacom2.oga">ⓘ</a></sup></span></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">VEE</span>-ə-kom</i></a> was used by inaugural chairman <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Baruch" title="Ralph Baruch">Ralph Baruch</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pronunciation <span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'v' in 'vie'">v</span><span title="/aɪ/: 'i' in 'tide'">aɪ</span><span title="/./: syllable break">.</span><span title="/ə/: 'a' in 'about'">ə</span><span title="'k' in 'kind'">k</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'m' in 'my'">m</span></span>/</a></span> <span 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style="width:1%;font-weight:normal; background:">Digital media</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_MoneyWatch" title="CBS MoneyWatch">CBS MoneyWatch</a></li> <li>CBS Sports Digital <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBSSports.com" title="CBSSports.com">CBSSports.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/247Sports" title="247Sports">247Sports</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MaxPreps" title="MaxPreps">MaxPreps</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Watch" title="CBS Watch">CBS Watch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Last.fm" title="Last.fm">Last.fm</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Streaming" title="Paramount Streaming">Streaming</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Media_Networks#MTV_Entertainment_Group" title="Paramount Media Networks">MTV Entertainment Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CMT_(American_TV_channel)" title="CMT (American TV channel)">CMT</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMT_Music" class="mw-redirect" title="CMT Music">CMT Music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Logo_TV" title="Logo TV">Logo TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV2" title="MTV2">MTV2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTVU" title="MTVU">MTVU</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(American_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (American TV channel)">MTV Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Live_(TV_network)" title="MTV Live (TV network)">MTV Live</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Tres" title="MTV Tres">Tr3s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Entertainment_Studios" title="MTV Entertainment Studios">MTV Entertainment Studios</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Animation" title="MTV Animation">MTV Animation</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network" title="Paramount Network">Paramount Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_(American_TV_channel)" title="Pop (American TV channel)">Pop TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Channel" title="Smithsonian Channel">Smithsonian Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Showtime_Networks" title="Showtime Networks">Showtime Networks</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Movie_Channel" title="The Movie Channel">The Movie Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flix_(TV_network)" title="Flix (TV network)">Flix</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Land" title="TV Land">TV Land</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;font-weight:normal;"><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Group" title="Nickelodeon Group">Nickelodeon Group</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_at_Nite" title="Nick at Nite">Nick at Nite</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr." title="Nick Jr.">Nick Jr. (block)</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._Channel" title="Nick Jr. Channel">Nick Jr. Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic">NickMusic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(American_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (American TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TeenNick" title="TeenNick">TeenNick</a></li> <li>Production <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Awesomeness_(company)" title="Awesomeness (company)">Awesomeness</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Animation_Studio" title="Nickelodeon Animation Studio">Nickelodeon Animation Studio</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Digital" title="Nickelodeon Digital">Nick Digital</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Avatar_Studios" title="Avatar Studios">Avatar Studios</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paws,_Inc." title="Paws, Inc.">Paws, Inc.</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Pictures" title="Paramount Pictures">Paramount<br />Pictures</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Animation" title="Paramount Animation">Paramount Animation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Players" title="Paramount Players">Paramount Players</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Movies" title="Nickelodeon Movies">Nickelodeon Movies</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Home_Entertainment" title="Paramount Home Entertainment">Paramount Home Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Music" title="Paramount Music">Paramount Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/United_International_Pictures" title="United International Pictures">United International Pictures</a> (50%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Miramax" title="Miramax">Miramax</a> (49%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Pictures#As_a_Paramount_Global_subsidiary" title="Republic Pictures">Republic Pictures</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_International_Networks" title="Paramount International Networks">International<br />networks</a></th><td 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href="/wiki/Paramount_Networks_Americas" title="Paramount Networks Americas">Paramount Networks Americas</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Pan-American</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Latin American TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Latin American TV channel)">MTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Club_MTV_(European_TV_channel)" title="Club MTV (European TV channel)">Club MTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_00s" title="MTV 00s">MTV 00s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s" title="MTV 80s">MTV 80s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(European_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (European TV channel)">MTV Hits Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Live_(international_TV_channel)" title="MTV Live (international TV channel)">MTV Live</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Latin American TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Latin American TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic">NickMusic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TeenNick" title="TeenNick">TeenNick</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network" title="Paramount Network">Paramount Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefe_Internacional" title="Telefe