Famous Players

Not to be confused with Famous Players Film Company.

1936–1987[]

1987–present[]

In 2022, with the closure by Cineplex of Toronto's final Famous Players-branded theatre, only three theatres remain (in LaSalle, Quebec and in Prince Rupert and Prince George in British Columbia) that still use the Famous Players brand.

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Cineplex Entertainment

Cinemas

Cineplex VIP Cinemas | Galaxy Cinemas | SilverCity | Famous Players | Scotiabank Theatre

Entertainment
Player One Amusement Group | The Rec Room | WorldGaming | XScape Entertainment Centre

Restaurants
OutTakes | Yoyo's Yogurt Cafe

Former subsidiaries
Topgolf¹

Memberships
CineClub | Scene+

Other
TimsTV²

¹Joint venture with Callaway Golf Company.
²In collaboration with Tim Hortons.

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Lionsgate Entertainment

Lionsgate Studios (87%)

Home Video
Vestron Video (Vestron Video International)

Music
Lionsgate Records | Summit Entertainment Records

TV channels

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Starz Inc.

Part of Lionsgate; sale pending

International streaming:
Lionsgate+ | Starzplay

Starz Distribution

Television production
Starz Originals | Starz Digital | Starz Worldwide

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Celestial Tiger Entertainment

Parent companies:

Lionsgate, Saban Capital Group, and Celestial Pictures (Astro)

Free TV Networks:¹⁰ The365 | Outlaw | Defy | VCR Action | VCR Haha

Other
Primal Media | Lionsgate Entertainment World | Lionsgate Games | Lionsgate Play

Notes
¹Co-owned with Televisa
²Co-owned with Saban Capital Group
³Co-owned with Comcast, NBCUniversal and Sony (33%)
⁴Co-owned with Paramount (50%) until March 12, 2019
⁵A joint venture with Scanbox International
⁶A joint venture with Constantin Medien co-owned with Amblin Partners
⁷A joint venture with CodeBlack Entertainment
⁸A joint venture with Televisa, Tobis Film, Nordisk Film, TME Films, Gaumont Film Company, Lotte Entertainment, Belga Films, PKDN Films, Paris Filmes, Falcon Pictures and Cine Colombia
⁹Lionsgate has the choice to acquire the remaining 50% of 3 Arts in 2023.
¹⁰A joint venture with Warner Bros. Discovery and Gray Television

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Paramount

Part of National Amusements, pending merger with Skydance Media

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

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Paramount Networks Americas

Part of Paramount

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Telefe

Part of Paramount Networks Americas

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

Defunct channels
Red de Noticias

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Chilevisión

Part of Paramount Networks Americas

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

Notes

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

Streaming assets:
Paramount+ | Pluto TV | Mi Telefe¹ | Mi Chilevisión²

Streaming assets:
MTV Play | Nickelodeon Play | Comedy Central Play | Noggin | BET Play

Notes

¹	Acquired from Telefónica.
²	Acquired from WarnerMedia Latin America.

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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 & Ireland (Extra)² | Australia & New Zealand

Other channels:
UK & Ireland: True Crime (Xtra)³ | Legend (Xtra)³ | Colors (Rishtey | Cineplex | Gujarati)⁶
Australia: CMT

Production companies:
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 (Pluto TV) | 10 Speaks

Other assets:
United Kingdom: Milkshake! (preschool block on 5) | 5 News (news program)
Australia: 10 News First (news program) | 10 Sport (sport television) | 10 Intensify (advertising)

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10 News First

Part of Network 10

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

Lunchtime | Afternoon | The Project | The Sunday Project | Late

Notes

¹	Under license from Direct Group, later moved to Seven Network.
²	Joint venture with Sky Group.
³	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
⁴	Managed by Paramount Streaming.
⁵	Joint venture with Travlr.
⁶	Managed by Viacom18.

Notes

¹	Joint venture with BeIN Media Group.
²	Co-owned with TV18.
³	Co-owned with NBCUniversal.
⁵	Co-owned with 20th Century Fox.
⁶	Co-owned with Nexstar Media Group (75%) and Warner Bros. Discovery (12.5%) .
⁷	Joint-venture with Weigel Broadcasting.
⁸	Co-owned with Seoul Broadcasting System.
⁹	Co-owned with Corus Entertainment.
¹⁰	Co-owned with 1+1 Media.
¹¹	Co-owned with RTL Group.
¹²	Joint venture with AMC Networks International.
¹³	Joint venture with BBC.
¹⁴	Joint venture with Marvel Comics.
¹⁵	Co-owned with Grupo Abril from 1990 to 2009.
¹⁶	Co-owned with Viva Entertainment.
¹⁷	Joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting.
¹⁸	Co-owned with Solar Entertainment.
¹⁹	51% owned by Westinghouse Broadcasting.
²⁰	Co-owned with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
²¹	Joint venture with RTL Group.
²²	Co-owned with ABC.
²³	Joint venture with Comcast.
²⁴	Co-owned with Viaplay Group.
²⁵	Co-owned with CH Media.
²⁶	Co-owned with Vodafone & UPC.
²⁷	Owned by ARY Digital Network, but licensed by Paramount.

Famous Players

1936–1987[]

1987–present[]

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