Paramount Global

**Paramount Global** (doing business as **Paramount**) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomeratecontrolled by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York City. It was formed on December 4, 2019, as **ViacomCBS Inc.** through the merger of the second incarnations of CBS Corporation and Viacom (which were split from the original Viacom on December 31, 2005). The company changed its name to Paramount Global on February 16, 2022, the day after its Q4 earnings presentation.

Paramount's main properties include the namesake Paramount Pictures film and television studio, the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS and The CW television networks, television stations, and other CBS-branded assets), media networks (consisting of U.S.-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, BET, Comedy Central, VH1, CMT, Paramount Network and Showtime) and the company's streaming services (including Paramount+, Showtime OTT and Pluto TV). It also has a dedicated international division that manages international versions of its pay TV networks, as well as region-specific assets including Argentina's Telefe, Chile's Chilevisión, the United Kingdom's Channel 5 and Australia's Network 10. The division also owns a 30% stake in the Rainbow S.p.A. studio.
As of 2019, the company operates over 170 networks and reaches approximately 700 million subscribers in 180 countries.

## Assets

### Paramount Pictures Corporation (film)

* Paramount Pictures
	+ Paramount Home Entertainment
	+ Paramount Television Studios
		- Paramount TV Movies
	+ Paramount Pictures International
	+ Paramount Studio Group – physical studio and post production
		- The Studios at Paramount – 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 Licensing, Inc.
	+ Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resorts
	+ Paramount Themed Entertainment
	+ Paramount Animation
	+ Paramount Players
		- BET Films
		- Nickelodeon Movies
	+ Paramount Music
* Miramax (49%, co-owned with beIN Media Group)
	+ Miramax Television
	+ Miramax Family
	+ Miramax Animation
* United International Pictures (50%, with NBCUniversal via Universal music Pictures)
* Rede Telecine (12.5% each with Disney via Disney Studios, NBCUniversal via Universal Studios, MGM Holdings via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 50% with Grupo Globo via Canais Globo)

### CBS Entertainment Group

* CBS Television Network
* CBS Studios
	+ Big Ticket Television
	+ CBS Media Ventures
		- CBS Media Ventures Media Sales
		- Dabl
	+ CBS Eye Animation Productions
		- Late Night Cartoons, Inc.
* CBS News and Stations
	+ CBS News
		- CBS News Streaming Network
		- CBS News Radio
		- CBS MoneyWatch
		- See It Now Studios
* CBS Sports
	+ CBS Sports Network
	+ CBS Sports HQ
	+ CBS Sports Radio
	+ CBS Sports Digital
		- 247Sports
		- MaxPreps
* The CW (12.5% each with Warner Bros. Discovery; 75% ownership to Nexstar Media Group)
	+ The CW Plus
	+ The CW Daytime
	+ CW Seed
* CBS Home Entertainment
* Watch! Magazine
* CBS Vision
* BET Media Group
	+ BET
	+ BET Gospel
	+ BET Her
	+ BET Hip-Hop
	+ BET Jams
	+ BET Soul
	+ BET Studios
	+ BET Interactive
	+ VH1
	+ BET+

### Paramount Media Networks

#### MTV Entertainment Group

* MTV Entertainment Studios
	+ MTV Animation Inc.
	+ MTV Documentary Films
	+ South Park Digital Studios (joint venture with Trey Parker and Matt Stone)
* MTV
	+ MTV2
	+ MTV Classic
	+ MTV Live
	+ MTVU
	+ Tr3s
* Comedy Central
	+ Comedy Central Now
	+ Comedy Central Records
* CMT
* Paramount Network
	+ Paramount Rainbow (rename of Logo TV)
	+ Paramount iQ (rename of CMT Music)
	+ Paramount Edge (rename of SHO×BET)
* Pop TV
* Smithsonian Channel
* TV Land

#### Showtime Networks

* Showtime
	+ Showtime 2
	+ Showcase
	+ Showtime Extreme
	+ Showtime Family Zone
	+ Showtime Next
	+ Showtime Women
* The Movie Channel
	+ The Movie Channel Xtra
* Flix
* Showtime Documentary Films
* Showtime PPV
* Showtime Digital, Inc.

#### Kids & Family Entertainment

* Nickelodeon
	+ Nick at Nite
* Nick Jr.
* Nicktoons
* TeenNick
	+ NickRewind
* NickMusic
* Nick.com
* NickOnBoard - a cruise-line-only television channel launched in April 14, 2019.
* Nickelodeon Productions
* Nickelodeon Animation Studio
	+ Avatar Studios
	+ Nickelodeon Digital
* Nickelodeon Movies
* Nickelodeon Velocity
* Paws, Inc.
* Awesomeness
	+ Awesomeness Ink
	+ Awesomeness Films
	+ Awesomeness News

#### Paramount International Networks

##### United Kingdom & Australia

* Channel 5
	+ 5Action
	+ 5Select
	+ 5Star
	+ 5USA
	+ My5 (VOD)
* Ten Network Holdings
	+ Network 10
	+ 10 Peach
	+ 10 Bold
	+ 10 Shake
	+ 10 HD
	+ 10 Play

##### The Americas

* Chilevisión
* Telefe
	+ Telefe Internacional
	+ Telefe Rosario
	+ Telefe Córdoba
	+ Telefe Bahía Blanca
	+ Telefe Salta
	+ Telefe Santa Fe
* Porta dos Fundos (51%)
* TeleColombia - After the Paramount-Fox acquisition, Fox TeleColombia decided to become TeleColombia so that it would create shows for both Paramount and Fox Holdings
	+ Estudios TeleMéxico

##### EMEAA

* Ananey Communications
	+ 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
* Paramount Comedy (Ukraine)
* Paramount Network (international channels)
* Super!
* Rainbow S.p.A.
* Kindernet
* TMF
* VIVA

#### Joint ventures

* RealityXtra (with AMC Networks International UK)
* CBS Europa (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
* CBS Reality (with AMC Networks International)
* Legend (with AMC Networks International UK)

### Paramount Streaming

* CBS Sports HQ
* CBS News Streaming Network
* ET Live (broadcast syndicator)
* Noggin
* Paramount+
	+ SkyShowtime (joint venture with Comcast's Sky Group)
* MultiFox
* Showtime (OTT)
* Pluto TV
	+ Pluto TV Europe

### Fox Holdings

#### Fox Entertainment Group

* 20th Century Fox
	+ Fox Family
	+ Fox Stage Productions
	+ Fox 2000 Pictures
	+ 20th Century Fox Animation
	+ Blue Sky Studios
	+ Fox Searchlight Pictures
		- Fox Video Entertainment
	+ Fox Studios
		- Fox Studios Baja
		- Fox Studios Los Angeles
		- Fox Star Studios (India)
		- Fox Studios Australia
	+ Fox Digital Productions
	+ Zero Day Fox
	+ Regency Enterprises (20%)
		- Regency Television
	+ New Regency Productions (80%)
	+ Fox Music
	+ FoxNext
* 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
	+ Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment
* 20th Century Fox Consumer Products (also known as just Fox Consumer Products)
* Boom! Studios (minority stake)
* Cold Iron Studios
* Fogbank Entertainment
* Aftershock Studios
* Fox Filmed Entertainment
* Fox Theatricals - an independent theatrical production company, which produced The Humans, Fun Home and If/Then.

#### Endemol Shine Group

(50% share with Apollo Global Management)