Internacional">Telefe Internacional</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Brazil</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Latin American TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Brazilian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Brazilian TV channel)">MTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_00s" title="MTV 00s">MTV 00s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Live_(European_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Live (European TV channel)">MTV Live</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Brazilian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Brazilian TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Latin American TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic">NickMusic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(international)" title="Paramount Network (international)">Paramount Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefe_Internacional" title="Telefe Internacional">Telefe Internacional</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Argentina</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Telefe" title="Telefe">Telefe</a> <ul><li>Córdoba</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefe_Rosario" title="Telefe Rosario">Rosario</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Telefe_Santa_Fe" title="Telefe Santa Fe">Santa Fe</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Production arms</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Porta_dos_Fundos" title="Porta dos Fundos">Porta dos Fundos</a> (51% JV)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/TIS_Productions" title="TIS Productions">TIS Productions</a> (majority stake)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Brasil" title="MTV Brasil">MTV Brasil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_MegaHits" title="VH1 MegaHits">MTV Hits Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (Latin American TV channel)">MTV Hits Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BET_Jams" class="mw-redirect" title="BET Jams">MTV Jams</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WJPX" title="WJPX">MTV Puerto Rico</a> (licensed)</li> <li>Nick 2</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(American_TV_channel)#International_versions" title="Nicktoons (American TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Channel" title="Smithsonian Channel">Smithsonian Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(Brazilian_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (Brazilian TV channel)">VH1 Brazil</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_Classic_(European_TV_channel)" title="VH1 Classic (European TV channel)">VH1 Classic Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_Classic" class="mw-redirect" title="VH1 Classic">VH1 Classic United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(European_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (European TV channel)">VH1 Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_HD" class="mw-redirect" title="VH1 HD">VH1 HD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(Latin_American_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (Latin American TV channel)">VH1 Latin America</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_MegaHits" title="VH1 MegaHits">VH1 MegaHits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BET_Soul" title="BET Soul">VH1 Soul</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Media_Networks" title="Paramount Media Networks">Paramount Media Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_International_Networks" title="Paramount International Networks">Paramount International Networks</a></li></ul> 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scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/MTV_Global" title="MTV Global">MTV</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Africa" title="MTV Africa">MTV Africa</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Base_(African_TV_channel)" title="MTV Base (African TV channel)">MTV Base</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(French_TV_channel)" title="MTV (French TV channel)">France and Francophone</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(French_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (French TV channel)">MTV Hits</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Germany" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Germany">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Global" title="MTV Global">Global</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Club_MTV_(European_TV_channel)" title="Club MTV (European TV channel)">Club MTV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_00s" title="MTV 00s">MTV 00s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s" title="MTV 80s">MTV 80s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_90s" title="MTV 90s">MTV 90s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(European_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (European TV channel)">MTV Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Live_(International_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Live (International TV channel)">MTV Live</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Indian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Indian TV channel)">India</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Israeli_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Israeli TV channel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (Italian TV channel)">MTV Music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Japan" title="MTV Japan">Japan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Portuguese TV channel)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Spanish TV channel)">Spain</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Mandarin" title="MTV Mandarin">Taiwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">UK</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 80s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 80s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_90s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 90s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 90s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Music</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon" title="Nickelodeon">Nickelodeon</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Middle_Eastern_and_North_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nickelodeon (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)">Arab world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Sub-Saharan_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nickelodeon (Sub-Saharan African TV channel)">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Asian TV channel)">Asia</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Malaysian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Malaysian TV channel)">Malaysia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Philippine_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Philippine TV