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List of assets owned by Paramount Skydance
The following is a list of major assets that are owned by Paramount Skydance, an American multinational media conglomerate.
01Paramount Skydance Studios
Paramount Motion Pictures Group
- Paramount Pictures
- Paramount Animation
- Paramount Primal
- Paramount Players
- Nickelodeon Movies
- Republic Pictures
- Miramax (49%, co-owned with beIN Media Group)
- Skydance Animation
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Music
- Paramount Pictures Domestic Distribution (North American exhibition)
- Paramount Pictures International (International distribution)
- 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
- South Park Digital Studios (joint venture with Park County)
- CBS Studios
- Big Ticket Television
- BET Studios
- CBS Eye Animation Productions
- Nickelodeon Animation Studio
- Avatar Studios
- United Plankton Pictures, Inc. (its management is under Nickelodeon's current SpongeBob management)
- Nickelodeon Digital
- Paramount Television International Studios
- Paramount Global Content Distribution
Paramount Experiences
- Paramount Themed Entertainment
- Paramount Parks & Resorts, licensing and design for parks and resorts
- Paramount Consumer Products
- Paramount Games Studio
- Paws, Inc.
- Paramount Global Publishing
- Paramount Shop
- Paramount Licensing, Inc.
- Paramount Advertising
Paramount Sports Entertainment
02Paramount Skydance TV Media
CBS Entertainment Group
- CBS
- CBS Media Ventures
- CBS Media Ventures Media Sales
- Dabl (operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
- CBS News and Stations
- CBS News
- 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)
- 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
- CBS Sports Network
- CBS Sports HQ
- CBS Sports Golazo Network
- CBS Sports Digital
- CBS Local Sports
- CBS Broadcast Center
- Ed Sullivan Theater
Paramount Media Networks
Nickelodeon Group
MTV Entertainment Group
Showtime Networks
Sources:
- Paramount+ with Showtime
- The Movie Channel
- The Movie Channel Xtra
- Flix
BET Media Group
Paramount International Networks
- Nickelodeon
- Nick Jr.
- MTV
- Paramount Network (Netherlands and Poland)
United Kingdom & Australia
- Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited
- Network Ten Pty Limited
- True Crime (with AMC Networks International UK)
- True Crime Xtra (with AMC Networks International UK)
- Legend (with AMC Networks International UK)
- LegendXtra (with AMC Networks International UK)
The Americas
- TIS Productions (majority stake)
EMEAA
- Ananey Communications
- 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
03Paramount Skydance Direct-to-Consumer
- Paramount+
- FuboTV (undisclosed stake)
- Pluto TV
- SkyShowtime (50%, joint-venture with Comcast)
- Philo (joint venture with A+E Global Media, AMC Global Media, and Warner Bros. Discovery)
04Other
- ParamountPressExpress.com, a hub for Paramount press releases
- Showcase Cinemas (internationally)
05Former assets
Divested
- AXS TV (20%), 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
- Chilevisión, sold to Vytal Group Ltd. in 2026
- CNET Media Group, sold to Red Ventures in 2020
- CNET, sold to Ziff Davis in 2024
- CNET Video
- Download.com
- CNET Content Solutions
- Chowhound, shut down in 2022 and sold to Static Media in October 2023 to revive Chowhound website
- GameSpot, sold to Fandom, Inc. in 2022
- Metacritic, sold to Fandom, Inc. in 2022
- MetroLyrics
- TV Guide, sold to Fandom, Inc. in 2022
- ZDNet, sold to Ziff Davis in 2024
- CNET, sold to Ziff Davis in 2024
- The CW, 9.5% with Warner Bros. Discovery (9.5%) and Nexstar Media Group (81%); sold to Nexstar as of 2026.
- The CW Plus (secondary national broadcast syndication service feed)
- CW Seed (FAST streaming service)
- 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.
- 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 Music Group, sold to American Broadcasting Company in 1974; catalogues currently owned by Universal Music Group
- 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
- Last.fm
- 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
- MTV8, sold to Sky Italia
- MTV (Asia; 1st incarnation)
- MTV (Brazil; 1st incarnation) (50%; 1996-2009), sold its stakes back to Abril Radiodifusão around December 2009, branding continued to license until 1 October 2013
- MTV (Canada) (license only), Closed by Bell Media on December 31, 2024 (New Year's Eve).
- MTV (Taiwan; 1st incarnation)
- Multi Channel Network, 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to Foxtel on January 1, 2019
- MTV Networks on Campus, acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
- Neopets, acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
- Orion Pictures, other stake acquired by Viacom in 1986, subsequently it sold to Metromedia in 1987; currently owned by Amazon (through Amazon MGM Studios).
