List of assets owned by Paramount Skydance
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The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Skydance Corporation,cite-ref-1[1] an American multinational media conglomerate.
Contents
• Divested
• See also
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Paramount Skydance Studios
Paramount Motion Pictures Group
• Paramount Playerscite-ref-2[2]
• 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
• Miramax (49%, co-owned with beIN Media Group)
• Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
• Paramount Pictures International (International distribution)
Paramount Television Studios
Paramount Experiences
• Paramount Themed Entertainment
• Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resortscite-ref-3[3]
• Paramount Game Studios
• Paramount Shopcite-ref-6[6]
• Paramount Licensing, Inc.
• Paramount Advertising
Paramount Skydance Direct-to-Consumer
Paramount Skydance TV Media
Paramount Media Networks
BET Media Group
• BET
• BET Her
• BET Jams
• BET Soul
• BET Studioscite-ref-8[8]
• BET Films
• BET Digital
• BET+ (operated by Tyler Perry Studios)
Nickelodeon Group
• TeenNick
• New Games Productions, Inc.
• Uptown Productions, Inc.
• Avatar Studioscite-ref-9[9]
• Paws, Inc.cite-ref-10[10]
AwesomenessTV
• Awesomeness Inkcite-ref-11[11]
• Awesomeness Filmscite-ref-12[12]
• Awesomeness Newscite-ref-13[13]
MTV Entertainment Group
MTV Branded Television
General Entertainment Content
Showtime Networks
CBS Entertainment Group
• CBS Media Ventures Media Sales
• Dabl (operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
• CBS Eye Animation Productionscite-ref-20[20]
• CBS Operations Investments Inc. – manages assets of old Viacom International, Inc.
• CBS News
• See It Now Studios
• CBS Television Stations
• WCBS-TV 2 / WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead – New York City
• Dabl (Operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
• CBS Local Digital
• 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 Texas
• CBS News Sacramento
• CBS News Baltimore
• CBS News Miami
• CBS News Detroit
• CBS Sports Digital
• CBS Local Sports
Paramount International Networks
United Kingdom & Australia
• 5
• 5Action (formerly Paramount Network)
• 5Select
• 5Star
• 5USA
• 10 Comedy (formerly 10 Peach)
• 10 Drama (formerly 10 Bold)
• 10 HD
• 10 (formerly 10 Play)
• Gecko
• Nickelodeon Australia (formerly 10 Shake)
The Americas
EMEAA
• Ananey Communicationscite-ref-23[23]
• Ego
• The Food Channel
• The Travel Channel
• The Good Life Channel
• Health Channel
• Nutz Productions
• Shamaim Productions
• Mars Interactive
• Post Office Post Production & Creative
• Game One
• J-One
• Super!
Miscellaneous
Joint ventures
• Film Cafe (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
• CBS Reality (with AMC Networks International)
• Legend (with AMC Networks International UK)
Other
• WhoSay
• Last.fm
• UCI Cinemas (Brazil)
Former assets
Divested
• Bellator MMA – Sold to Professional Fighters League in 2023
• Blockbuster – spun off in 2004
• GameRush
• CBS Building – purchased by Harbor Group International in 2021
• CBS/Columbia Records – sold to Sony in 1987, renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991
• 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 Press
• CBS Eye on People – acquired by Discovery Communications in 1998/1999
• 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 Altitude Group
• Eventful
• Play.it
• CBS Studio Center – sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management in 2021
• CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
• CNET
• CNET Content Solutions
• GameSpot
• GameFAQs
• TV Guide
• ZDNet
• 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.cite-ref-30[30]
• DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of Amblin Partners. However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2011 live-action back-catalog, while the DreamWorks Animation back-catalog is now owned by Universal Pictures.
• 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 Galaxy in 2005
• Colossus
• Coliseum
• Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment) - shut down in 2020
• 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 – Viacom sold its stake to co-owners Hearst Communications and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. in 1994
• Midwest Sports Channel – acquired by News Corporation in 2000 and renamed Fox Sports Net North
• Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
• Nick+ – shut down in 2022
• Nickelodeon Games Group
• PopCulture.com
• Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson in 1998
• RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar in October 2018
• Rede Telecine (12.5% each with Disney via Disney Studios, NBCUniversal via Universal Studios, Amazon MGM Studios via Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer; 50% with Grupo Globo via Canais Globo)
• RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with RTL Group; acquired by Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainmentcite-ref-36[36]
• 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 (through Amazon MGM Studios).