* Endemol
* Shine Group
* Endemol Shine Nordics
	+ Mag5 Content AB (Sweden)
	+ Metronome Post AB (Sweden)
	+ Heartland ApS (Denmark)
	+ Metronome Spartacus AB (Norway)
	+ Rubicon TV AS (Norway)
	+ Metronome Productions A/S (Denmark)
	+ Endemol Shine Finland (Finland)
	+ STO-CPH Produktion AB (Sweden)
	+ Meter Television AB (Sweden)
	+ Filmlance International AB (Sweden)
	+ Studios A/S (Denmark)
* Endemol Shine North America
	+ Endemol Shine Latino
	+ Authentic Entertainment
	+ Truly Original
	+ 51 Minds Entertainment
* Endemol Shine Germany
	+ Florida TV
	+ META Productions
	+ MadeFor
	+ Wiedemann & Berg Filmproduktion
	+ Herr P. GmbH
	+ Jukers Media
	+ Endemol Shine Beyond
* Endemol Shine UK
	+ Artists Studio
	+ Bandit Television
	+ ChannelFlip
	+ Cut & Mustard
	+ Douglas Road Productions Limited
	+ Dragonfly Film and Television Productions
	+ Darlow Smithson Productions
	+ Electric Robin
	+ Endemol Shine Gaming
	+ Fifty Fathoms
	+ House of Tomorrow
	+ Initial
	+ Kudos
		- Kudos North
		- Vexed Pixie
	+ OP Talent
	+ Remarkable Television
	+ Sidney Street
	+ Sharp Jack TV
	+ Shine TV (UK)
	+ Shiny Button Productions
	+ Silent Boom
	+ Simon's Cat Ltd.
	+ Tiger Aspect Productions
		- Tiger Aspect Comedy
		- Tiger Aspect Kids and Family
		- Tiger Aspect Drama
	+ Tigress Productions
	+ Wild Mercury Productions
	+ Workerbee
	+ Zeppotron
		- Definitely
* Endemol Shine India
* Endemol Shine France
* Endemol Shine Boomdog
* Endemol Shine Brasil
* Endemol Shine Iberia
	+ Gestmusic
	+ Zeppelin TV
	+ Diagonal TV
	+ Tuiwok Estudios
	+ Telegenia
	+ Shine Iberia
	+ Endemol Portugal
* B&B Endemol Shine
* Endemol Shine Poland
* Endemol Shine Belgium
* Endemol Shine Nederland
	+ NL Film & TV
	+ Simpel Media
	+ TVBV
	+ Human Factor Television Productions
* WeiT Media (Russia)
* Endemol Shine Italy
	+ YAM112003
* Endemol Shine Australia
	+ Endemol Shine Banks (joint venture with Imogen Banks)
* Endemol Shine Israel
	+ Reshet (33%)
	+ Hadashot 13 (10%)
* Endemol Shine Asia
* Endemol Shine International
* Shine 360° – commercialisation of properties belonging to the group

#### Fox Television & Cable Group

##### Fox Television Group

* Fox Broadcasting Company
	+ Fox Radio Channel
	+ Fox Family Worldwide
		- Fox Kids
* 20th Century Fox Television
* Fox Television Studios
	+ foxunwritten.
* Fox Television Animation
* 20th Television
	+ Lincolnwood Drive, Inc.
* 20th Century Fox Television Distribution
* Paramount-Fox Licensing
	+ FoxFast
* Fox Searchlight Television
* Fox Network Entertainment
* XYZ

##### Fox Television Stations Group

* Fox Television Stations
* 28 stations
* MyNetworkTV
* Movies! (50%)
* Fox Toledo (WUPW)

##### Fox News Group

* Fox News
* Fox Business
* Fox News Radio
* Fox News Talk

##### Fox Cable Networks

###### Fox Landscape

* Fox Soap
* Fox Talk
* Fox Latino

###### FX Networks

* + FX Entertainment
	+ FX
		- FXX
		- FXM
			* FXM Retro
		- FXP
		- DNA TV Limited - Joint venture with DNA Films run by DNA Films' management

##### National Geographic Partners

A joint venture partnership with National Geographic Society in which Fox owns 73%

* National Geographic Global Networks
	+ National Geographic
	+ Nat Geo Kids
		- Nat Geo Little Kids
	+ Nat Geo Music
	+ Nat Geo People
	+ Nat Geo Wild
	+ Nat Geo Mundo
	+ Nat Geo Junior
	+ Nat Geo &YO (Latin America)
	+ Nat Geo Telugu
	+ Nat Geo Tamil
	+ National Geographic Studios
	+ National Geographic Media, print and digital publishing
	+ Travel and tour operations

##### Fox Sports Media Group

* Fox Sports (United States), Fox Sports Go app
* Fox Sports Interactive - a leader in digital sports programming, offering sports fans a comprehensive mix of news, exclusive analysis, fantasy games and the Internet's largest collection of online sports video.
* Fox Sports Networks
* Fox Sports Enterprises
* YES Network (80% equity)
* FS1
* FS2
* Fox Sports Radio
* Fox Sports Racing
* Fox Deportes
* Big Ten Network (51% owned in joint venture with Big Ten Conference) - BTN2Go app
* Fox Soccer Plus (prior to the now-defunct Fox Soccer) - Fox Soccer 2 Go app
* Fox College Sports
* Home Team Sports (HTS) advertising sales for sports channels including other regional sports networks plus commercial and program production, events, and local live custom brand integration
* Fox Sports College Properties - college rights holder for Big East Conference, several colleges: Michigan State, Auburn, San Diego State, Georgetown and USC and the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum
* Impression Sports & Entertainment - naming rights and event sponsorships
* Fox Sports Digital Media
	+ FSDM Mobile − Fox Sports Digital Media has established a forward thinking mobile business that extends FSDM's successful portfolio of online businesses–onto the mobile platform. FSDM's mobile strategy builds upon its success in the online world, which is driven by a deep commitment to empower people with a platform, tools and services to consume and publish media, and connect around shared interests.
	+ FSDM Stations Group – Charged with extending Fox Television Stations owned and operated stations’ and affiliates’ brands onto the web, the FSDM Stations Group develops business, product and content models.
	+ FSDM Labs – Driving technical innovation and integration across FSDM's online properties, FSDM Labs is responsible for research and development for new and existing technologies as well as identifying prospects for acquisition and integration. Established with a base of the teams from Newroo and Sidereus Technologies and select leading web developers, the group taps into a vast pool of FSDM talent spanning hundreds of the top engineers in the field who work day-to-day. The team works to develop, incubate, educate and evangelize technologies and best practices across the company.

