Comedy Central (Russian TV channel)

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Paramount Comedy
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaRussia
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks EMEAA
History
Launched1 April 2012; 12 years ago (2012-04-01) (Russia)
Links
Websiteparamountcomedy.ru

Paramount Comedy is a 24-hour Russian cable television and satellite television comedy channel available in Russia, launched in 2012. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA and Paramount Global.

History

Paramount Comedy was launched in Russia in 2012 & television brand in the United Kingdom (not in 2009) but the comedy central extra one on November 1, 1995, in Spain in March, 1999, in Ireland on May 9, 2004, in Italy on December 1, 2004, and in Russia on April 1, 2012. Paramount Comedy also launched in the Middle East and North Africa in 1996, but it went defunct in 2000. In both the United Kingdom and Spain the channel originally shared the broadcast channel with corporate sibling Nickelodeon, but later the two separated. In Arabia, the channel time-shared with TV Land but the two networks disappeared in 2000.

On 12 February 2009, Paramount Comedy UK&I announced that it was to re-brand as Viacom's international comedy brand Comedy Central on 6 April 2009.[1] Later, most of the rest of international versions of Paramount Comedy completed the re-brand to Comedy Central: Paramount Comedy Italy on May 1, 2007, and Paramount Comedy Spain on May 14, 2014.[2]

By 2017, the channel is one of the last to retain the Paramount Comedy branding. Most have become Comedy Central and the only other holdout is Ukraine (Paramount Comedy launched there in 2017).

List of Paramount Comedy programs

References

  1. ^ Wilkes, Neil (17 February 2009). "Paramount Comedy to become Comedy Central". Digital Spy. Retrieved 10 February 2022.
  2. ^ Rolfe, Pamela (2014-05-14). "Comedy Central Launches in Spain". The Hollywood Reporter. Valence Media. Retrieved 2020-03-19.
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