Phase Zero (podcast)

The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Global.

Paramount Pictures Corporation (Film)

* Paramount Pictures
** Paramount Home Entertainment
** Paramount Television Studios
** 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 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
** CBS Television Stations Group
*** KCBS-TV 2 / KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles
*** KOVR 13 / KMAX-TV 31 Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, California
*** KPIX-TV 5 / KBCW 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 / WPCW 19 Jeannette – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
*** KTVT 11 / KTXA 21 Fort Worth – Dallas
*** KSTW 11 Tacoma – Seattle
*** Start TV (50% JV with Weigel Broadcasting)
*** Fave TV
** CBS Local Digital Media
***
**** 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 Dallas–Ft. Worth
**** CBS News Sacramento
**** CBS News Baltimore
**** CBS News Miami
*** CBS Local Sports
* CBS Sports
** CBS Sports Network
** CBS Sports HQ
** CBS Sports Radio
** CBS Sports Digital
* 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 Studios/Group

* Comedy Partners

* MTV Animation
* MTV Documentary Films
* Pop Media Group, LLC
* South Park Digital Studios (joint venture with Trey Parker and Matt Stone)
* Smithsonian Networks Inc.
* MTV
** MTV2
** MTV Classic
** MTV Live
** MTVU
** Tr3s
* Comedy Central
** Comedy Central Now
** Comedy Central Records
* CMT
** CMT Music
* Logo
** SnowGlobe Music Festival
* Paramount Network
* Pop TV
* Smithsonian Channel
* TV Land

Showtime Networks

* Showtime
** Showtime 2
** Showcase
** SHO×BET
** 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
* 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
*** ATV Melbourne
*** TEN Sydney
*** TVQ Brisbane
*** ADS Adelaide
*** NEW Perth
** 10 Peach
** 10 Bold
** 10 Shake
** 10 HD
** 10 Play
** Gecko TV on channel 17

The Americas

* Chilevisión
* Telefe
** Telefe Internacional
** Telefe Rosario
** Telefe Neuquén
** Telefe Córdoba
** Telefe Mar del Plata
** Telefe Tucumán
** Telefe Bahía Blanca
** Telefe Salta
** Telefe Santa Fe
* Porta dos Fundos (51%)
*TeleColombia (majority stake)
**Estudios TeleMéxico

EMEAA

* Ananey Communications
** Ego
** The Food Channel
** The Travel Channel
** The Good Life Channel
** Health Channel
** Nutz Productions
** Shamaim Productions
** Mars Interactive
** Post Office Post Production & Creative
* Paramount Network (international channels)
** Paramount Comedy (Russia and Ukraine)
*Rainbow S.p.A. (30%)
** Gruppo Iven S.p.A.
***Colorado Film
** Bardel Entertainment
** Rainbow CGI
** Moviement Talent Agency
** Witty Toys
** Tridimensional S.r.l.
* 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
* Entertainment Tonight, ET Live (broadcast syndicator)
* Noggin (brand), Noggin
* Paramount+
** Showtime (TV network)#SkyShowtime, SkyShowtime (joint venture with Comcast's Sky Group)
* Showtime (OTT)
* Pluto TV
** Pluto TV Europe

Simon & Schuster

* Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing
** Adams Media located in Avon, Massachusetts
*** Atria Publishing Group
**** 37 INK
*** Atria Publishing Group, Atria Books
*** Atria Español
*** Atria Unbound
*** Beyond Words Publishing
*** Emily Bestler Books
*** Enliven Books
*** Howard Books
*** Keywords Press
**** Atria Publishing Group, One Signal Publishers
**** Strebor Books International
**** Washington Square Press
** Avid Reader Press
** Gallery Books Group
*** Gallery Books
*** Jeter Publishing
*** Karen Hunter, Karen Hunter Publishing
*** Pocket Books
*** Gallery Publishing Group, Pocket Star
*** Scout Press
*** Threshold Editions
** Charles Scribner's Sons, Scribner
*** Scribner
*** Touchstone
** Simon & Schuster (the flagship imprint)
*** Folger Shakespeare Library
*** Free Press
* Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
** Aladdin Paperbacks, Aladdin
** Atheneum Books, Atheneum
** Beach Lane Books
** Little Simon
** Margaret K. McElderry Books
** Paula Wiseman Books
** Saga Press
** Salaam Reads
** Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
** Simon Pulse
** Simon Spotlight
* Simon & Schuster Audio Publishing
** Simon & Schuster Audio
*** Pimsleur Language Programs
* Simon & Schuster International
** Simon & Schuster Australia
** Simon & Schuster Canada
** Simon & Schuster India
** Simon & Schuster UK

Miscellaneous holdings

* 247Sports
* Bellator MMA
** Bellator Kickboxing
* MaxPreps
*Scout.com
*Last.fm
* CBS Broadcast Center
* CBS Experiences
* CBS Sporting Club
* CBS Stages Canada
* CBS VFX
* Ed Sullivan Theater
*FuboTV (undisclosed stake)
* Philo (company), Philo (joint venture with A+E Networks, AMC Networks, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
* Pop Culture Media
** ComicBook.com
** PopCulture.com
* Viacom18 (49%; co-owned with TV18)
** Viacom18 US
** Viacom18 Media
*** Colors TV, Colors
*** Viacom18 Studios
*** The Indian Film Company
*** Voot
* Velocity
* WhoSay
* Paramount Consumer Products
**VidCon
* Paramount Global Distribution Group
** VIS
*** VIS UK
*** VIS Social Impact
** Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution

