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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,[1] an American multinational media conglomerate.
Paramount Skydance Studios
Paramount Motion Pictures Group
- Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Music
- Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
- Paramount Pictures International (International distribution)
- United International Pictures (50%, with NBCUniversal via Universal Pictures)
- 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
Paramount Television Group
- Paramount Television Studios
- MTV Animation Inc.
- MTV Documentary Films
- New Games Productions, Inc.
- Uptown Productions, Inc.
Paramount Experiences
- Paramount Themed Entertainment
- Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resorts[3]
- Paramount Consumer Products[4][5]
- Paramount Game Studios
- Skydance Games
- Paramount Shop[6]
- Paramount Licensing, Inc.
- Paramount Advertising
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Paramount Streaming
- Paramount+
- FuboTV (undisclosed stake)[7]
- Pluto TV
- Pluto TV Europe
- SkyShowtime (50%, joint-venture with Comcast)
- Philo (joint venture with A&E Global Media, AMC Networks, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
Paramount Skydance TV Media
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Paramount Media Networks
Nickelodeon Group
MTV Entertainment Group
MTV Branded Television
General Entertainment Content
Showtime Networks
BET Media Group
- BET
- BET Gospel
- BET Her
- BET Jams
- BET Soul
- BET Studios[15]
- BET Films
- BET Digital
- BET+ (operated by Tyler Perry Studios)
CBS Entertainment Group
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- CBS[16]
- CBS Studios
- Big Ticket Television
- CBS Media Ventures
- CBS Media Ventures Media Sales
- Dabl (operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
- CBS Eye Animation Productions[17]
- CBS News and Stations
- CBS News
- CBS News 24/7
- CBS News Radio
- CBS MoneyWatch
- See It Now Studios[citation needed]
- The Free Press[18]
- CBS Television Stations
- KCBS-TV 2 / KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles
- KOVR 13 / KMAX-TV 31 Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, California
- KPIX-TV 5 / KPYX 44 San Francisco – Oakland – San Jose, California
- KCNC-TV 4 Denver, Colorado
- WFOR-TV 4 / WBFS-TV 33 Miami–Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- WTOG 44 St. Petersburg – Tampa, Florida
- WUPA 69 Atlanta
- WBBM-TV 2 Chicago
- WBXI-CD 47 Indianapolis
- WJZ-TV 13 Baltimore
- WBZ-TV 4 / WSBK-TV 38 Boston
- WWJ-TV 62 / WKBD-TV 50 Detroit / Windsor, Ontario
- WCCO-TV 4 / KCCW-TV 12 Minneapolis–Saint Paul — Walker, Minnesota
- WCBS-TV 2 / WLNY-TV 55 Riverhead – New York City
- KYW-TV 3 / WPSG 57 Philadelphia
- KDKA-TV 2 / WPKD-TV 19 Jeannette – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- KTVT 11 / KTXA 21 Fort Worth – Dallas
- KSTW 11 Tacoma – Seattle
- Start TV (a 50% JV with Weigel Broadcasting)
- Dabl (Operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
- Fave TV[19]
- 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[citation needed]
- CBS News Baltimore
- CBS News Miami
- CBS News Detroit[citation needed]
- CBS News
- CBS Sports
- CBS Sports Network
- CBS Sports HQ
- CBS Sports Golazo Network
- CBS Sports Digital
- CBS Local Sports
Paramount Global Content Distribution
Paramount International Networks
United Kingdom & Australia
The Americas
- Chilevisión
- TIS Productions (majority stake)[20]
EMEAA
- Ananey Communications[21]
- Ego
- The Food Channel
- The Travel Channel
- The Good Life Channel
- Health Channel
- Hot Comedy Central
- Nutz Productions
- Shamaim Productions
- Mars Interactive
- Post Office Post Production & Creative
- Super!
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Paramount Sports Entertainment
Miscellaneous
Joint ventures
- Film Cafe (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
- CBS Reality (with AMC Networks International)
- CBS Justice (with AMC Networks International UK)
- True Crime (with AMC Networks International UK)[23]
- Legend (with AMC Networks International UK)
- The CW (12.5% each with Warner Bros. Discovery; 75% majority stake held by Nexstar Media Group)
Other
- CBS Broadcast Center
- Ed Sullivan Theater
- The Free Press[24]
- ParamountPressExpress.com, a hub for Paramount press releases[25][26]
- WhoSay
- Last.fm
- Showcase Cinemas
- UCI Cinemas (Brazil)
- Viacom International – copyright and trademark holder of Paramount Media Networks[27]
- Comedy Partners – copyright holder of Comedy Central, joint venture between Viacom International and Viacom Hearty Ha! Ha![28]
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Former assets
Divested
- AXS TV (20%)[29] – 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 Records International
- Columbia House
- 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/Fox Video
- CBS Musical Instruments
- 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
- CIC Video
- CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020[30]
- CNET
- CNET Video
- Download.com
- CNET Content Solutions
- Chowhound
- GameSpot
- Metacritic
- MetroLyrics
- TV Guide
- ZDNet
- CNET
- 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.[31]
- 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 NBCUniversal.
