Paramount (from the word ''paramount'' meaning "above all others") may refer to:
Entertainment and music companies
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Paramount Global
Paramount Global ( doing business as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate owned and operated by National Amusements (79.4%) and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Midtown Manhattan, New York. ...
, also known simply as Paramount, an American mass media company formerly known as ViacomCBS. The following businesses are historically linked to this company, but not all are related by current ownership.
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Paramount+
Paramount+ is an American subscription video on-demand service owned by Paramount Global. The service's content is drawn primarily from the libraries of CBS Media Ventures (including CBS Studios), Paramount Media Networks (formerly Viacom Media ...
, an American streaming video service formerly known as CBS All Access
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Paramount Animation
Paramount Animation is an American animation studio, serving as the animation division and label of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Global. The division was founded on July 6, 2011, following the box office success of Paramount's ow ...
, an animation studio and division of Paramount Pictures founded in 2011
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Paramount Communications, a company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989, acquired by Viacom in 1994
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Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video distribution founded in 1976
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Paramount Network
Paramount Network is an American basic cable television channel owned by the MTV Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Media Networks. The network's headquarters are located at the Paramount Pictures studio lot in Los Angeles.
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, a current cable network previously called TNN and Spike TV
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Paramount Parks
Paramount Parks was the operator of Paramount's Kings Island, Paramount's Kings Dominion, Paramount's Great America, Paramount's Carowinds, and Paramount Canada's Wonderland, which annually attracted about 13 million patrons. National Amusemen ...
, a former subsidiary chain of theme parks
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Paramount Pictures
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production company, production and Distribution (marketing), distribution company and the main namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS). It is the fifth-oldes ...
, an American film studio, that serves as Paramount Global's namesake
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Paramount Players, a contemporary film division of Paramount Pictures founded in 2017
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Paramount Records (1969), a defunct record label subsidiary
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Paramount Stations Group (PSG), a television stations group
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Paramount Television Studios
Paramount Television Studios (formerly known as Paramount Television from 2013 to 2020) is an American television production and distribution company, that is a division of Paramount Pictures, a subsidiary of Paramount Global.
It is the success ...
, the current incarnation of Paramount Television, 2013–present
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Paramount Television (original)
The original incarnation of Paramount Television was the name of the television production division of the American film studio Paramount Pictures, that was responsible for the production of Viacom television programs, until it changed its na ...
, the original incarnation of Paramount Television, active 1967–2006
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Paramount Television Network (PTN), a defunct TV network founded in the late 1940s
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Paramount Television Service
The Paramount Television Service (or PTVS for short and also known as Paramount Programming Service) was the name of a proposed but ultimately unrealized "fourth television network" from the U.S. film studio Paramount Pictures (then a unit of Gu ...
(PTVS), a planned, but aborted, commercial television network from the late 1970s
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Paramount Vantage
Paramount Vantage (also known as Paramount Classics) was a film distribution label of Paramount Pictures (which, in turn, has Paramount Global as its parent company), charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, general ...
, a specialty film division of Paramount Pictures founded (as Paramount Classics) in 1998
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United Paramount Network
The United Paramount Network (UPN) was an American broadcast television network that launched on January 16, 1995. It was originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries' United Television. Viacom (through its Paramount Television unit, which prod ...
(UPN), a defunct American television network in existence from 1995 to 2006
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United Paramount Theatres, a defunct movie theater chain
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Paramount Records
Paramount Records was an American record label known for its recordings of jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey, Tommy Johnson and Blind Lemon Jefferson.
Early years
Paramount Records was formed in 1 ...
, American jazz and blues label
Other companies
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Paramount Resources
Paramount Resources Ltd. is a Canadian petroleum company, founded in 1976. The company is involved in the exploration, development, production, processing, transportation and marketing of natural gas and its byproducts and crude oil. The company ...
, a Canadian petroleum company
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Paramount Group, a South African defense company
Transportation
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Paramount Airways
Paramount Airways was an airline based in Chennai, India. It operated scheduled services, mainly targeting business travellers until it ceased operations in 2010. Its hub was Chennai International Airport and was the first airline in India to la ...
, an airline based in Chennai, India
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Paramount Cars
Paramount Cars was a British company which produced the Paramount automobile between 1950 and 1956. Founded by WA Hudson and S Underwood from Derbyshire, the company initially manufactured cars in Swadlincote with production moving shortly afte ...
, a specialist British car maker active between 1950 and 1956
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Schwinn Paramount
The Schwinn Paramount was a high-end racing bicycle produced under the Schwinn Bicycle Company brand from 1938 through 2009.
Racing roots
In the 1930s, Schwinn sponsored a bicycle racing team headed by Emil Wastyn, who designed the team bikes, a ...
, a high-end racing bicycle
Other uses
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Paramount (Shanghai)
The Paramount () is a historical nightclub and dance hall at 218 Yuyuan Road in Jing'an District, Jing'an, Shanghai, China. It was the largest ballroom in Shanghai before the People's Liberation Army established control over the city in 1949.
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, a Chinese historical nightclub and dance hall
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Paramount, California
Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098, down from 55,266 at the 2000 census. Paramount is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area and is bo ...
, U.S., a city in Los Angeles County
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The Paramount at Buckhead
The Paramount at Buckhead is a 478 ft (146 m) tall residential skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia most commonly refers to:
* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeas ...
, a residential skyscraper in Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
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Paramount Building
1501 Broadway, also known as the Paramount Building, is a 33-story office building on Times Square between West 43rd and 44th Streets in the Theater District neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Designed by Rapp and Rapp, it was e ...
at 1501 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Paramount chief
A paramount chief is the English-language designation for the highest-level political leader in a regional or local polity or country administered politically with a chief-based system. This term is used occasionally in anthropological and arc ...
, the highest-level political leader in a region or country
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Paramount Hotel on 46th Street, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Paramount leader
Paramount leader () is an informal term for the most important political figure in the People's Republic of China (PRC). The paramount leader typically controls the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and the People's Liberation Army (PLA), often hol ...
, the highest leader in the People's Republic of China
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Paramount Plaza
Paramount Plaza, also 1633 Broadway and formerly the Uris Building, is a 48-story skyscraper in the Midtown Manhattan neighborhood of New York City. Designed by Emery Roth and Sons, the building was developed by the Uris brothers and was rena ...
at 1633 Broadway, Manhattan, New York, U.S.
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Lord paramount, a lord who held his fief from no superior authority
*Paramount, a difficulty level in ''
Dance Dance Revolution
(''DDR'') is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, ''Dance Dance Revolution'' is the pioneering series of the rhythm and dance ...
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See also
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Paramount Theater (disambiguation)
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