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Paramount Channel
HeadquartersAmsterdam, Netherlands
Warsaw, Poland
Ownership
OwnerViacom International Media Networks

Paramount Channel[1] is a television channel operated by Viacom International Media Networks which showcases the Paramount Pictures film catalogue.[2] The first Paramount Channel was launched in Spain in March 2012, before launching in France on September 2013. The channel now operates in a number of territories across Europe, Latin America and Asia.

Each of the individual channels broadcasts with a local schedule, advertising, dubbing and subtitling unique to each territory.

History

  • Each of Paramount Channels broadcast around 18 hours of films each day, starting at 06:00 each day.
  • The first channel launched in March 2012 before the channel launched in France (September 2013), Hungary (February 2014), Russia (February 2014), Romania (January 2014),[3] Sweden (December 2014), Poland (March 2015) and Italy (February 2016). The channel launched across Latin America in November 2014.[4]
  • The channel may launch in Ireland in the future as VIMN have registered the Irish domain.[5]

References

  1. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Paramount Channel Reaches Out to Russia, Hungary". Variety. Retrieved 3 April 2015.
  2. ^ "Paramount Channel". Variety. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  3. ^ Leo Barraclough (2014-02-18). "Paramount Channel Reaches Out to Russia, Hungary". Variety. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  4. ^ Anna Marie de la Fuente (2014-09-10). "Paramount to Launch Movie Channel in Latin America". Variety. Retrieved 2015-04-03.
  5. ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20150403092931/https://www.iedr.ie/whois-result/?whois=paramountchannel. Archived from the original on April 3, 2015. Retrieved April 2, 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help); Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)