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Showtime, also known as Paramount+ with Showtime (with "Showtime" being the former name of its main channel from 1976 to 2024, but still used for certain marketing and channel branding contexts), is an American premium television network and the flagship property of Showtime Networks, a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global.
The company was established in 1983 as Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. after Viacom and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment (now Paramount Media Networks) merged their premium channels, Showtime and The Movie Channel respectively, into one division.
On December 31, 2005, American mass media company Viacom split into two companies: the second CBS Corporation, its successor (the first being a short lived rename of Westinghouse Electric) which held the namesake flagship channel CBS, CBS News, CBS Sports, Showtime Networks, UPN (merged with The WB to form the CW, co-owned by Time Warner), Smithsonian Channel, Channel 10, PopTV, Simon and ...
A federal judge’s decision to allow AT&T’s acquisition of Time Warner is destined to have ripple effects in the media business. “I think you’ve cleared the way for more consolidation ...
Paramount Media Networks, Showtime and MTV Entertainment Studios to Lay Off 25% of U.S. Staff as MTV News Shuts Down. Jennifer Maas. May 9, 2023 at 3:15 PM.
Showtime is unlocking a selection of original programming — for free, with ads — in a new channel on Pluto TV. It’s a logical bit of corporate synergy between the two ViacomCBS-owned ...
On August 27, 1985, Warner sold 31% of MTV Networks to Viacom, with Warner also selling 19% of its Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. joint to Viacom as well. [5] [6] In November 1985, Viacom announced that it had plans to buy the remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $326 million, [7] and the acquisition was completed on May 20, 1986. [8]
Time Warner Cable (NYSE: TWC ) is expected to report Q2 earnings on Aug. 2. Here's what Wall Street wants to see: The 10-second takeaway Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter ...