American cable and satellite television channel
Television channel
Comedy Central Country United States Broadcast area Nationwide Headquarters 345 Hudson Street New York, New York , U.S. 10014 Language(s) English Picture format 1080p HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed)Owner Parent MTV Entertainment Group Key people Chris McCarthy (President/CEO, MTV Entertainment Group) Sister channels Launched April 1, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04-01 ) Replaced The Comedy Channel Ha! (Comedy Central is a merger of the two formerly separate channels) Former names CTV: The Comedy Network (April 1–June 1, 1991) Webcast CC Live (U.S. pay-TV subscribers only)Website www .cc .com Affiliated Streaming Service Paramount+ Internet Protocol television FuboTV , Philo , Sling TV , DirecTV Stream , Hulu with Live TV , YouTube TV , Vidgo TV
Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan . The channel carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films .
As of November 2023[update] , Comedy Central is available to approximately 68,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.[1]
Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe (including the United Kingdom ), India , Southeast Asia , Latin America , Australia and New Zealand ,[2] [3] Middle East , Africa[4] and in the Commonwealth of Independent States . The international channels are operated by Paramount International Networks .
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