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Paramount Network is a brand of several television channels operated by Paramount International Networks that showcase the Paramount Pictures film catalogue, and selected TV series from Paramount Global's television productions. The channel was first launched in Spain on March 30, 2012, and in the years since, the channel has operated in a number of territories across Europe, East Africa, Latin America and Asia. It was formerly known as the Paramount Channel (which is still used in some countries).

History

As Paramount Channel

To date, Paramount Channel has launched in Spain in March 2012, France in September 2013, Hungary in February 2014, Russia in January 2014, Romania on January 14, 2014, Latin America in September 1995 until 2003, but returns again in the brand new look of November 2014, Sweden in December 2014, Poland in March 2015, Italy and Thailand in February and May 2016, and in the Middle East in April 2017.

Relaunch

In May 2018, Viacom announced that the original Paramount Channel in Spain would relaunch as a local version of the U.S Paramount Network, switching to a general entertainment format with television series and films. The same relaunch as the Paramount Network occurred in Italy on March 16, 2019, and in Latin America on April 14, 2020. On October 20, 2020, it was announced that the Hungarian version would also rebrand as the Paramount Network, and the rebranding date was confirmed on November 23 that year. Paramount Channel in Hungary rebranded as the Paramount Network on December 17, 2020. In December 2020, ViacomCBS announced Prima Comedy Central in the Czech Republic will be rebranded as Paramount Network. Paramount Network launched effectively on January 12, 2021. On January 26, 2021, it was announced on the Paramount Channel Asia official Facebook page that ViacomCBS announced that the Paramount Channel in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Pacific Islands (including the Philippines) was to be rebranded as Paramount Network on February 1, 2021.

Following the beginning of the launch of Paramount+ in March 2021, and its international expansion, this has led to Paramount Global to close the Paramount Network channels operating in the Nordic countries by the end of 2021, to put more resources towards Paramount+.

In August 2021, Paramount Networks International agreed a deal with Comcast Corporation's Sky Group to launch the Paramount+ streaming service in various European markets via Sky's set-top boxes and devices.

To reduce overall branding confusion with Paramount+, Paramount Network in the UK was rebranded as 5Action on 19 January 2022, without any overall changes to its programme schedule.

Less than two weeks before the UK rebranding, rumors begin to surge about Paramount Network and Spike in Italy being removed from Digital Terrestrial Television in Italy on January 17, 2022. This was later confirmed, with Mediaset acquiring the positions left unused on DTT. It was also announced that channels' satellite signals would also get cut, including from paid TV services of Sky Italy, the same day as the DTT signal.

Programming

Launched in September 1995, The Paramount Channel was originally transmitted in Latin America as the launch day and primarily broadcast TV shows such as drama, sitcoms and animated TV shows.
The original Paramount Channel in Spain primarily broadcast films from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as recent television series. The international versions that followed shared a similar format but never the same programming. For instance, films from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s were broadcast in France, recent TV series and 1990s and 2000s films were broadcast in Italy, and films and TV series from the 1930s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, and 2010s were broadcast in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In addition to airing films, some versions in other countries are also airing combat sporting events from mixed martial arts promotion Bellator MMA.

Following the rebranding of the channel (along with international Spike channels) as Paramount Network, it now adds series from its U.S. domestic counterpart as well as from the television production companies of ViacomCBS and from acquisition of syndicated programming. In some countries, shows from Comedy Central are also aired on the channel.

Paramount Network (Spain)

* ''Alice Nevers''
* '' Atrapa a un ladrón''
* ''A un paso del cielo''
* ''Agatha Christie: Miss Marple''
* '' Agatha Christie's Poirot''
* ''Alaska y Mario''
* ''Alice Nevers''
* '' Cazatesoros''
* ''Central de cómicos''
* ''Cinexpress''
* ''Candice Renoir''
* '' Colombo''
* '' Diagnóstico asesinato''
* ''Don Matteo''
* '' El príncipe de Bel Air''
* '' Embrujadas''
* '' El detective Endeavour''
* ''Fotogramas TV''
* '' Gotham''
* '' Grantchester''
* '' Houdini y Doyle''
* ''Informe criminal''
* '' La casa de la pradera''
* ''La Señora''
* '' Los asesinatos de Midsomer''
* '' Los misterios de Murdoch''
* '' Los misteriosos asesinatos de Miss Fisher''
* '' Los vecinos en guerra''
* '' Man in an Orange Shirt''
* '' Mary Higgins Clark''
* '' MovieBerto''
* '' NCIS: Los Angeles''
* '' NCIS: Nueva Orleans''
* '' Padre Brown''
* ''Papel pintado''
* ''Pata negra''
* '' Peliculeros''
* '' Scorpion''
* '' Se ha escrito un crimen''
* '' Sherlock''
* '' The Librarians''
* '' Unidad de investigación''
* '' Waco''
* '' Yellowstone''

5Action (United Kingdom)