- 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
- Paramount Theater
- SilverCity
- Colossus
- Coliseum
- 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
- 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
- Multi Channel Network – 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to Foxtel on January 1, 2019[32]
- MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
- Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
- Paramount Parks
- Pop Culture Media – sold to Savage Ventures in 2024[33][34]
- ComicBook.com
- PopCulture.com
- Porta dos Fundos (51%)[35] – sold back to its co-founders in 2025.[36]
- 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 Entertainment[37]
- 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 – 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[38]
- Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
- Telefe – sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral in 2025[39]
- 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%) – sold its stake to Reliance Industries in 2024
- Viacom18 US
- Viacom18 Media
- Colors
- Viacom18 Studios
- The Indian Film Company[40]
- JioCinema
- Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay
- VidCon – sold to Informa in 2024
- 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
- Insurge Pictures
- Liberty Films
- Melange Pictures, LLC – library holder of Republic Pictures films
- Budd Rogers Releasing Corporation
- Commonwealth United Entertainment
- The Landau-Unger Company
- United Pictures Corporation
- Enterprise Productions
- Spelling Films
- Paramount Comics – partnership with Marvel Comics for comics based on Paramount's film library
- Paramount Famous Productions
- Paramount Vantage/Paramount Classics
- Screenlife Games
- Wilshire Court Productions – made-for-TV movie division; library sold to CBS Corporation in 2006
- Paramount DVD
- Paramount High Definition
- Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution – folded into CBS Media Ventures and Paramount Global Content Distribution
- Skydance Media – library transferred to Paramount Pictures
TV Entertainment (CBS Group)
- CBS Cable
- CBS Connections
- CBS Consumer Products[41] — founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products (now Paramount Consumer Products)
- CBS Vision
- Watch! Magazine
Other assets
- Awesomeness – folded into Paramount Television Studios in 2025[42]
- 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 Innertube
- CBS Operations Inc. – Dormant and absorbed into ViacomCBS
- CBS Productions – folded into CBS Studios
- CBS Records
- CBS Satellite Communications
- CBS Technology Center
- CBS Sporting Club
- CBS Stages Canada
- CBS Theatrical Films
- CBS VFX
- Cinema Center Films
- Estudios TeleMéxico
- FindArticles
- King World Productions
- Camelot Entertainment Sales
- Eyemark Entertainment
- Group W Productions
- MaXam Entertainment
- King World Direct Inc.
- King World Merchandising, Inc.
- Nickelodeon/Awesomeness Live-Action Studio - folded into Paramount Television Studios[46]
- Nick+ – shut down in 2022
- Noggin
- Nickelodeon Games Group - merged with Paramount Digital Entertainment to form Paramount Games Studios
- Paramount Digital Entertainment - merged with Nickelodeon Games Group to form Paramount Games Studios
- Paramount Stations Group
- Paramount Television
- Desilu Productions
- Viacom Enterprises
- Viacom Productions
- Viacom Pictures
- Raquel Productions
- Scout.com
- Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios - merged with Skydance Television into Paramount Television Studios[47]
- Skydance Television - merged with Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios into Paramount Television Studios[47]
- Spelling Television
- Thomas-Spelling Productions
- Laurel Entertainment
- Worldvision Enterprises
- ABC Films
- Taft Entertainment Television
- QM Productions
- Schick Sunn Classic Productions
- Titus Productions
- Evergreen Programs, Inc.
- Worldvision Home Video LLC
- Charter Company
- Republic Pictures (original)
- National Telefilm Associates
- Hollywood Television Service
- Studio City TV Productions
- NBC Films
- California National Productions
- U.M. & M. TV Corporation
- Hollywood Television Service
- National Telefilm Associates
- Spelling Daytime Television
- UPN
- Viacom Velocity
- Nickelodeon Velocity
- Nickelodeon Creative Advertising
- Nickelodeon Velocity
- Westinghouse Electric Corporation
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
- InterStar Releasing (51% controlling stake)
- Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
- Viacom Digital Studios
Cable networks
- All News Channel (50% joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting)
- Atom.com – absorbed into Comedy Central
- AddictingClips.com
- BET France
- The Box
- CMT Films
- Comedy Central Films
- Comedy Central Now
- Comedy Central Productions - folded into MTV Entertainment Studios
- Defy Media (7%)
- AddictingGames
- Shockwave
- GoCityKids.com
- iFilm
- Club MTV
- MTV 80s
- MTV 90s
- MTV Live
- MTV Music
- MTV Base
- MTV Chi
- MTV Desi
- MTV K
- MTV News
- MTV Urge
- MTV SnowGlobe Music Festival
- Nickelodeon Games and Sports for Kids
- Nickelodeon Magazine
- Nickelodeon on Sunset
- Nickelodeon Studios (theme park & productions)
- NickMusic EMEA
- NickMusic Latin America
- NickMom – TV block on Nick Jr.
- Nick Radio
- Nickelodeon Records
- NickRewind – TV block on TeenNick
- Quizilla
- VH1 Uno
- Viacom Music – music publisher affiliated with BMI
- Viacom NEXT
- World Sports Enterprises
International networks
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)
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