Comedy Central (UK & Ireland)



1995–1996	1996–1997	1997–2002	2002–2004


2004–2009	2009–2012	2012–2019	2019–present

The Paramount Channel

1995–1996

The channel was launched in 1995 as The Paramount Channel.

Paramount Comedy (first era)

1996–1997

The Paramount Channel was rebranded as Paramount Comedy in 1996.

Paramount Comedy Channel

1997–2002

In 1997, 'Channel' was added to the end of the name but the logo didn't have a blue box until 1999.

Paramount Comedy (second era)

2002–2004

Paramount Comedy dropped "Channel" from its name.

Paramount Comedy 1

2004–2009

A number 1 was added to the name in 2004 following the launch of sister channel Paramount Comedy 2.

Comedy Central

2009–2012

Paramount Comedy was finally relaunched as Comedy Central (UK) in April 6, 2009 to match international variations of the channel.

2012–2019

The logo was updated to match the logo of the US channel.

2019–present

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Paramount

Part of National Amusements

Home entertainment:
CBS Home Entertainment (CBS Blu-ray | CBS DVD) | Comedy Central Home Entertainment | Paramount Home Entertainment | Paramount Presents

Other channels: Aapka Colors² | CBS Sports Network

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Chilevisión

Part of Paramount

Other resources:
Mi CHV | Chilevisión Música | Chilevisión Live | Chilevisión Deportes

Notes:
¹Owned by Universidad de Chile (former owners of CHV), operating as a secondary channel.
²Local stations until 1993.
³Local version of The Voice, previously made by competitor Canal 13, under current license of ITV Studios.
⁴Under license of Fremantle.
⁵Under license of Venevisión.
⁶Under license of Cartoon Network (WarnerMedia).
⁷Local version of the game show The Alphabet Game.
⁸Co-production with Iguana Producciones.
⁹Under the licence of TVE.
¹⁰Under licence of Telefe.
¹¹Local version of the Big Brother program, currently licensed by Banijay.
¹²Alongside all the members of Anatel.
¹³Under online availability.

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Telefe

Part of Paramount

Former channels & assets
Canal 7 Jujuy | Canal 11 Lapacho | Canal 13 Rio Grande | Radio Continental

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia

Part of Paramount

Nickelodeon:
UK & Ireland (Nicktoons | Nick Jr. | Nick Jr. Too)
Australia & New Zealand (Nick Jr. | NickMusic)

Comedy Central:
UK & Ireland² (Extra) | Australia & New Zealand

Other channels:
UK & Ireland:³ True Crime (Xtra) | Legend (Xtra)
Australia: CMT

Production companies:
United Kingdom: VIS UK
Australia: Network 10 Productions | 10 Peach Productions | 10 Bold Productions

Digital assets:
Paramount+⁴
United Kingdom: My5 | 5Prizes | Watch Free UK | True Crime UK
Australia: 10 Play | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: (Milkshake! | 5 News)
Australia: (10 News First | 10 Sport | 10 Intensify)

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10 News First

Part of Network 10

Television News Stations
Sydney | Queensland | Melbourne | Adelaide | Perth

Midday | The Project | The Sunday Project

Upcoming
Late

¹Under license from Direct Group.
²Joint venture with Sky Group.
³Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵Joint venture with Travlr

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Viacom18

Part of TV18 (Reliance Industries Limited) and Paramount

Indian television channels:

Hindi: Entertainment: Colors ^HD and Colors Rishtey | Movies: Colors Cineplex ^HD, Colors Cineplex Superhits and Colors Cineplex Bollywood | Kids: Nickelodeon and Nickelodeon Sonic | Youth entertainment: MTV ^HD | Music: MTV Beats ^HD

English: Entertainment: Colors Infinity ^HD and Comedy Central ^HD | Music: VH1 ^HD | Kids: Nickelodeon HD+ and Nick Jr.

Sports: Sports18 1 ^HD | Sports18 Khel

Regional languages: Kannada: Colors Kannada ^HD, Colors Super and Colors Kannada Cinema | Bangla: Colors Bangla ^HD and Colors Bangla Cinema | Marathi: Colors Marathi ^HD | Tamil: Colors Tamil ^HD | Odia: Colors Odia | Gujarati: Colors Gujarati and Colors Gujarati Cinema

International channels:
United States: Aapka Colors ^HD

Defunct: TeenNick (programming block on Nick Jr.)

Upcoming channels: Bhojpuri: Rishtey Bhojpuri | Marathi: Colors Marathi Cinema

Video-on-demand: Voot (Voot Kids | Voot Select)
Film production: Viacom18 Motion Pictures
Television production: Viacom18 Studios
Digital content arm: Tipping Point Viacom18
Merchandise: Viacom18 Consumer Products
Live events: Viacom18 Integrated Network Solutions

Notes:
¹Joint venture with BeIN Media Group
²Co-owned with TV18
³Co-owned with NBCUniversal
⁵Co-owned with 20th Century Fox
⁶12.5% stake co-owned with Warner Bros. Discovery, the remaining 75% stake is owned by Nexstar Media Group.
⁷Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting
⁸Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System
⁹Co-owned with Corus Entertainment
¹⁰Co-owned with 1+1 Media
¹¹Co-owned with RTL Group
¹²Joint venture with AMC Networks International
¹³Joint venture with BBC
¹⁴Joint venture with Marvel Comics
¹⁵Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009
¹⁶Co-owned with Viva Entertainment
¹⁷Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting
¹⁸Co-owned with Solar Entertainment
¹⁹51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting
²⁰Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
²¹Joint venture with RTL Group
²²Co-owned with ABC
²³Joint venture with Comcast
²⁴Co-owned with Viaplay Group
²⁵Co-owned with CH Media

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Sky Group

Part of Comcast

UK & Ireland
Free-to-air channels
Challenge | Sky Arts | Sky Mix | Sky News

Joint-venture channels
A+E Networks UK (50%, with A&E Networks): Sky History | Sky History2 | Blaze | Crime & Investigation
Paramount International Networks: Comedy Central (Extra) (25%)
GINX Esports TV (50%, with ITV plc)

Sky Cinema channels
Premiere | Highlights | Action | Family | Classics

Sky Sport channels
News | Top Event | F1 | Premier League | Mix | Tennis | Golf | UHD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Sky Sport Bundesliga channels
Bundesliga | UHD | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10

Sky Sport Austria channels
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7

Italy
Free to air channels
TV8 | Cielo | Sky TG24

Sky Calcio channels
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13

Notes
¹Joint venture with A+E Networks.
²Joint venture between The Walt Disney Company and Tata Group.
³Joint venture with Paramount International Networks.

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Changes: Comedy Central (UK & Ireland)

Revision as of 19:53, 25 March 2020

The Paramount Channel

1995–1996

Paramount Comedy (first era)

1996–1997

Paramount Comedy Channel

1997–2002

Paramount Comedy (second era)

2002–2004

Paramount Comedy 1

2004–2009

Comedy Central

2009–2012

2012–2019

2019–present