channel)">Philippines</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Global" title="Nickelodeon Global">Central/Eastern Europe</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Ukrainian_TV_programming_block)" title="Nickelodeon (Ukrainian TV programming block)">Ukraine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Croatian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Croatian TV channel)">Croatia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Serbian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Serbian TV channel)">Serbian</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Slovenian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Slovenian TV channel)">Slovenia</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Danish_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nickelodeon (Danish TV channel)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(European_TV_network)" title="Nickelodeon (European TV network)">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Flemish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Flemish TV channel)">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(French_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (French TV channel)">France and French-speaking Switzerland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Junior" title="Nickelodeon Junior">Nickelodeon Junior</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Teen" title="Nickelodeon Teen">Nickelodeon Teen</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(German_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (German TV channel)">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(German_TV_channel)#Austrian_channel" title="Nickelodeon (German TV channel)">Austria</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Schweiz" title="Nickelodeon Schweiz">German-speaking Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Greek_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Greek TV channel)">Greece</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Plus" title="Nickelodeon Plus">Nickelodeon Plus</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Spanish_and_Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Spanish and Portuguese TV channel)">Iberia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Israel)" title="Nickelodeon (Israel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic_(Dutch_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic (Dutch TV channel)">NickMusic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Scandinavian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Scandinavian TV channel)">Scandinavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Swedish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Swedish TV channel)">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Turkish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Turkish TV channel)">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Walloon_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Walloon TV channel)">Wallonia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Pakistani_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Pakistani TV channel)">Pakistan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TeenNick#International_versions" title="TeenNick">TeenNick</a></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._Channel" title="Nick Jr. Channel">Nick Jr.</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Middle_Eastern_and_North_African_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)">Arab world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Sub-Saharan_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Jr. (Sub-Saharan African TV channel)">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Russian_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Russian TV channel)">CIS, Ukraine and Georgia (previously Russia and Belarus)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(German_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (German TV channel)">Germany, Austria and Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Greek_TV_programming_block)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Jr. (Greek TV programming block)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Israeli_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Israeli TV channel)">Israel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Portuguese_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Portuguese TV channel)">Portugal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Scandinavian_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Scandinavian TV channel)">Scandinavia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Southeast_Asian_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Southeast Asian TV channel)">Southeast Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Turkish_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nick Jr. (Turkish TV channel)">Turkey</a></li> <li>Wallonia</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(American_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (American TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(Middle_Eastern_and_North_African_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (Middle Eastern and North African TV channel)">Arab world</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(Sub-Saharan_African_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nicktoons (Sub-Saharan African TV channel)">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(European_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (European TV channel)">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(German_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (German TV channel)">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(American_TV_channel)#International_versions" title="Nicktoons (American TV channel)">Scandinavia</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central" title="Comedy Central">Comedy Central</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Russian_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Russian TV channel)">CIS and Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Belgian_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Belgian TV channel)">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(French_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (French TV channel)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(German_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (German TV channel)">Germany</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(German_TV_channel)#Austrian_subfeed" title="Comedy Central (German TV channel)">Austrian subfeed</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(German_TV_channel)#Swiss_subfeed" title="Comedy Central (German TV channel)">Swiss subfeed</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Hungarian_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Hungarian TV channel)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hot_Comedy_Central" title="Hot Comedy Central">Hot Comedy Central (Israel)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Polsat_Comedy_Central_Extra" title="Polsat Comedy Central Extra">Polsat Comedy Central