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List of assets owned by ViacomCBS

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The following is a list of major assets that are owned by ViacomCBS

Paramount Pictures Corporation (Filmed Entertainment)[]

  • Paramount Pictures
  • Paramount Home Entertainment
  • Paramount Television Studios
  • Paramount Pictures International
  • 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 Licensing, Inc.
  • Paramount Parks & Resorts – licensing and design for parks and resorts[1]
  • Paramount Themed Entertainment
  • Paramount Digital Entertainment
  • Paramount Animation
  • Paramount Players
    • BET Films
    • Nickelodeon Movies
  • Paramount Music
  • Miramax (49%, co-owned with beIN Media Group)
    • Miramax Television
    • Miramax Family
    • Miramax Animation
  • United International Pictures (50%, co-owned with NBCUniversal via Universal Pictures)

CBS Entertainment Group (TV Entertainment)[]

  • CBS Television Network
  • The CW (50%, with WarnerMedia's Warner Bros. division)
    • The CW Plus
    • The CW Daytime
    • CW Seed
  • CBS Studios
  • CBS Home Entertainment
  • Watch! Magazine
  • CBS Television Stations
    • KCBS-TV 2 / KCAL-TV 9 Los Angeles
    • KOVR 13 / KMAX-TV 31 Sacramento – Stockton – Modesto, California
    • KPIX-TV 5 / KBCW 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 / WPCW 19 Jeannette – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
    • KTVT 11 / KTXA 21 Fort Worth – Dallas
    • KSTW 11 Tacoma – Seattle
    • Fave TV[3]
  • CBS Local Digital Media
    • CBS Local
      • CBSN New York
      • CBSN Los Angeles
      • CBSN Boston
      • CBSN Bay Area
      • CBSN Minnesota
      • CBSN Philly
      • CBSN Denver
      • CBSN Pittsburgh
      • CBSN Chicago
      • CBSN Dallas–Ft. Worth
      • CBSN San Francisco aka KPIX-TV
      • CBSN Sacramento
      • CBSN Baltimore
    • CBS Local Sports
  • CBS Vision

Cable Networks[]

Domestic Media Networks[]

Nickelodeon Group[]

MTV Entertainment Group[]

Premium Network Group[]

Showtime Networks[]
  • Showtime
    • Showtime 2
    • Showcase
    • SHO×BET
    • Showtime Extreme
    • Showtime Family Zone
    • Showtime Next
    • Showtime Women
  • The Movie Channel
    • The Movie Channel Xtra
  • Flix
  • Showtime Documentary Films
  • Showtime PPV
  • Showtime Digital, Inc.
BET Networks[]
  • BET
    • BET Gospel
    • BET Her
    • BET Hip-Hop
    • BET Jams
    • BET Soul
    • BET Studios[9]

International Networks[]

United Kingdom & Australia[]

  • Channel 5
  • Ten Network Holdings
    • Network 10
      • ATV Melbourne
      • TEN Sydney
      • TVQ Brisbane
      • ADS Adelaide
      • NEW Perth
    • 10 Peach
    • 10 Bold
    • 10 Shake
    • 10 HD
    • 10 Play
    • 10 All Access
    • Spree TV (50%)

The Americas[]

EMEAA[]

Joint Ventures[]

  • CBS Drama (with AMC Networks International UK)[14]
  • CBS Europa (Poland; with AMC Networks International)
  • CBS Justice (with AMC Networks International UK)
  • CBS Reality (with AMC Networks International UK)
  • Horror Channel (with AMC Networks International UK)

ViacomCBS Streaming[]

  • BET+
  • News & Sports Websites
    • CBS.com
    • ETOnline.com (also owned by CBS Studios and CBS Media Ventures) Website of entertainment news site of Entertainment Tonight
    • StarTrek.com (also owned by CBS Studios and CBS Media Ventures)
    • CBS Interactive Advanced Media
    • CBSNews.com
    • CBS Sports Digital
    • Last.fm
  • Noggin (also owned by ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks)
  • Paramount+
  • Pluto TV
    • Pluto TV Europe
  • ViacomCBS Digital Studios
    • ViacomCBS Digital Studios International

Miscellaneous holdings[]

  • Bellator MMA
    • Bellator Kickboxing
  • CBS Broadcast Center
  • CBS Experiences
  • CBS Operations Inc.
  • CBS Sporting Club
  • CBS Stages Canada
  • CBS VFX
  • Ed Sullivan Theater
  • FuboTV (undisclosed stake)[15]
  • Philo (joint venture with A+E Networks, AMC Networks, and Discovery, Inc.)
  • Pop Culture Media
    • ComicBook.com
    • PopCulture.com
  • Viacom 18 (49%; co-owned with TV18)
    • Viacom 18 US
    • Viacom 18 Media
      • Colors
      • Viacom18 Studios
      • The Indian Film Company[16]
      • Voot
  • ViacomCBS Ad Solutions
  • ViacomCBS Consumer Products
  • ViacomCBS International
    • VIS Social Impact
  • ViacomCBS Global Distribution
    • ViacomCBS International Studios[17]
      • ViacomCBS International Studios UK
      • VIS Kids
    • Paramount Worldwide Television Licensing & Distribution
  • Westinghouse Licensing Corporation

Former assets[]

Divested[]