#### Fox International Networks

##### Cable broadcast

* LAPTV
* Rede Telecine (Brazil — co-owned with Globosat, MGM and Universal Studios)
* Fox FLTR
* Fox Arts
* Fox Shed

##### Direct broadcast

* Tata Sky (30%)
* Star TV
* Star India
* Star Media Networks
* Star Sports India
* Star Sports Asia
* Star Media Networks South
* Asianet Star Communications
* Star Maa Media South
* Novi Digital Entertainment
	+ Hotstar
* Mashal Sports (74%)
* Pro Kabaddi league
* Football Sports Development (40%)

##### Fox Network International Channel Group

* Fox (international)
* FX (international)
* Fox Life
* Fox Crime
* Fox Sports International
* JTBC3 Fox Sports - a sports channel owned by joint owned by Fox Networks Group Asia Pacific and JTBC.
* Channel V
* Voyage
* BabyTV
* 24Kitchen
* Fox Comedy
* Fox Animation (Italy)
* Fox Premium (Latin America/Brazil)
	+ Fox1 (formerly known as Fox Premium Series)
	+ Fox Kids (formerly known as Fox Premium Family)
	+ Fox Movies (formerly known as Fox Premium Movies)
	+ Fox Cinéma (formerly known as Fox Premium Cinema)
	+ Fox Action (formerly known as Fox Premium Action)
	+ Fox Flickz (formerly known as Fox Premium Comedy)
	+ Fox Classics (formerly known as Fox Premium Classics)
	+ Fox Ultra
	+ Fox Latino
	+ Fox Max
	+ Fox Women
	+ Fox Gold
	+ Fox HD
* Fox Classics
* Viajar (Spain)
* YourTV (UK)
* Fox Movies
* Fox Action Movies (Asia)
* Fox Family Movies (Asia)
* Fox Kids (international)
* Fox Women
* Fox Horror
* Fox Music Channel
* Fox Series
* Fox Anime
* Razer
* CrossFox
* Fox History
* Fox Tech
* tm3

##### News Corp

* Foxtel (65%)
	+ Fox Sports Australia
		- Fox Sports News
		- Fox Cricket
		- Fox Footy
		- Fox League
		- Fox Netball
	+ Foxtel Networks
		- Fox8
		- Fox Classics
		- Fox Crime
		- Fox Funny
		- Fox Women
		- Fox Drama
		- Fox One
		- Fox Showcase
		- Fox Hits
		- Fox Sci Fi
		- Fox Sleuth
		- Fox Docos
		- Fox Arena
		- The 4th
		- Foxtel Movies
			* UltraHD
			* Premiere
			* Family
			* Kids
			* Action
			* Comedy
			* Thriller
			* Romance
			* Drama
			* Hits
			* Greats

##### Fox Eurasian Media Networks

* Decode
* Fox Kino
* teleFOX
* Doqu
* Number 1
* Fox Ultra
* Fox Serial
* Fox Latino
* XtraFox
* Energo
* Kanal 7 (Slovenia, through ProSiebenSat.1 Media)
* EM
* Metrovision (through Deutsches Telekom)
* Kanal 9 (Austria, through ProSiebenSat.1 Media)
* Premiere (through Sky Deutschland, which is owned by Comcast)
* i
* Einstein
* Fox Joy
* Fox Switch
* Fox Max
* Fox Green
* Fox Gold
* Fox HD
* 6 (Croatia, through ProSiebenSat.1 Media)
* Fox5
* The Zone (as opposed to the YTV block, *The Zone*, both owned by Corus Entertainment)
* SuomiTV
* Fox Country