Extra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Romanian_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Romanian TV channel)">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Spanish TV channel)">Spain</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(international)" title="Paramount Network (international)">Paramount Network</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(Czech_Republic)" title="Paramount Network (Czech Republic)">Czech Republic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Paramount Network (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Network_(Spanish_TV_channel)" title="Paramount Network (Spanish TV channel)">Spain</a></li> <li>Paramount Channel (France)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/BET_(French_TV_channel)" title="BET (French TV channel)">BET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ego_(TV_channel)" title="Ego (TV channel)">Ego</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Game_One" title="Game One">Game One</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J-One" title="J-One">J-One</a></li> <li>JVs with <a href="/wiki/AMC_Networks_International" title="AMC Networks International">AMC Networks International</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Europa" title="CBS Europa">CBS Europa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Reality" title="CBS Reality">CBS Reality</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Super!" title="Super!">Super!</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5Spike" title="5Spike">5Spike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Action_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="CBS Action (Polish TV channel)">CBS Action Poland</a></li> <li>Comedy Central <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Extra" title="Comedy Central Extra">Extra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Family_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central Family (Dutch TV channel)">Family Netherlands</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Swedish_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Swedish TV channel)">Sweden</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kindernet" title="Kindernet">Kindernet</a></li> <li>MTV <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Adria)" title="MTV (Adria)">Adria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Africa" title="MTV Africa">Africa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Australia and New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Austrian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Austrian TV channel)">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Belgian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Belgian TV channel)">Belgium</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Czech_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Czech TV channel)">Czech Republic and Slovakia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Mandarin" title="MTV Mandarin">China</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Danish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Danish TV channel)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Estonian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Estonian TV channel)">Eesti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Finnish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Finnish TV channel)">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Greek_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Greek TV channel)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Hungarian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Hungarian TV channel)">Hungary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Indonesian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Indonesian TV channel)">Indonesia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Lithuanian_%26_Latvian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Lithuanian & Latvian TV channel)">Lithuania and Latvia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Middle_Eastern_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Middle Eastern TV channel)">Middle East</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV (New Zealand TV channel)">New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Nordic_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Nordic TV channel)">Nordic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Norwegian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Norwegian TV channel)">Norway</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Pakistani_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Pakistani TV channel)">Pakistan</a></li> <li>Philippines <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Philippine_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Philippine TV channel)">Original</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Pinoy" title="MTV Pinoy">MTV Pinoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTVph" title="MTVph">MTVph</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Romanian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Romanian TV channel)">Romania</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Russian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Russian TV channel)">Russia, CIS and Georgia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Asian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Asian TV channel)">Southeast Asia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Swedish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Swedish TV channel)">Sweden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Swiss_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Swiss TV channel)">Switzerland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Thailand" title="MTV Thailand">Thailand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Turkish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Turkish TV channel)">Turkey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Ukrainian_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Ukrainian TV channel)">Ukraine</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Base_(French_TV_channel)" title="MTV Base (French TV channel)">MTV Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Brand_New" title="MTV Brand New">MTV Brand New</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Brand_New_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Brand New (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Brand_New_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="MTV Brand New (Dutch TV channel)">Netherlands</a></li></ul></li> <li>MTV Classic <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (Australian TV channel)">Australia and New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a></li></ul></li> <li>Club MTV <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Club_MTV_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Club MTV (Australian TV channel)">Australia</a></li></ul></li> <li>MTV Hits <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Australia and New Zealand</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(European_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (European