2006 United States broadcast television realignmentEvents around the launches of The CW and MyNetworkTVUnited Paramount Network (UPN)The WB Television NetworkThe CW Television NetworkMyNetworkTV In January 2006, the United States' two "second-tier" television networks, UPN and The WB, announced they would both cease operations on September 15 and September 17 respectively, and their operations would be transferred to a new joint-venture "fifth" network, The CW.
Paramount TelevisionThe first incarnation of Paramount Television, formerly Paramount Television Corporation, was operated as the television production division of the CBS Paramount Network Television Entertainment Group, which was active from December 15, 1966 until April 24, 2006, when it was renamed as CBS Paramount Television.
The CWThe CW Network, LLC, commonly referred to as the CW, is an American commercial broadcast televisionnetwork which is owned by Nexstar Media Group. The network's name is derived from the first letters of the names of its two founding co-owners CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Nexstar acquired a 75% controlling stake in the network on October 3, 2022, with Paramount Global and Warner Bros.
Viacom (1952–2005)The first incarnation of Viacom Inc. (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American mass media and entertainmentconglomerate based in New York City. It began as CBS Television Film Sales, the broadcast syndication division of the CBS television network on March 16, 1952; it was renamed CBS Films in 1958, renamed CBS Enterprises in 1968, renamed Viacom in 1970, and spun off into its own company in 1971.
Chris-Craft IndustriesChris-Craft Industries, Inc., formerly National Automotive Fibers, Inc., was a publicly held American corporation that was traded on the New York and Pacific Stock Exchanges.Split of CBS Corporation and ViacomOn December 31, 2005, American mass media company Viacom split into two companies: the second CBS Corporation, its successor (the first being a short lived rename of Westinghouse Electric) which held the namesake flagship channel CBS, CBS News, CBS Sports, Showtime Networks, UPN (which later merged with The WB to form the CW, co-owned by Time Warner), Smithsonian Channel, Simon and Schuster, Infinity Broadcasting Corporation, Viacom Outdoor, and Paramount Television, and an entirely new Viacom which held Paramount Pictures, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Noggin, Nicktoons, TEENick, Music Television, Black Entertainment Television, Video Hits One, Country Music Television, and later DreamWorks, respectively.
Terrestrial televisionTerrestrial television, or over-the-air television (OTA), is a type of television broadcasting in which the content is transmitted via radio waves from the terrestrial (Earth-based) transmitter of a TV station to a TV receiver having an antenna.
The WBAmerican television network (1995–2006)Television channelThe WB Television Network (known simply as The WB, and nicknamed "The Frog" after former mascot Michigan J. Frog) was an American broadcasttelevision network that launched on January 11, 1995, as a joint venture amongst Warner Bros. Entertainment (the network's namesake and controlling owner), Tribune Broadcasting, and network president Jamie Kellner.BHC CommunicationsBHC Communications, Inc. was the holding company for the broadcast property of Chris-Craft Industries. BHC stands for "broadcasting holding company".
CBS CorporationCBS Corporation, commonly known as CBS Corp or simply CBS, was an American multinational media company with interests primarily in commercial broadcasting, publishing and television production. The first incarnation of the company was formed on November 30, 1997 after the Westinghouse Electric Corporation was renamed as CBS Corporation. It later merged with Viacom on April 15, 2000.
News CorporationThe original incarnation of News Corporation (abbreviated News Corp. and also variously known as News Corporation Limited) was an American multinationalmass media corporation founded and controlled by media mogul Rupert Murdoch.
Television broadcasterA television broadcaster or television network is a telecommunications network for the distribution of television content, where a central operation provides programming to many television stations, pay television providers or, in the United States, multichannel video programming distributors. Until the mid-1980s, broadcast programming on television in most countries of the world was dominated by a small number of terrestrial networks.*As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.