Paramount Pictures

Famous Players Film Company

1912–1916

Paramount was founded in 1912 as Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company, which became Famous Players-Lasky Corporation four years later.

Paramount Pictures Corporation

1914

The Paramount label first materialized in 1914 during its early years as a distribution company. Paramount would become a wholly owned division of Famous Players by around 1916.

1914–1917

In this period, Paramount's logo began to consist of a mountain peak, a field of stars, and the name of the company in script font - a format which has since been passed on to all subsequent logo designs.

1917–1967

1968–present

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1968–1975

1975–1982

1982–1989

1986–1987

As Paramount Pictures celebrated their 75th anniversary, their logo was updated to a CGI look and was unveiled as a prototype on December 12, 1986 in The Golden Child, followed by a final version in January 1987.

1989

Early version of the 1989 logo with the Paramount Communications tag.

1989–1994

1994–2009

File:Paramount 1995.svg

In 1994, Paramount was purchased by Viacom International, as noted on their updated byline in that company's corporate font.

Alternate version with larger typeface in the Viacom byline

2002

In celebration to Paramount's 90th Anniversary, this logo was unveiled on January 11, 2002 in We Were Soldiers.

2009–present

File:Paramount2009.jpg

In 2009, Paramount slightly updated their logo with the byline written in the new Viacom font. An on-screen variant debuted the following year in Iron Man 2.

2011–present

File:Paramount 100 years.svg

As Paramount Pictures celebrate their 100th anniversary since 1912, their logo was heavily updated, using a new look for the mountain, and switching the background back to daytime. This logo was unveiled on December 14, 2011 and first appeared in Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol.

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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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+[[File:Paramount_1995.svg|center|200px]]
 In 1994, Paramount was purchased by [[Viacom International]], as noted on their updated byline in that company's corporate font.

Changes: Paramount Pictures

Revision as of 16:04, 18 April 2013

Contents

Famous Players Film Company

1912–1916

Paramount Pictures Corporation

1914

1914–1917

1917–1967

1968–present

1968–1975

1975–1982

1982–1989

1986–1987

1989

1989–1994

1994–2009

2002

2009–present

2011–present