TV channel)">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Idol" title="MTV Idol">MTV Idol</a></li> <li>MTV Music <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(Greek_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (Greek TV channel)">Greece</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_24" title="MTV Music 24">MTV Music 24</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Plus" title="MTV Plus">MTV Plus</a></li> <li>MTV Pulse <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Pulse_(French_TV_channel)" title="MTV Pulse (French TV channel)">France</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Pulse_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Pulse (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Rocks_(European_TV_channel)" title="MTV Rocks (European TV channel)">MTV Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV2_Pop" title="MTV2 Pop">MTV2 Pop</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Russian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Russian TV channel)">Nickelodeon Russia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/QOOB" title="QOOB">QOOB</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Dutch_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Dutch TV channel)">The Box</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Music_Factory" title="The Music Factory">The Music Factory</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TMF_Flanders" title="TMF Flanders">Flanders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMF_Nederland" title="TMF Nederland">Nederland</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMF_Dance" title="TMF Dance">TMF Dance</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMF_NL" title="TMF NL">TMF NL</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMF_Pure" title="TMF Pure">TMF Pure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(Danish_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (Danish TV channel)">Denmark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(European_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (European TV channel)">Europe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH-1_(German_TV_channel)" title="VH-1 (German TV channel)">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(Polish_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (Polish TV channel)">Poland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(Italian_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (Italian TV channel)">Italy</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_Classic_(European_TV_channel)" title="VH1 Classic (European TV channel)">VH1 Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_International_Networks#Former_networks" title="Paramount International Networks">VIVA</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VIVA_Austria" title="VIVA Austria">Austria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIVA_(German_TV_channel)" title="VIVA (German TV channel)">Germany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VIVA_(Hungarian_TV_channel)" title="VIVA (Hungarian TV channel)">Hungary</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global" title="Paramount Global">Paramount Global</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Media_Networks" title="Paramount Media Networks">Paramount Media Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_International_Networks" title="Paramount International Networks">Paramount International Networks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Paramount Networks UK & Australia">Paramount Networks UK & Australia</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_S.p.A." title="Rainbow S.p.A.">Rainbow S.p.A.</a> (30%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Paramount_channels" title="List of Paramount channels">List of Paramount channels</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible autocollapse navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="2"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Template:Paramount Networks UK & Australia"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Paramount_Networks_UK_%26_Australia" title="Template talk:Paramount Networks UK & Australia"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li 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title="Legend (television channel)">Legend</a><sup>2</sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Legend_(television_channel)#Legend_Xtra" class="mw-redirect" title="Legend (television channel)">Legend Xtra</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_80s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 80s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 80s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_90s_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV 90s (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV 90s</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (British and Irish TV channel)">MTV Music</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (British and Irish TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoons_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nicktoons (British and Irish TV channel)">Nicktoons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)#Nick_Jr._Too/Nick_Jr._2" title="Nick Jr. (British and Irish TV channel)">Nick Jr. Too</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_(AMC_Networks)" title="True Crime (AMC Networks)">True Crime</a><sup>2</sup> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/True_Crime_Xtra" title="True Crime Xtra">True Crime Xtra</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th id="UK-only" scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">UK-only</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Channel_5_(British_TV_channel)" title="Channel 5 (British TV channel)">Channel 5</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5Action" title="5Action">5Action</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5Select" title="5Select">5Select</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5Star" title="5Star">5Star</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/5USA" title="5USA">5USA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milkshake!" title="Milkshake!">Milkshake!