List of assets owned by Paramount Global
Template:Short description The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Global,[1] an American multinational media conglomerate headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.
Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Studio Group – physical studio and post-production
- The Studios at – production facilities & lot
- Paramount on Location – production support facilities throughout North America including New York, Vancouver, and Atlanta
- Worldwide Technical Operations – archives, restoration and preservation programs, the mastering and distribution fulfillment services, on-lot post-production facilities management
Paramount Motion Picture Group
- Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Animation
- Paramount Players[2]
- Republic Pictures
- Miramax (49%, co-owned with beIN Media Group)
- Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
- Paramount Pictures International (International distribution)
- United International Pictures (50%, with NBCUniversal via Universal Pictures)
Paramount Television Group
- CBS Studios
- Big Ticket Television
- CBS Media Ventures
- CBS Media Ventures Media Sales
- Dabl
- CBS Eye Animation Productions[3]
- MTV Entertainment Studios
- MTV Animation Inc.
- MTV Documentary Films
- Nickelodeon Productions
- New Games Productions, Inc.
- Uptown Productions, Inc.
- Nickelodeon Animation Studios Inc.
- Paws, Inc.[5]
- Paramount Television International Studios
- TIS Productions (majority stake)[6]
- Porta dos Fundos (51%)[7]
- Paramount Global Content Distribution
Paramount Streaming
- Paramount+
- FuboTV (undisclosed stake)[8]
- Pluto TV
- Pluto TV Europe
Paramount Media Networks
Nickelodeon Networks
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MTV Entertainment Group
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MTV Branded Television
General Entertainment Content
- Comedy Central
- Comedy Central Records
- South Park Digital Studios (joint venture with Park County)
- CMT
- Logo
- Paramount Network[12][13]
- Pop TV[14]
- Smithsonian Channel
- TV Land
- VH1
Showtime Networks
- Paramount+ with Showtime
- The Movie Channel
- The Movie Channel Xtra
- Flix
CBS Entertainment Group
- CBS[17]
- CBS News and Stations
- CBS News
- CBS News 24/7
- CBS News Radio
- CBS MoneyWatch
- See It Now Studios
- CBS Television Stations
- KCBS-TV 2 / KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles
- KOVR 13 / KMAX-TV 31 Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, California
- KPIX-TV 5 / KPYX 44 San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose, California
- KCNC-TV 4 Denver, Colorado
- WFOR-TV 4 / WBFS-TV 33 Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- WTOG 44 St. Petersburg – Tampa, Florida
- WUPA 69 Atlanta
- WBBM-TV 2 Chicago
- WBXI-CD 47 Indianapolis
- WJZ-TV 13 Baltimore
- WBZ-TV 4 / WSBK-TV 38 Boston
- WWJ-TV 62 / WKBD-TV 50 Detroit / Windsor, Ontario
- WCCO-TV 4 / KCCW-TV 12 Minneapolis–Saint Paul — Walker, Minnesota
- WCBS-TV 2 / WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead – New York City
- KYW-TV 3 / WPSG 57 Philadelphia
- KDKA-TV 2 / WPKD-TV 19 Jeannette – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- KTVT 11 / KTXA 21 Fort Worth – Dallas
- KSTW 11 Tacoma – Seattle
- Start TV (50% JV with Weigel Broadcasting)
- Fave TV[18]
- CBS Local Digital
- CBS News New York
- CBS News Los Angeles
- CBS News Boston
- CBS News Bay Area
- CBS News Minnesota
- CBS News Philadelphia
- CBS News Colorado
- CBS News Pittsburgh
- CBS News Chicago
- CBS News Texas
- CBS News Sacramento
- CBS News Baltimore
- CBS News Miami
- CBS News Detroit
- CBS News
BET Media Group
- BET
- BET Gospel
- BET Her
- BET Jams
- BET Soul
- BET Studios[19]
- BET Films
- BET Digital
- BET+ (operated by Tyler Perry Studios)
CBS Sports
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- CBS Sports Network
- CBS Sports HQ
- CBS Sports Golazo Network
- CBS Sports Digital
- CBS Local Sports
Paramount Experiences
- Paramount Themed Entertainment
- Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resorts[20]
- Paramount Consumer Products[21][22]
- Paramount Game Studios
- Paramount Shop[23]
- Paramount Licensing, Inc.
- Paramount Advertising
Paramount International Networks
United Kingdom & Australia
The Americas
- Chilevisión
- NickMusic Latin America
- Telefe
- Telefe Internacional
- Telefe Rosario
- Telefe Córdoba
- Telefe Santa Fe
- Mi Telefe
EMEAA
- Ananey Communications[24]
- Ego
- The Food Channel
- The Travel Channel
- The Good Life Channel
- Health Channel
- Hot Comedy Central
- Nutz Productions
- Shamaim Productions
- Mars Interactive
- Post Office Post Production & Creative
- BET France
- Game One
- J-One
- NickMusic EMEA
- Super!
