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5 Channel was previously owned by Gaylord Entertainment Company, acquired in 1997 by the CBS Cable division of CBS Corporation, and became part of MTV Networks when CBS merged with Viacom. 6 Channel created as VH1 Country before Viacom/CBS merger.
Internet Protocol television. VH1 (originally an initialism for Video Hits One) is an American basic cable television network that launched on January 1, 1985, and is currently owned by the BET Media Group subsidiary of Paramount Global 's CBS Entertainment Group based in New York City. The network was originally owned by Warner-Amex Satellite ...
Paramount Global (also known simply as Paramount) is an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements and headquartered at One Astor Plaza in Times Square, Midtown Manhattan. The company was formed on December 4, 2019, as ViacomCBS through the merger of the second incarnations of CBS ...
Viacom Inc. The second phase of Viacom Inc. (/ ˈvaɪəkɒm / ⓘ VY-ə-kom or / ˈviːəkɒm / VEE-ə-kom; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television. It was established on December 31, 2005, as one of two companies ...
VH1 is an American Basic Cable television network that is part of the BET Media Group; itself part of Paramount Global's CBS Entertainment Group. Launched on January 1, 1985, VH1 (which was an acronym for Video Hits One ) originally focused on music and, later, pop culture-related programming aimed at older audiences than its sibling channel at ...
December 4, 2019. Resulting entity. ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global) The 2019 merger of CBS Corporation and Viacom was announced on August 13, 2019, and was completed on December 4, 2019. The merger of equals reunited CBS Corporation and Viacom into a single company known as ViacomCBS (today known as Paramount Global) after their separation ...
RTL CBS Extreme – renamed Blue Ant Extreme. Orion Pictures - other stake acquired by Viacom in 1986, subsequently it sold to Metromedia in 1987; currently owned by Amazon (through Amazon MGM Studios). Rainbow S.p.A. – 30% stake purchased by Viacom in 2011 re-acquired by Iginio Straffi in 2023. Gruppo Iven S.p.A.
Sumner Murray Redstone (né Rothstein; May 27, 1923 – August 11, 2020) was an American billionaire businessman and media magnate.He was the founder and chairman of the second incarnation of Viacom, chairman of CBS Corporation (both companies merged in 2019, a year before Redstone's death), and the majority owner and chairman of the National Amusements theater chain.