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Formerly | ViacomCBS Inc. (2019–2022) |
Company type | Public |
ISIN | US92556H2067 |
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Founded | December 4, 2019 |
Headquarters | One Astor Plaza New York, NY 10036 U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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Owner | National Amusements (9.7% equity, 79.9% voting power)[1] |
Number of employees | 21,900 (December 2023) |
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Subsidiaries | List of assets owned by Paramount Global |
Website | paramount |
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Paramount Global (also known simply as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan. The company was formed on December 4, 2019, as ViacomCBS through the merger of the second incarnations of CBS Corporation and Viacom[4] (which were split from the original Viacom on December 31, 2005). The company took its current name on February 16, 2022.[5]
Paramount's main properties include the namesake Paramount Pictures film and television studio, the CBS Entertainment Group (consisting of the CBS television network and television stations), BET Networks (who owns the BET and VH1 channels, among others, and other CBS-branded assets), Paramount Media Networks (consisting of U.S.-based cable television networks including MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, CMT, Paramount Network, and Showtime) and Paramount Streaming (including Paramount+ and Pluto TV). It also has an international division that manages international versions of its pay TV networks, as well as region-specific assets including Argentina's Telefe, Chile's Chilevisión, India's Colors, the United Kingdom's Channel 5, and Australia's Network 10. Between 2011 and 2023, the division also owned a 30% stake in the Italian Rainbow S.p.A. studio.[6]
As of 2019,[update] the company operates over 170 networks and reaches approximately 700 million subscribers in 180 countries.[7]
In 2024, National Amusements held talks for a potential merger or acquisition of Paramount Global, with Warner Bros. Discovery, Sony & Apollo Global Management, and Skydance Media all considering acquiring the company. By June 3, Paramount reportedly agreed to merger terms with the latter company. However, on June 11, it was reported that merger talks between Paramount and Skydance had fallen apart, resulting in the proposed merger being called off.
ViacomCBS counts Argentina's Telefe and producer Iginio Straffi's Italian TV shingle Rainbow, in which it has a 30 percent stake, among its global assets.
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