Miscellaneous
Joint ventures
- Film Cafe (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
- CBS Reality (with AMC Networks International)
- True Crime (with AMC Networks International UK)[25]
- Legend (with AMC Networks International UK)
- The CW (12.5% each with Warner Bros. Discovery; 75% majority stake held by Nexstar Media Group)
- Philo (joint venture with A&E Networks, AMC Networks, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
- SkyShowtime (joint venture with Comcast's Sky Group)
Other
- CBS Broadcast Center
- Ed Sullivan Theater
- ParamountPressExpress.com, a hub for Paramount press releases[26][27]
Former assets
Divested
- AXS TV (20%)[28] – sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment in 2019
- Bellator MMA – Sold to Professional Fighters League in 2023
- Blockbuster – spun off in 2004
- CBS Building – purchased by Harbor Group International in 2021
- CBS/Columbia Records – sold to Sony in 1987, renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991
- CBS Records International
- Columbia House
- CBS Music Publishing – sold to SBK Entertainment World in 1986
- CBS Educational and Professional Publishing – sold to Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1986
- Praeger Publishers – sold to Greenwood Press
- CBS Eye on People – acquired by Discovery Communications in 1998/1999
- CBS/Fox Video
- CBS Musical Instruments
- CBS Outdoor (now Outfront Media) – spun off into an independent real estate investment trust in 2014
- CBS Outdoor International – sold to Platinum Equity in 2013
- CBS Outernet – renamed Outfront Media Outernet
- CBS Radio – merged with Entercom (former CBS Corporation shareholders received a 72% stake in Entercom)
- CBS Studio Center – sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management in 2021
- CBS Telenoticias
- CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
- CIC Video
- CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020[29]
- CNET
- CNET Video
- Download.com
- CNET Content Solutions
- Chowhound
- GameSpot
- Metacritic
- MetroLyrics
- TV Guide
- ZDNet
- CNET
- Decades (50%, with Weigel Broadcasting) – Since fall 2019, Decades is carried on Fox-owned stations in 12 markets as part of a multi-year agreement between Weigel Broadcasting and Fox Television Stations, after switching from CBS-owned stations.[30]
- DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of Amblin Partners. However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2011 back-catalog.
- Epix – Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer acquired Viacom's stake in the network in 2017
- Famous Music – in-house music publishing arm of Paramount Pictures, sold to Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2007
- Famous Players – sold to Cineplex Galaxy in 2005
- Paramount Theater
- SilverCity
- Colossus
- Coliseum
- Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) - shut down in 2020
- GameTrailers – sold to Defy Media; later shut down and sold to IGN
- Home Team Sports – sold to Comcast in 2000/2001 and renamed Comcast SportsNet Mid-Atlantic
- Harmonix
- Ideal Toy Company – sold to View-Master in 1986
- Creative Playthings – sold to Swing Design
- KVMM-CD – sold to HC2 Holdings in 2019
- Lifetime – Viacom sold its stake to co-owners Hearst Communications and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. in 1994
- Midwest Sports Channel – acquired by News Corporation in 2000 and renamed Fox Sports Net North
- Multi Channel Network – 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to Foxtel on January 1, 2019[31]
- MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
- Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
- Nick+ – shut down in 2022
- Nickelodeon Games Group
- Paramount Parks
- Pop Culture Media – sold to Savage Ventures in 2024[32][33]
- ComicBook.com
- PopCulture.com
- Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson in 1998
- RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar in October 2018
- Rede Telecine (12.5% each with Disney via Disney Studios, NBCUniversal via Universal Studios, Amazon MGM Studios via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 50% with Grupo Globo via Canais Globo)
- RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with RTL Group; acquired by Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainment[34]
- RTL CBS Extreme – renamed Blue Ant Extreme
- Orion Pictures - other stake acquired by Viacom in 1986, subsequently it sold to Metromedia in 1987; currently owned by Amazon (through Amazon MGM Studios).
- Rainbow S.p.A. – 30% stake purchased by Viacom in 2011 re-acquired by Iginio Straffi in 2023
- Gruppo Iven S.p.A.
- Bardel Entertainment
- Rainbow CGI
- Moviement Talent Agency
- Witty Toys
- Tridimensional S.r.l.
- Rysher Entertainment – assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution
- Sega
- Showtime Arabia – 21%; co-owned with KIPCO; merged with Orbit Communications Company to form Orbit Showtime Network
- Simon & Schuster – sold to KKR & Co. Inc. in 2023[35]
- Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
- Telemeter — spun off in 1966 after Gulf+Western bought Paramount; shut down in 1969
- Tempo – sold to Frederick Morton Jr. in 2007
- TriStar Pictures – joint venture with Time Inc.'s HBO and Columbia Pictures. In 1985, CBS sold a small percent of TriStar to Columbia and HBO.
