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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.
This gave Viacom exclusive ownership of both premium channels through its $500 million cash payment and acquisition of 1.625 million shares for Warner's 31% stake in Showtime/The Movie Channel, and Warner-Amex's 19% interest in the unit and its 60% interest in MTV Networks (Viacom had owned Showtime alone or jointly with other companies ...
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]
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 ...
Here's what Wall Street wants to see: The 10-second takeaway Comparing the upcoming quarter to the prior-year quarter, average analyst estimates predict Time Warner It's Showtime for Time Warner Cable
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 ...
The channel was relaunched as TruTV on January 1, 2008. Also in May 2006, Ted Turner attended his last meeting as a board member of Time Warner and officially parted with the company. [29] On October 5, 2007, Turner Broadcasting System completed the acquisition of Claxson Interactive Pay Television Networks in Latin America. [30] [unreliable ...