</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/My5" title="My5">My5</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Live_(International_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="MTV Live (International TV channel)">MTV Live</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Ten_Network_Holdings" title="Ten Network Holdings">Ten Network Holdings</a><br />(Australia &<br />New Zealand)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Network_10" title="Network 10">Network 10</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/ADS_(TV_station)" title="ADS (TV station)">Adelaide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TVQ" title="TVQ">Brisbane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ATV_(Australian_TV_station)" title="ATV (Australian TV station)">Melbourne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NEW_(TV_station)" title="NEW (TV station)">Perth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TEN_(TV_station)" title="TEN (TV station)">Sydney</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Multichannels</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Network_10#10_HD" title="Network 10">10 HD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Bold_Drama" title="10 Bold Drama">10 Bold Drama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_Peach_Comedy" title="10 Peach Comedy">10 Peach Comedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Nickelodeon (Australian TV channel)">Nickelodeon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/You.tv" title="You.tv">you.tv</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gecko_(TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Gecko (TV channel)">gecko</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CMT_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="CMT (Australian TV channel)">CMT</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="Comedy Central (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Comedy Central</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">MTV</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (Australian TV channel)">Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Club_MTV_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Club MTV (Australian TV channel)">Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Hits</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" class="mw-redirect" title="Nickelodeon (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Nickelodeon (Australia and New Zealand)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nick_Jr._(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="Nick Jr. (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Nick Jr.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NickMusic_(Australia_and_New_Zealand)" class="mw-redirect" title="NickMusic (Australia and New Zealand)">NickMusic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OzTAM" title="OzTAM">OzTAM</a><sup>3</sup></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Related</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Canwest" title="Canwest">Canwest</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_programs_broadcast_by_Network_10" title="List of programs broadcast by Network 10">Network 10 programs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/5Spike" title="5Spike">5Spike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/10_daily" title="10 daily">10 daily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BET_International" title="BET International">BET International</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Justice" title="CBS Justice">CBS Justice</a><sup>1</sup></li> <li>MTV <ul><li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Base" title="MTV Base">Base</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Classic_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Classic (British and Irish TV channel)">Classic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Club_MTV_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Club MTV (British and Irish TV channel)">Club</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Extra" title="MTV Extra">Extra</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Flux" title="MTV Flux">Flux</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Hits_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Hits (British and Irish TV channel)">Hits</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Music_(Australian_and_New_Zealand_TV_channel)" title="MTV Music (Australian and New Zealand TV channel)">Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_OMG" title="MTV OMG">OMG</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Rocks_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="MTV Rocks (British and Irish TV channel)">Rocks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV_Shows" title="MTV Shows">Shows</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nicktoonsters" title="Nicktoonsters">Nicktoonsters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Smithsonian_Channel_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Smithsonian Channel (British and Irish TV channel)">Smithsonian Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spike_(Australian_TV_channel)" title="Spike (Australian TV channel)">Spike</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spree_TV" title="Spree TV">Spree TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ten_Guide" title="Ten Guide">Ten Guide</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TMF_(UK_%26_Ireland)" title="TMF (UK & Ireland)">TMF</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="VH1 (British and Irish TV channel)">VH1</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/VH1_Classic_(European_TV_channel)" title="VH1 Classic (European TV channel)">Classic</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH2" title="VH2">VH2</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viva_(British_and_Irish_TV_channel)" title="Viva (British and Irish TV channel)">Viva</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="2"><div><div class="hlist"> <ul><li><small><sup>1</sup>75% with <a href="/wiki/Sky_Group" title="Sky Group">Sky Group</a></small></li> <li><small><sup>2</sup>with <a href="/wiki/AMC_Networks_International_UK" title="AMC Networks International UK">AMC Networks International UK</a></small></li> <li><small><sup>3</sup>33% with <a href="/wiki/Seven_Network" title="Seven Network">Seven Network</a> & <a href="/wiki/Nine_Network" title="Nine Network">Nine Network</a></small></li></ul> </div></div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_assets_owned_by_Paramount_Global" title="List of assets owned by Paramount Global">Miscellaneous<br />holdings</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bellator_MMA" title="Bellator MMA">Bellator MMA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Broadcast_Center" title="CBS Broadcast Center">CBS Broadcast Center</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ed_Sullivan_Theater" title="Ed Sullivan Theater">Ed Sullivan Theater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Consumer_Products" title="Paramount Consumer Products">Paramount Consumer Products</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Global_Content_Distribution" title="Paramount Global Content Distribution">Paramount Global Content Distribution</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Philo_(company)" title="Philo (company)">Philo</a> (unknown stake)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porta_dos_Fundos" title="Porta dos Fundos">Porta dos Fundos</a> (51%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/WhoSay" title="WhoSay">WhoSay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Defunct/former<br />holdings</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/AXS_TV" title="AXS TV">AXS TV</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blockbuster_(retailer)" title="Blockbuster (retailer)">Blockbuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/BNET" title="BNET">BNET</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Cable" title="CBS Cable">CBS Cable</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Discovery_People" title="Discovery People">CBS Eye on People</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Films" title="CBS Films">CBS Films</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Innertube" title="CBS Innertube">CBS Innertube</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Productions" title="CBS Productions">CBS Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Radio" title="CBS Radio">CBS Radio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Records_(2006)" title="CBS Records (2006)">CBS Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Telenoticias" title="CBS Telenoticias">CBS Telenoticias</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNET" title="CNET">CNET</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chowhound" title="Chowhound">Chowhound</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNET_Video" title="CNET Video">CNET Video</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Download.com" class="mw-redirect" title="Download.com">Download.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UrbanBaby" title="UrbanBaby">UrbanBaby</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ZDNET" title="ZDNET">ZDNET</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/SmartPlanet" title="SmartPlanet">SmartPlanet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TechRepublic" title="TechRepublic">TechRepublic</a></li></ul></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Comedy_Central_Films" title="Comedy Central Films">Comedy Central Films</a></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/ComicBook.com" title="ComicBook.com">ComicBook.com</a></i></li> <li><a href="/wiki/DreamWorks_Pictures" title="DreamWorks Pictures">DreamWorks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MGM%2B" title="MGM+">Epix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Famous_Music" title="Famous Music">Famous Music</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/FindArticles" title="FindArticles">FindArticles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Free_FM" title="Free FM">Free FM</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GameSpot" title="GameSpot">GameSpot</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/GameFAQs" title="GameFAQs">GameFAQs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GameRankings" title="GameRankings">GameRankings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Giant_Bomb" title="Giant Bomb">Giant Bomb</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/GameTrailers" title="GameTrailers">GameTrailers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harmonix" title="Harmonix">Harmonix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HDNet_Movies" title="HDNet Movies">HDNet Movies</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/IFilm" title="IFilm">IFilm</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Infinity_Broadcasting_Corporation" title="Infinity Broadcasting Corporation">Infinity Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insurge_Pictures" title="Insurge Pictures">Insurge Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/King_World_Productions" class="mw-redirect" title="King World Productions">King World Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Metacritic" title="Metacritic">Metacritic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MetroLyrics" title="MetroLyrics">MetroLyrics</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MovieTickets.com" title="MovieTickets.com">MovieTickets.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Neopets" title="Neopets">Neopets</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earl_Carroll_Theatre_(Los_Angeles)" title="Earl Carroll Theatre (Los Angeles)">Nickelodeon on Sunset</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nickelodeon_Records" title="Nickelodeon Records">Nick Records</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/OnGamers" title="OnGamers">onGamers</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Digital_Entertainment" title="Paramount Digital Entertainment">Paramount Digital Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Famous_Productions" title="Paramount Famous Productions">Paramount Famous Productions</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Parks" title="Paramount Parks">Paramount Parks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Stations_Group" title="Paramount Stations Group">Paramount Stations Group</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Television_Studios" title="Paramount Television Studios">Paramount Television Studios</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paramount_Vantage" title="Paramount Vantage">Paramount Vantage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rainbow_S.p.A." title="Rainbow S.p.A.">Rainbow S.p.A.</a> (30%) <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Bardel_Entertainment" title="Bardel Entertainment">Bardel Entertainment</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Colorado_Film" class="mw-redirect" title="Colorado Film">Colorado Film</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Republic_Pictures" title="Republic Pictures">Republic Pictures</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scout.com" title="Scout.com">Scout.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Simon_%26_Schuster" title="Simon & Schuster">Simon & Schuster</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Shockwave_(game_portal)" title="Shockwave (game portal)">Shockwave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Spelling_Television" title="Spelling Television">Spelling Television</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/TV_Guide" title="TV Guide">TV Guide</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/TV.com" title="TV.com">TV.com</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clicker.com" title="Clicker.com">Clicker.com</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting-Paramount_Theatres" title="American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres">United Paramount Theatres</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/UPN" title="UPN">UPN</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA Network</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VersionTracker" title="VersionTracker">VersionTracker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VH1_Uno" title="VH1 Uno">VH1 Uno</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viacom18" title="Viacom18">Viacom18</a> (13%)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viacom_Entertainment_Store" title="Viacom Entertainment Store">Viacom Entertainment Store</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/VidCon" title="VidCon">VidCon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Broadcasting" title="Westinghouse Broadcasting">Westinghouse Broadcasting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Licensing_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Licensing Corporation">Westinghouse Licensing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Worldvision_Enterprises" title="Worldvision Enterprises">Worldvision Enterprises</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">See