  • AXS TV (20%)[18] – sold to Anthem Sports & Entertainment
  • Blockbuster LLC – spun off in 2004
  • CBS Building
  • CBS/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
    • Praeger Publishers – sold to Greenwood Press, Inc.
  • 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 continue to own a 72% stake in Entercom)
  • CBS Productions – (produces The Thanksgiving Day Parade on CBS) folded into CBS Studios
  • CBS Records
  • CBS Studio Center (sale to Hackman Capital Partners and Square Mile Capital Management pending)
  • CBS Telenoticias
  • CBS Television City – sold to Hackman Capital Partners in 2018
  • CNET Media Group – sold to Red Ventures in 2020[19]
    • CNET
      • CNET Video
      • Download.com
      • CNET Content Solutions
    • Chowhound
    • GameSpot
      • Comic Vine
      • GameFAQs
      • Giant Bomb
    • Metacritic
    • MetroLyrics
    • TV Guide
    • ZDNet
      • TechRepublic
  • 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.[20]
  • DreamWorks Pictures – spun off in 2008, currently a label of Amblin Partners. However Paramount retains the rights to the studio's pre-2010 back-catalog.
    • DreamWorks Television – television production division of DreamWorks.
    • Go Fish Pictures – indie film label, shut down in 2007.
  • 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
  • Fox-Paramount Home Entertainment (Nordic countries, joint venture with Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment)
  • 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[21]
  • MTV Networks on Campus – acquired by Cheddar in May 2018 and used to launch CheddarU
  • Neopets – acquired by JumpStart Games in 2014
  • Paramount Parks
  • Prentice Hall – sold to Pearson in 1998
  • RateMyProfessors.com – acquired by Cheddar in October 2018
  • RTL CBS Entertainment – joint venture with RTL Group; acquired by Blue Ant Media and renamed Blue Ant Entertainment[22]
  • Orion Pictures - other stake acquired by Viacom in 1986, subsequently it sold to Metromedia in 1987
  • Rysher Entertainment – assets sold to 2929 Entertainment in 2001; library currently owned by Vine Alternative Investments and distributed by ViacomCBS Global Distribution Group
  • Showtime Arabia – 21%; co-owned with KIPCO; merged with Orbit Communications Company to form Orbit Showtime Network
  • Simon & Schuster – sold to TBA[23]
    • Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing
    • Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
      • Aladdin
      • Atheneum
      • Beach Lane Books[26]
      • Little Simon[26]
      • Margaret K. McElderry Books[26]
      • Paula Wiseman Books[26]
      • Saga Press [26]
      • Salaam Reads
      • Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers[26]
      • Simon Pulse
      • Simon Spotlight[26]
    • Simon & Schuster Audio Publishing
      • Simon & Schuster Audio
        • Pimsleur Language Programs
    • Simon & Schuster International
      • Simon & Schuster Australia
      • Simon & Schuster Canada
      • Simon & Schuster India
      • Simon & Schuster UK
  • Sundance Channel (now Sundance TV) – sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks) in 2008
  • 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
  • Virgin Interactive Entertainment – US branch sold to Electronic Arts in 1998 and UK branch sold to Interplay Entertainment and Titus Interactive in 1998/1999
  • Westwood One – sold to The Gores Group in 2008
  • Xfire

Dormant or shuttered[]

Paramount Pictures[]

  • DreamWorks Distribution, LLC – theatrical distribution arm of DreamWorks Pictures and DreamWorks Animation
  • DreamWorks Home Entertainment – folded into Paramount Home Entertainment
  • DW Funding LLC – library holder of live-action DreamWorks films
  • 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 Enterprise Studios
    • Spelling Films
      • Taft International Pictures
        • Sunn Classic Pictures
  • 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

TV Entertainment (CBS Group)[]

  • CBS Cable
  • CBS Connections
  • CBS Consumer Products[31] — founded in 2009; folded into Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products forming ViacomCBS Consumer Products
  • CBS EcoMedia
  • CBS EYE Productions
  • CBS Films – Dormant and absorbed into CBS Studios with the theatrical distribution moved to Paramount Pictures in 2019.
  • CBS Innertube
  • CBS Records
  • CBS Technology Center
  • CBS Theatrical Films
  • Cinema Center Films
  • FindArticles
  • GameRankings – Shut down on December 9, 2019, with its staff and older reviews being merged with Metacritic.[32][33][34]
  • King World Productions
    • Eyemark Entertainment
      • Group W Productions
      • MaXam Entertainment
    • King World Direct Inc.
    • King World Merchandising, Inc.
  • Paramount Stations Group
  • Paramount Television
    • Desilu Productions
    • Viacom Enterprises
      • Terrytoons (theatrical library transferred into Paramount Animation)
    • Viacom Productions
      • Viacom Pictures
  • 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
      • National Telefilm Associates
        • Hollywood Television Service
          • Studio City TV Productions
        • NBC Films
          • California National Productions
        • U.M. & M. TV Corporation
    • Spelling Daytime Television
  • UPN
  • Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    • Westinghouse Broadcasting Company (Group W)
      • InterStar Releasing (51% controlling stake)

Cable Networks[]

International Networks[]
CBS Studios International[]
  • 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)

Simon & Schuster[]

  • Cash Money Content – a co-venture with Cash Money Records
  • Marble Arch Press – co-publishing agreement with the United Kingdom publisher Short Books
  • Mercury Ink – co-publishing deal with Glenn Beck and Mercury Radio Arts
  • MTV Books – young adult and pop-culture imprint of Gallery Books Group
  • North Star Way Books – inspirational non-fiction imprint with additional services for authors
  • Simon451 – speculative fiction and fantasy imprint

See also[]

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