List of assets owned by Paramount Global
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 .
Paramount Pictures Corporation
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 Motion Picture Group
Paramount Television Group
CBS Entertainment
Nickelodeon Group (international channels)
MTV Entertainment Group (international channels)
Joint ventures
Paramount Consumer Products and Experiences
Paramount Consumer Products [ 20] [ 21] Paramount Game Studios
Paramount Shop[ 22]
Paramount Licensing, Inc. Paramount Advertising
Paramount Themed Entertainment
Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resorts[ 23]
Divested
AXS TV (20%)[ 24] 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 2021CBS/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 1998/1999CBS/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 2021CBS Telenoticias CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020[ 25] 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.[ 26] 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 2017Famous Music – in-house music publishing arm of Paramount Pictures, sold to Sony/ATV Music Publishing in 2007Famous Players – sold to Cineplex Galaxy in 2005
Fox -Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment ) - shut down in 2020GameTrailers – 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-AtlanticHarmonix Ideal Toy Company – sold to View-Master in 1986
KVMM-CD – sold to HC2 Holdings in 2019Lifetime – Viacom sold its stake to co-owners Hearst Communications and Capital Cities/ABC Inc. in 1994Midwest Sports Channel – acquired by News Corporation in 2000 and renamed Fox Sports Net NorthMulti Channel Network – 24.99% stake held by Ten Network Holdings sold to Foxtel on January 1, 2019[ 27]
MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014Nick+ – shut down in 2022Nickelodeon Games Group
Paramount Digital Entertainment Paramount Parks Pop Culture Media – sold to Savage Ventures in 2024[ 28] [ 29]
Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson in 1998
RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar in October 2018Rede 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[ 30] 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 DistributionSega 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[ 31] Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008Telemeter — spun off in 1966 after Gulf+Western bought Paramount; shut down in 1969Tempo – sold to Frederick Morton Jr. in 2007TriStar 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 1997Viacom 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 , TV18 and Bodhi Tree Systems in 2024
Viacom18 US
Viacom18 Media
Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay VidCon – sold to Informa in 2024Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008Westinghouse Licensing Corporation - sold to Westinghouse Electric Corporation in 2021Xfire
Dormant or shuttered
Paramount Pictures
Other assets
Cable networks
International networks
Joint ventures
See also
References
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