* '' Access''
* '' Aftermath''
* '' American Horror Story''
* ''Arrow''
* '' Channel Zero''
* ''Designated Survivor''
* '' Empire''
* '' Gilmore Girls''
* '' Grimm''
* '' Heroes Reborn''
* ''Home and Away''
* ''House''
* '' Impractical Jokers US''
* ''LA to Vegas''
* '' Lip Sync Battle US''
* ''Life in Pieces''
* ''Neighbours''
* '' Six''
* '' Sleepy Hollow''
* '' Suits''
* ''Teen Wolf''
* '' The Mick''
* ''The Office US''
* ''The Strain''
* '' Vikings''
* '' When Calls the Heart''
* '' Will & Grace''
* ''Wynonna Earp''
* '' The X-Files''

Paramount Channel (Austria)

* ''Army Wives''
* '' Black Sails''
* ''Burn Notice''
* ''Castle''
* ''Charmed''
* '' The Client List''
* '' Cold Case''
* ''Cold Feet''
* '' Dead Like Me''
* '' Devious Maids''
* '' Diagnosis: Murder''
* '' Downton Abbey''
* '' Eight is Enough''
* ''Falling Skies''
* '' The Guardian''
* ''Hawthorne''
* '' In Plain Sight''
* ''Judging Amy''
* '' The Librarians''
* '' Lucifer''
* '' Major Crimes''
* ''Miss Fisher's Murder Mysteries''
* '' Mount Pleasant''
* ''Murdoch Mysteries''
* '' Nip/Tuck''
* ''Northern Exposure''
* '' Numb3rs''
* '' The O.C.''
* '' Pushing Daisies''
* '' Rescue Me''
* '' Revolution''
* '' Shameless''
* '' Sherlock''
* '' Sirens''
* '' The Unusuals''
* '' Waco''
* '' Weeds''
* ''Wilfred''
* '' Yellowstone''
* ''You're the Worst''
* '' You, Me, and the Apocalypse''
* ''You Me Her''

Paramount Network (Italy)

* '' Case e misteri''
* ''Cassandre''
* '' Fear the Walking Dead''
* ''Garage Sale Mystery''
* ''Gourmet Detective''
* '' Hooten and the Lady - Cacciatori di Tesori''
* '' I Jefferson'' (repliche restaurate)
* '' I Misteri di Aurora Teagarden''
* ''Into the Badlands''
* '' La casa nella prateria''
* '' La Tata'' (repliche restaurate)
* ''Law & Order: Criminal Intent''
* '' Lost in Paramount''
* '' Maigret''
* ''Merlin''
* '' Padre Brown''
* '' Quantico''
* '' Quattro donne e un funerale'' (st. 8–9)
* '' Sherlock'' (ep. 3.4, st. 4)
* '' The Confession''
* '' The Librarians''
* '' The Player''
* ''Timeless''
* '' Vita da strega''
* '' Giudice Amy''
* '' Law & Order - Unità vittime speciali''
* ''SpongeBob'' (precedentemente e poi su Super!)
* '' I pinguini di Madagascar'' (stagione 2)
* '' Mostri contro alieni''

Paramount Network (Asia)

* ''The Great''
* '' Yellowstone''
* '' Star Trek: Discovery''
* '' Star Trek: Short Treks''
* '' Star Trek: Strange New Worlds''
* '' CSI: Cyber''
* '' FBI''
* '' The Good Wife''
* '' NCIS: New Orleans''
* '' The 4400''
* ''The Bite''
* '' The Daily Show with Trevor Noah''
* '' Saturday Night Live''
* ''South Park''
* '' Mr. Mayor''
* '' The Neighborhood''
* '' Awkwafina Is Nora from Queens''
* '' The King of Queens''
* ''The Show''

List of Channels

EMMAA & Australia
* Paramount Channel France
* Paramount Network Poland - formerly Viacom Bink!
* Paramount Channel Russia
** Paramount Comedy Russia
* Paramount Channel Ukraine
* Paramount Network Asia (2021)
* Paramount Network Czech Republic - formerly Comedy Central from 2015 to 2021
* Paramount Network Hungary (2020) - formerly RTL Spike (Licensed by RTL Group)
* Paramount Network Spain (2018)
* Paramount Network Netherlands - Formerly Spike (2015-2022)

The Americas
* Paramount Network USA (2018)
* Paramount Network Latin America
**Paramount Network Brazil

Defunct Channels
* Paramount Channel Arabia (2017–2020)
* Paramount Network Austria (2018–2021)
* Paramount Network Denmark (2019–2022) – formerly Comedy Central from 2014 to 2019
* Paramount Network Finland (2019–2022)
* Paramount Network Italy (2016–2022) – formerly Paramount Channel from 2016 to 2019
* Paramount Network Sweden (2019–2022) – formerly Comedy Central from 2009 to 2019
* Paramount Network UK (2018-2022) - (now part of Channel 5) replaced 5Spike and succeeded by 5Action in 2022
* Spike Australia (2016–2022)

References

{{Television in Romania

Paramount Network
Paramount International Networks
Television channels in North Macedonia
Paramount Pictures