• Rainbow S.p.A. – 30% stake purchased by Viacom in 2011 re-acquired by Iginio Straffi in 2023
• Gruppo Iven S.p.A.
• Rainbow CGI
• Moviement Talent Agency
• Witty Toys
• Tridimensional S.r.l.
• Rysher Entertainment – assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution
• Sega
• Showtime Arabia – 21%; co-owned with KIPCO; merged with Orbit Communications Company to form Orbit Showtime Network
• Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
• Telemeter — spun off in 1966 after Gulf+Western bought Paramount; shut down in 1969
• 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 TCI in 1995; Ohio systems resold to Time Warner Cable in 1998
• Viacom18 (13.01%) – sold its stake to Reliance Industries in 2024
• Viacom18 US
• Viacom18 Media
• Colors
• The Indian Film Companycite-ref-38[38]
• Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay
• Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008
• Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - sold to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 2021
• Xfire
Dormant or shuttered
Paramount Pictures
• 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
• Melange Pictures, LLC – library holder of Republic Pictures films
• Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation
• The Landau-Unger Company
• Spelling Films
• Sunn Classic Pictures
• Paramount Comics – partnership with Marvel Comics for comics based on Paramount's film library
• Screenlife Games
• Wilshire Court Productions – made-for-TV movie division; library sold to CBS Corporation in 2006
• Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution – folded into CBS Media Ventures and Paramount Global Content Distribution
TV Entertainment (CBS Group)
• CBS Connections
• CBS Consumer Productscite-ref-39[39] — founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products (now Paramount Consumer Products)
• CBS Vision
Other assets
• CBS Cable Networks – folded into Viacom Media Networks, later renamed to ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (later Paramount Media Networks)
• CBS EcoMedia
• CBS Experiences Inc.
• CBS EYE Productions
• CBS Films – Dormant and absorbed into CBS Studios with the theatrical distribution moved to Paramount Pictures in 2019.
• CBS Home Entertainment – folded into Paramount Home Entertainment
• CBS Operations Inc. – Dormant and absorbed into ViacomCBS
• CBS Productions – folded into CBS Studios
• CBS Satellite Communications
• CBS Sporting Club
• CBS Stages Canada
• CBS VFX
• Estudios TeleMéxico
• Camelot Entertainment Sales
• Eyemark Entertainment
• MaXam Entertainment
• King World Direct Inc.
• King World Merchandising, Inc.
• Noggin
• Viacom Enterprises
• Viacom Pictures
• Raquel Productions
• Thomas-Spelling Productions
• Laurel Entertainment
• ABC Films
• Taft Entertainment Television
• Schick Sunn Classic Productions
• Titus Productions
• Evergreen Programs, Inc.
• Worldvision Home Video LLC
• Hollywood Television Service
• Studio City TV Productions
• NBC Films
• California National Productions
• UPN
• Viacom Velocity
• Nickelodeon Velocity
• Nickelodeon Creative Advertising
• Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
• InterStar Releasing (51% controlling stake)
• Viacom Digital Studios
Cable networks
• All News Channel (50% joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting)
• Atom.com – absorbed into Comedy Central
• AddictingClips.com
• The Box
• Comedy Central Now
• Comedy Central Productions - folded into MTV Entertainment Studios
• Defy Media (7%)
• AddictingGames
• GoCityKids.com
• iFilm
• MTV Urge
• MTV Chi
• MTV Desi
• MTV K
• MTV SnowGlobe Music Festival
• MTV News
• NickMom – TV block on Nick Jr.
• NickRewind – TV block on TeenNick
• Quizilla
• VH1 Uno
• Viacom Music – music publisher affiliated with BMI
International networks
• 5Spike – succeeded by Paramount Network in 2020
• Game One Music 3D
• Game One Music HD
• TMF
• Spree TV (50%)
• VIVA
• Voot – merged into JioCinema in 2023
Joint ventures
• 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)
• CBS Justice (joint venture with AMC Networks International UK)
See also
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