Former assets

Divested

* AXS TV (20%) – sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment in 2019
** HDNet Movies
* Blockbuster LLC – spun off in 2004
** DEJ Productions
** Discovery Zone
** GameRush
** Gamestation
** KPS Video Express
** Xtra-vision
* CBS Building sold to Harbor group in 2021
* Sony Music, 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 Publishing Group, Greenwood Press, Inc.
* CBS Eye on People – acquired by Discovery Communications in 1998/1999
* CBS/Fox Video
* Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, CBS Musical Instruments
* CBS Operations Inc.
* Outfront Media, 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)
**List of broadcast stations owned by CBS Radio
** Boston Bruins Radio Network, Boston Bruins Radio
** CBS Altitude Group
** Eventful
** New York Yankees Radio Network, New York Yankees Radio
** New York Yankees
** Play.it
** Radio.com
* CBS Productions – (produces ''Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS'') folded into CBS Studios
* CBS Records (2006), CBS Records
* Radford Studio Center, CBS Studio Center – sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management in 2021
* CBS Telenoticias
* Television City, CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
* CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020
** CNET
*** CNET Video
*** Download.com
*** CNET Content Solutions
** Chowhound
** GameSpot
*** Comic Vine
*** GameFAQs
*** Giant Bomb
** Metacritic
** MetroLyrics
** TV Guide
** ZDNet
*** TechRepublic
* Decades (TV network), 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.
* DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of Amblin Partners. However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2010 back-catalog.
** DreamWorks Television – television production division of DreamWorks.
** Go Fish Pictures – indie film label, shut down in 2007.
* 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 Entertainment, Cineplex Galaxy in 2005
** Scotiabank Theatre, Paramount Theater
** SilverCity
** Colossus
** Coliseum
* 20th Century Studios Home Entertainment, Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
* 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 (TV network), Lifetime – Viacom sold its stake to co-owners Hearst Communications and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. in 1994
* Midwest Sports Channel – acquired by News Corporation (1980–2013), 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
* MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar (TV channel), Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
* Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
* Paramount Parks
* Paramount International Inc. – folded into Paramount Global Distribution Group
* Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson plc, Pearson in 1998
* RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar (TV channel), Cheddar in October 2018
* Blue Ant Entertainment, RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with RTL Group; acquired by Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainment
** Blue Ant Extreme, 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 (company), Amazon (through MGM Holdings).
* Rysher Entertainment – assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by Paramount Global Distribution Group
* Showtime Arabia – 21%; co-owned with KIPCO; merged with Orbit Communications Company to form OSN, Orbit Showtime Network
* Sundance TV, Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
* Telemeter (pay television), Telemeter — spun off in 1966 after Gulf+Western bought Paramount; shut down in 1969
* Tempo Networks, 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 Tele-Communications Inc., TCI in 1995; Ohio systems resold to Time Warner Cable in 1998
* Viacom (1952–2006)#Former Viacom-owned stations, Viacom Radio
* Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay Entertainment and Titus Interactive in 1998/1999
* Westwood One (1976-2011), Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008
* Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - sold to Toshiba in 2007
* Xfire

Dormant or shuttered

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
* Paramount Cartoon Studios, Famous Studios (later Paramount Cartoon Studios) – closed after Gulf and Western Industries, Gulf+Western's acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1967
* Fleischer Studios – acquired by Paramount Pictures and reorganized as Paramount Cartoon Studios, 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 Broadcasting, 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 Vantage/Paramount Classics
* Screenlife Games
* Wilshire Court Productions – made-for-TV movie division; library sold to CBS Corporation in 2006
* Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount DVD
* Paramount Home Entertainment, Paramount High Definition
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
* 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 Records (2006), CBS Records
* CBS Laboratories, 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
*** Westinghouse Broadcasting, Group W Productions
*** MaXam Entertainment
** King World Direct Inc.
** King World Merchandising, Inc.
* Paramount Stations Group
* Paramount Television
** Desilu Productions
** Viacom Enterprises
*** Terrytoons (theatrical library transferred into Paramount Animation)
** Viacom Productions
*** Viacom Pictures
* Spelling Television
** Thomas-Spelling Productions
** Laurel Entertainment
** Worldvision Enterprises
*** American Broadcasting Company, ABC Films
*** Taft Entertainment Television
**** Quinn Martin, QM Productions
**** Schick Sunn Classic Productions
**** Titus Productions
****Jensen Farley Pictures
*** 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
** Sunset Beach (TV series), Spelling Daytime Television
* UPN
* Westinghouse Electric Corporation
** Westinghouse Broadcasting, 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 (U.S. TV channel), The Box
* CMT Films
* Comedy Central Films - folded into MTV Entertainment Studios
** Comedy Central Productions
* Defy Media (7%)
** AddictingGames
** Shockwave (game portal), Shockwave
* GoCityKids.com
* Urge (digital music service), MTV Urge
* MTV Chi
* MTV Desi
* MTV K
* Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids, Nick Games and Sports for Kids (Nick GaS) – TV Network
* Nickelodeon Magazine
* Nickelodeon on Sunset
* Nickelodeon Studios, Nickelodeon Studios (theme park & productions)
* NickMom
* Nick Radio
* Nickelodeon Records
* NickRewind – TV block on TeenNick
* Quizilla
* VH1 Uno
* Viacom Music – music publisher affiliated with BMI
* Viacom NEXT
* TNN Motor Sports/TNN Sports, World Sports Enterprises
International Networks
*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
** 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
** Gallery Publishing Group, 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
*Other assets
**5Spike – succeeded by Paramount Network in 2020
** Kindernet
** The Music Factory, TMF
** Spree TV (50%)

See also

* National Amusements
* Lists of corporate assets
* List of libraries owned by Paramount Global

References

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Paramount Global-related lists, Assets
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