### Miscellaneous holdings

* Bellator MMA
	+ Bellator Kickboxing
* Last.fm
* CBS Broadcast Center
* CBS Experiences Inc.
* CBS Sporting Club
* CBS Stages Canada
* CBS VFX
* Ed Sullivan Theater
* FuboTV (undisclosed stake)
* Paramount Consumer Products
	+ VidCon
* Paramount Global Content Distribution
* Philo (joint venture with A+E Networks, AMC Networks, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
* Pop Culture Media
	+ ComicBook.com
	+ PopCulture.com
* Velocity
* Viacom18 (49%; co-owned with TV18)
	+ Viacom18 US
	+ Viacom18 Media
		- Colors
		- Viacom18 Studios
		- Voot
* WhoSay

### Former assets

#### Before the Fox acquisition

##### Paramount Pictures

* DreamWorks Distribution, LLC – theatrical distribution arm of DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation
* DreamWorks Home Entertainment – folded into Paramount Home Entertainment
* DW Funding LLC – library holder of live-action DreamWorks films
* 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
			* Astor Pictures
		- United Pictures Corporation
	+ The Enterprise Studios
	+ Spelling Films
		- Taft International Pictures
			* Sunn Classic Pictures
* Paramount Comics – partnership with Marvel Comics for comics based on Paramount's film library
* Paramount Digital Entertainment
* 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 Paramount Global Content Distribution

##### TV Entertainment (CBS Group)

* CBS Cable
* CBS Cable Networks - folded into Viacom Media Networks and renamed ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
* CBS Connections
* CBS Consumer Products — founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products (now Paramount Consumer Products)

##### Other assets

* CBS EcoMedia
* CBS EYE Productions
* CBS Films – Dormant and absorbed into CBS Studios with the theatrical distribution moved to Paramount Pictures in 2019.
* CBS Innertube
* CBS Justice (with AMC Networks International UK)
* CBS Productions – folded into CBS Studios
* CBS Records
* CBS Technology Center
* CBS Theatrical Films
* Cinema Center Films
* FindArticles
* GameRankings – Shut down on December 9, 2019, with its staff and older reviews being merged with Metacritic.
* King World Productions
	+ Camelot Entertainment Sales
	+ Eyemark Entertainment
		- Group W Productions
		- MaXam Entertainment
	+ King World Direct Inc.
	+ King World Merchandising, Inc.
* Paramount Stations Group
* Paramount Television
	+ Desilu Productions
	+ Viacom Enterprises
		- Terrytoons
	+ Viacom Productions
		- Viacom Pictures
* 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
		- National Telefilm Associates
			* Hollywood Television Service
				+ Studio City TV Productions
			* NBC Films
				+ California National Productions
			* U.M. & M. TV Corporation
	+ Spelling Daytime Television
* UPN
* Westinghouse Electric Corporation
	+ Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
		- InterStar Releasing (51% controlling stake)

##### 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 - folded into MTV Entertainment Studios
	+ Comedy Central Productions
* Defy Media (7%)
	+ AddictingGames
	+ Shockwave
* GoCityKids.com
* MTV Urge
* MTV Chi
* MTV Desi
* MTV K
* MTV SnowGlobe Music Festival
* Nick Games and Sports for Kids (Nick GaS) – TV Network
* Nickelodeon Magazine
* Nickelodeon on Sunset
* Nickelodeon Studios (theme park & productions)
* NickMom
* Nick Radio
* Nickelodeon Records
* Quizilla
* VH1 Uno
* Viacom Music – music publisher affiliated with BMI
* Viacom NEXT
* World Sports Enterprises

##### International networks

* 5Spike – succeeded by Paramount Network in 2020
* Spree TV (50%)

###### CBS Studios International

* 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)

##### Simon & Schuster

* Cash Money Content – a co-venture with Cash Money Records
* Karen Hunter Publishing
* Keywords Press
* Marble Arch Press – co-publishing agreement with the United Kingdom publisher Short Books
* Mercury Ink – co-publishing deal with Glenn Beck and Mercury Radio Arts
* MTV Books – young adult and pop-culture imprint of Gallery Books Group
* North Star Way Books – inspirational non-fiction imprint with additional services for authors
* Simon451 – speculative fiction and fantasy imprint

#### After the Fox acquisition

* CMT Music - replaced by Paramount iQ
* SHO×BET - replaced by Paramount Edge
* Logo TV - replaced by Paramount Rainbow