Paramount Networks UK & Australia

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Paramount Networks UK & Australia
FormerlyViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (2020–2022)
Company type Division
Industry Television
Founded14 January 2020;5 years ago (2020-01-14)
Headquarters London,
England
Area served
United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand
Products Television channels
Parent Paramount International Networks
Subsidiaries

Paramount Networks UK & Australia, formerly ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia, is a division of Paramount Skydance Corporation launched on 14 January 2020. It is based in London, England, with a local office in Sydney, Australia. [1]

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History

On 31 October 2022, Paramount Networks UK & Australia acquired the remaining stake in Nickelodeon UK Ltd. including its Nickelodeon-branded channels from its partner Sky, brining the British Nickelodeon channel under Paramount Networks UK & Australia's control as Sky was planning to launch its in-house children's channel Sky Kids as owning Nickelodeon UK would have restricted Sky from launching it. [2]

On 22 June 2023, Paramount Networks UK & Australia announced its rebranding of its Australian free-to-air television channel 10 Shake under the Nickelodeon brand as the unit had brought the Nickelodeon name in-house & added Nickelodeon content on free-to-air linear television for the first time with them ending its long-standing partnership with Foxtel for the pay-TV channel of the same name as it chose to shutter the pay-TV channel alongside Nick Jr., however the pay-TV channel continued operating on Fetch TV and Sky in New Zealand while the rebranded free-to-air channel would bring all of Nickelodeon's programming under the FTA channel. [3] [4]

In October 2025 when Paramount Networks UK & Australia's parent Paramount Global merged with David Ellison's media entertainment Skydance Media into forming Paramount Skydance two months prior in August of that year, Paramount Networks UK & Australia announced they were shutting down five of its MTV-branded UK music pay-TV channels which consists of MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live at the end of December 2025 due to the rise of online streaming. [5]

Units

UKAustralia and New Zealand
Local free-to-air
Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (UK only): Paramount Australia & New Zealand (Australia only):
Pay TV networks
Kids & Family (Nickelodeon Group)
General Entertainment

Joint venture with Sky Group:

Joint venture with AMC Networks International:

Other properties
Former channels

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ravindran, Manori (14 January 2020). "ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Rejigs Leadership Across Two Brand Groups and Three Regional Hubs". Variety . Retrieved 19 January 2020.
  2. ↑ "NICKELODEON U.K. LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information". Companies House . Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
  3. ↑ Mediaweek (22 June 2023). "Shake It Off: 10 Shake to rebrand to the Nickelodeon channel as the brand goes in-house at Paramount". Mediaweek. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
  4. ↑ Stalcup, Jamie (22 June 2023). "10 Shake Rebranding as Nickelodeon". World Screen TV Kids.
  5. ↑ "MTV to axe UK music channels after almost 30 years". NME. 10 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "5Action replaces Paramount Network UK". RXTVInfo. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  7. ↑ "'Paramount Network' Channel is Changing to 5Action". Cord Busters. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
  8. ↑ "Foxtel, Binge drop the needle on new music channels | TV Tonight". TV Tonight. 30 June 2025. Retrieved 2 July 2025.
  9. ↑ CONFIRMED: CMT Australia To End On July 31
  10. 1 2 3 Green, Stephen (13 October 2023). "MTV's Australian Closure Another Blow For Australian Music". The Music. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
  11. ↑ Laidlaw, Kyle (31 March 2025). "Comedy Central departs FETCH TV today as Australian future remains uncertain". TV Blackbox. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
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