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The following is a list of major
assets that are owned by
Paramount Global , an American multinational media conglomerate headquartered at
One Astor Plaza in
Midtown Manhattan ,
New York City .
Filmed Entertainment
Paramount Studio Group – physical studio and post-production
The Studios at – 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 Home Entertainment
Paramount Music
Paramount Global Content Distribution
Paramount Motion Picture Group
Nickelodeon Studios
TV Media
CBS Entertainment Group
Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios
Nickelodeon Networks
Nickelodeon Group (international channels)
MTV Entertainment Group (international channels)
Joint ventures
Direct-to-Consumer
Paramount Consumer Products and Experiences
Miscellaneous holdings
Former assets
Divested
AXS TV (20%)
[27] – sold to
Anthem Sports & Entertainment in 2019
Bellator MMA – Sold to
Professional Fighters League in 2023
Blockbuster – spun off in 2004
CBS Building – purchased by Harbor Group International in 2021
CBS/Columbia Records – sold to
Sony in 1987, renamed Sony Music Entertainment in 1991
CBS Educational and Professional Publishing – sold to
Harcourt Brace Jovanovich in 1986
CBS Eye on People – acquired by
Discovery Communications in 1998/1999
CBS/Fox Video
CBS Musical Instruments
CBS Operations Inc.
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)
CBS Studio Center – sold to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management in 2021
CBS Telenoticias
CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
CNET Media Group – sold to
Red Ventures in 2020
[28]
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.
[29]
DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of
Amblin Partners . However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2011 back-catalog.
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
Fox -Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with
Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ) - shut down in 2020
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
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
Multi Channel Network – 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to
Foxtel on January 1, 2019
[30]
MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by
Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch
CheddarU
Neopets – acquired by
JumpStart Games in 2014
Paramount Parks
Prentice Hall – sold to
Pearson in 1998
RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by
Cheddar in October 2018
RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with
RTL Group ; acquired by
Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainment
[31]
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.
Bardel Entertainment
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
Simon & Schuster – sold to
KKR & Co. Inc. in 2023
[32]
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
Viacom Radio
Viacom18 (13.01%; co-owned with
Reliance Industries ,
TV18 and Bodhi Tree Systems)
Viacom18 US
Viacom18 Media
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 – sold to
The Gores Group in 2008
Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - spin off in 2021
Xfire
Dormant or shuttered
Paramount Pictures
TV Entertainment (CBS Group)
Other assets
Cable networks
International networks
Joint ventures
See also
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