- USA Networks – Viacom sold its stake in the company to Universal Pictures in 1997
- Viacom Cable – sold to TCI in 1995; Ohio systems resold to Time Warner Cable in 1998
- Viacom Radio
- Viacom18 (13.01%) – sold its stake to Reliance Industries in 2024
- Viacom18 US
- Viacom18 Media
- Colors
- Viacom18 Studios
- The Indian Film Company[36]
- JioCinema
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay
- VidCon – sold to Informa in 2024
- Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008
- Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - sold to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 2021
- Xfire
Dormant or shuttered
Paramount Pictures
- Famous Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios) – closed after Gulf+Western's acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1967
- Fleischer Studios – acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Famous Studios in 1942
- Insurge Pictures
- Liberty Films
- Melange Pictures, LLC – library holder of Republic Pictures films
- Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation
- Commonwealth United Entertainment
- The Landau-Unger Company
- United Pictures Corporation
- Enterprise Productions
- Spelling Films
- Taft International Pictures
- Sunn Classic Pictures
- Taft International Pictures
- Paramount Comics – partnership with Marvel Comics for comics based on Paramount's film library
- Paramount Famous Productions
- Paramount Vantage/Paramount Classics
- Screenlife Games
- Wilshire Court Productions – made-for-TV movie division; library sold to CBS Corporation in 2006
- Paramount DVD
- Paramount High Definition
- Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution – folded into CBS Media Ventures and Paramount Global Content Distribution
TV Entertainment (CBS Group)
- CBS Cable
- CBS Connections
- CBS Consumer Products[37] — founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products (now Paramount Consumer Products)
- CBS Vision
- Paramount Television Studios
- Watch! Magazine
Other assets
- CBS Cable Networks – folded into Viacom Media Networks, later renamed to ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (later Paramount Media Networks)
- CBS EcoMedia
- CBS Experiences Inc.
- CBS EYE Productions
- CBS Films – Dormant and absorbed into CBS Studios with the theatrical distribution moved to Paramount Pictures in 2019.
- CBS Home Entertainment – folded into Paramount Home Entertainment
- CBS Innertube
- CBS Operations Inc. – Dormant and absorbed into ViacomCBS
- CBS Productions – folded into CBS Studios
- CBS Records
- CBS Satellite Communications
- CBS Technology Center
- CBS Sporting Club
- CBS Stages Canada
- CBS Theatrical Films
- CBS VFX
- Cinema Center Films
- Estudios TeleMéxico
- FindArticles
- King World Productions
- Camelot Entertainment Sales
- Eyemark Entertainment
- Group W Productions
- MaXam Entertainment
- King World Direct Inc.
- King World Merchandising, Inc.
- Noggin
- Paramount Stations Group
- Paramount Television
- Desilu Productions
- Viacom Enterprises
- Viacom Productions
- Viacom Pictures
- Raquel Productions
- Scout.com
- Spelling Television
- Thomas-Spelling Productions
- Laurel Entertainment
- Worldvision Enterprises
- ABC Films
- Taft Entertainment Television
- QM Productions
- Schick Sunn Classic Productions
- Titus Productions
- Evergreen Programs, Inc.
- Worldvision Home Video LLC
- Charter Company
- Republic Pictures (original)
- National Telefilm Associates
- Hollywood Television Service
- Studio City TV Productions
- NBC Films
- California National Productions
- U.M. & M. TV Corporation
- Hollywood Television Service
- National Telefilm Associates
- Spelling Daytime Television
- UPN
- Viacom Velocity
- Nickelodeon Velocity
- Nickelodeon Creative Advertising
- Nickelodeon Velocity
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
- InterStar Releasing (51% controlling stake)
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
- Viacom Digital Studios
- Viacom International Inc. – Dormant and folded into ViacomCBS
Cable networks
- All News Channel (50% joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting)
- Atom.com – absorbed into Comedy Central
- AddictingClips.com
- The Box
- CMT Films
- Comedy Central Films
- Comedy Central Now
- Comedy Central Productions - folded into MTV Entertainment Studios
- Defy Media (7%)
- AddictingGames
- Shockwave
- GoCityKids.com
- iFilm
- MTV Urge
- MTV Chi
- MTV Desi
- MTV K
- MTV SnowGlobe Music Festival
- MTV News
- Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
- Nickelodeon Magazine
- Nickelodeon on Sunset
- Nickelodeon Studios (theme park & productions)
- NickMom – TV block on Nick Jr.
- Nick Radio
- Nickelodeon Records
- NickRewind – TV block on TeenNick
- Quizilla
- VH1 Uno
- Viacom Music – music publisher affiliated with BMI
- Viacom NEXT
- World Sports Enterprises
International networks
- 5Spike – succeeded by Paramount Network in 2020
- Game One Music 3D
- Game One Music HD
- Kindernet
- TMF
- Spree TV (50%)
- VIVA
- Voot – merged into JioCinema in 2023
Joint ventures
- Big CBS Prime (joint venture with Reliance Broadcast Network)
- Big CBS Love (joint venture with Reliance Broadcast Network)
- BIG CBS Spark (joint venture with Reliance Broadcast Network)
- CBS Action (joint venture with AMC Networks International)
- CBS Justice (joint venture with AMC Networks International UK)
See also
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