- Paramount Parks: Closed and sold to Cedar Fair in 2006 not only due to the failure of competition against Disney Experiences and Universal Destinations & Experiences, but also because of the split of Viacom and CBS.
- Pop Culture Media, sold to Savage Ventures in 2024
- ComicBook.com
- PopCulture.com
- Porta dos Fundos (51%), sold back to its co-founders in 2025.
- Prentice Hall, sold to Pearson in 1998
- 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.
- 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, later split up from Blue Ant Media and renamed Rock Entertainment.
- RTL CBS Extreme, renamed Blue Ant Extreme, then split up from Blue Ant Media and renamed Rock Extreme, later Rock Action while Rock Extreme remains only in Taiwan.
- Rysher Entertainment, assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by Paramount Global Content Distribution
- SBS MTV, expired the rights and then sold to SBS Media Holdings and later rebranded as SBS M; shut down on May 14, 2025
- Sega: Sold by Paramount Pictures to SCSK Corporation in 1984, but continued to partner with them for the Sonic the Hedgehog live-action movies.
- Showtime Arabia, 21%; co-owned with KIPCO; spun off and merged with Orbit Communications Company to form Orbit Showtime Network in 2009
- Showcase Cinemas (United States)
- Simon & Schuster, sold to KKR & Co. Inc. in 2023
- Stax Records
- Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV), sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Global Media) in 2008
- Super!, sold back to De Agostini in 2026
- Telefe, sold to Grupo Televisión Litoral in 2025
- 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 (now Warner Bros. Discovery) HBO and Columbia Pictures. In 1985, CBS sold a small percent of TriStar to Columbia and HBO.
- TV Land (Canada), rebranded as Comedy Gold in 2010 and sold to Bell Media in 2011; shut down in 2019
- UCI Cinemas Brazil, sold to Cia Brasileira de Cinemas in 2026
- United International Pictures, 50%, co-owned with NBCUniversal via Universal Pictures; stake divested by August 22, 2027
- USA Networks (brand; joint venture with Seagram), sold to Universal Pictures in 1997 and continued to be under Universal Pictures' sister owner NBCUniversal Media Group until 2026; currently owned by Versant
- 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
- 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 Consumer Products, founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products (now Paramount Consumer Products)
- CBS News Radio
- Watch! Magazine
Other assets
- Awesomeness, folded into Paramount Television Studios in 2025
- Awesomeness Ink
- Awesomeness Films
- Awesomeness News
- BET+, folded into Paramount+ in 2026
- CBS Cable Networks, folded into Viacom Media Networks, later renamed ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks (now Paramount Media Networks)
- CBS Connections
- 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 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
- CBS Vision
- Cinema Center Films
- Estudios TeleMéxico
- Fave TV
- FindArticles
- King World Productions
- Camelot Entertainment Sales
- Eyemark Entertainment
- Group W Productions
- MaXam Entertainment
- King World Direct Inc.
- King World Merchandising, Inc.
- Nickelodeon Games Group, merged with Paramount Digital Entertainment to form Paramount Game Studios
- Nickelodeon Productions, folded into Paramount Television Studios
- Nick+, shut down in 2022
- Noggin
- Paramount Digital Entertainment, merged with Nickelodeon Games Group to form Paramount Game Studios
- Paramount Stations Group
- Paramount Television
- Desilu Productions
- Viacom Enterprises
- Viacom Productions
- Viacom Pictures
- Quizilla
- Raquel Productions
- Scout.com
- Spümcø: Closed in 2005 by John Kricfalusi following a dispute with Carbunkle Cartoons and assets dispersed to Nickelodeon and other Paramount-related assets.
- Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios, merged with Skydance Television into Paramount Television Studios
- Showtime Studios, folded into Paramount Television Studios
- Skydance Games, divisions merged to form Paramount Games Studio
- Skydance Television, merged with Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios into Paramount Television Studios
- 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 International, folded into Viacom Media Networks in 2019, Viacom International is in name-only unit copyright and trademark holder of Paramount Media Networks
- Viacom Digital Studios
- WhoSay
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 Brazil
- 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 (Brazil)
- MTV (Greece)
- 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)
- Nickelodeon (Brazil)
- Nick Jr. (Brazil)
- NickMusic EMEA
- NickMusic Latin America
- NickMom, TV block on Nick Jr.
- Nick Radio
- Nickelodeon Records
- NickRewind, TV block on TeenNick
- Paramount Network Brazil
- Quizilla
- VH1 Uno
- Viacom Music, music publisher affiliated with BMI
- Viacom NEXT
- World Sports Enterprises
International networks
- 5Spike, succeeded by Paramount Network in 2020
- Game One
- Game One Music 3D
- Game One Music HD
- J-One
- Kindernet
- 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 Reality (with AMC Networks International)
- Film Cafe (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
Sources and credits
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