also</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Corporation" title="CBS Corporation">CBS Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gulf_and_Western_Industries" title="Gulf and Western Industries">Gulf and Western Industries</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Amusements" title="National Amusements">National Amusements</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Viacom (1952–2005)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viacom_(2005%E2%80%932019)" title="Viacom (2005–2019)">Viacom (2005–2019)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Westinghouse_Electric_Corporation" title="Westinghouse Electric Corporation">Westinghouse Electric Corporation</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_CBS" title="History of CBS">History of CBS</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_of_CBS_Corporation_and_Viacom" title="Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom">Split of CBS Corporation and Viacom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2019_merger_of_CBS_and_Viacom" title="2019 merger of CBS and Viacom">2019 merger of CBS and Viacom</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Proposed_merger_of_Skydance_Media_and_Paramount_Global" title="Proposed merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global">Proposed merger of Skydance Media and Paramount Global</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Criticism_of_Paramount_Global" title="Criticism of Paramount Global">Criticism</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_News_controversies_and_criticism" title="CBS News controversies and criticism">News</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Paramount_Global_television_programs" title="List of Paramount Global television programs">Television programs</a></li> <li>Buildings and facilities <ul><li><a href="/wiki/CBS_Building" title="CBS Building">CBS Building</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/One_Astor_Plaza" title="One Astor Plaza">One Astor Plaza</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Radford_Studio_Center" title="Radford Studio Center">Radford Studio Center</a></li></ul></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" 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Paley">William S. Paley</a> (1978)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Walter_Cronkite" title="Walter Cronkite">Walter Cronkite</a> (1979)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1980s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Carson" title="Johnny Carson">Johnny Carson</a> (1980)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elton_Rule" title="Elton Rule">Elton Rule</a> (1981)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hallmark_Cards" title="Hallmark Cards">Hallmark Cards, Inc.</a> (1982)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Weaver" title="Pat Weaver">Sylvester L. "Pat" Weaver</a> (1983)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Hope" title="Bob Hope">Bob Hope</a> (1984)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alistair_Cooke" title="Alistair Cooke">Alistair Cooke</a> (1985)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Skelton" title="Red Skelton">Red Skelton</a> (1986)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grant_Tinker" title="Grant Tinker">Grant Tinker</a> (1987)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Hanna" title="William Hanna">William Hanna</a> & <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Barbera" title="Joseph Barbera">Joseph Barbera</a> (1988)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lucille_Ball" title="Lucille Ball">Lucille Ball</a> (1989)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">1990s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Leonard_Goldenson" title="Leonard Goldenson">Leonard Goldenson</a> (1990)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Masterpiece_(TV_series)" title="Masterpiece (TV series)">Masterpiece Theatre</a></i> (1991)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ted_Turner" title="Ted Turner">Ted Turner</a> (1992)</li> <li>No Award (1993)</li> <li>No Award (1994)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/PBS" title="PBS">PBS</a> (1995)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/USA_Network" title="USA Network">USA</a>'s Erase the Hate Campaign / Turner's Native American Initiative (1996)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>'s March Against Drugs Campaign / <a href="/wiki/Comic_Relief_USA" title="Comic Relief USA">Comic Relief USA</a> / <a href="/wiki/Jac_Venza" title="Jac Venza">Jac Venza</a> (1997)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Geographic_(American_TV_channel)" title="National Geographic (American TV channel)">National Geographic Channel</a> / <i><a href="/wiki/Great_Books_(TV_program)" title="Great Books (TV program)">Great Books</a></i> Literacy Project (1998)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>'s "Fight for Your Rights: Take a Stand Against Violence" / <i><a href="/wiki/Save_Our_History" title="Save Our History">Save Our History</a></i> (1999)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background: #F9EFAA;;width:1%">2000s</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/A%26E_(TV_network)" title="A&E (TV network)">A&E</a>'s The Biography Project for Schools / <i>The Teen Files</i> / <a href="/wiki/VH1" title="VH1">VH1 Save the Music Foundation</a> (2000)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/CNN" title="CNN">CNN</a> / <a href="/wiki/Showtime_(TV_network)" title="Showtime (TV network)">Showtime</a> (2001)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/American_Broadcasting_Company" title="American Broadcasting Company">ABC</a>, <a href="/wiki/CBS" title="CBS">CBS</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fox_Broadcasting_Company" title="Fox Broadcasting Company">Fox</a> and <a href="/wiki/NBC" title="NBC">NBC</a> for <i><a href="/wiki/America:_A_Tribute_to_Heroes" title="America: A Tribute to Heroes">America: A Tribute to Heroes</a></i> (2002)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lifetime_(TV_network)" class="mw-redirect" title="Lifetime (TV network)">Lifetime Network</a>'s "Stop the Violence Against Women" initiative (2003)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Viacom_(1952%E2%80%932006)" class="mw-redirect" title="Viacom (1952–2006)">Viacom Inc.</a> (2004)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jerry_Lewis" title="Jerry Lewis">Jerry Lewis</a> (2005)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/MTVU" title="MTVU">MTVu</a> Campaign for <a href="/wiki/Darfur" title="Darfur">Darfur</a> (2006)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Idol_Gives_Back" title="Idol Gives Back">Idol Gives Back</a></i> / <i>The Addiction Project</i> (2007)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Planet_Earth_(1986_TV_series)" title="Planet Earth (1986 TV series)">Planet Earth</a></i> (2008)</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sheila_Nevins" title="Sheila Nevins">Sheila Nevins</a> and her HBO documentary unit (2009)</li></ul> 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