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section heading icon     holdings

This page is indicative only. It predates the 1 January 2006 split into Viacom and CBS.

subsection heading icon     Broadcast and Cable

UPN (United Paramount Network) - (joint venture with BHC Communications)

The Paramount Channel

MTV: Music Television (partnerships/subsidiaries include): 

M2

MTV

MTV Asia (joint venture with Vivendi's PolyGram)

MTV Australia (licensing agreement)

MTV Brazil (joint venture with Abril SA)

MTV Europe

MTV India (joint venture)

MTV Japan (licensing agreement)

MTV Latin America

MTV Mandarin (joint venture with PolyGram)

MTV Productions

MTV Ritmo

MTV Rocks

MTV Russia (launch fall 1998)

Nickelodeon

Nickelodeon Australia (joint venture with News), Nickelodeon Germany (joint venture with Ravensburger and Bear Stearns), Nickelodeon Hungary, Nickelodeon Iceland, Nickelodeon Latin America, Nickelodeon Nordic, Nickelodeon United Kingdom (joint venture with News-controlled BSKYB)

Nick at Nite

Nick at Nite's TV Land

Nick Jr.

Nickelodeon Books

Nickelodeon Magazine

Nickelodeon Movies

Noggin 

VH1

VH1 Country

VH1 Soul

VH1 Germany (joint venture with Bear Stearns) and VH1 United Kingdom

Comedy Central (formerly a joint venture with Time Warner)

SET Pay-Per-View (pay-per-view marketer of Mike Tyson fights)

Showtime

Showtime en Espanol

Showtime Extreme

Sundance Channel (joint venture with Robert Redford, and PolyGram)

The Movie Channel

FLIX

All News Channel (50% joint venture with Hubbard Broadcasting)

Viacom Interactive Services

subsection heading icon     Film & Television Production/Distribution

Paramount Pictures

Paramount Television

Paramount Home Video

CIC Video (joint venture)

Viacom Productions

MTV Films

MTV Productions

Nickelodeon Studios

Nickelodeon Movies

Wilshire Court Productions

Spelling Entertainment Group (80%)

Spelling Films

Spelling Television

Republic Entertainment

Big Ticket Television

Worldvision Enterprises

Hamilton Projects

subsection heading icon     Theme Parks

Theme parks in Charlotte, Santa Clara, Richmond, Cincinnati, San Jose, Las Vegas and Toronto are reported to attract upwards of 13 million visitors per year

subsection heading icon     Consumer Products

Viacom Interactive Services

Star Trek Franchise

subsection heading icon     Publishing and book distribution

Anne Schwartz Books

Archway Paperbacks and Minstrel Books

Lisa Drew Books

Fireside

The Free Press

MTV Books

Nickelodeon Books

Simon & Schuster 

Simon & Schuster Audio Books

Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing

Simon & Schuster Editions

Simon & Schuster Interactive

Simon & Schuster Interactive Distribution

Simon & Schuster Libros en Espanol

Pocket Books

Scribner

Star Trek

Touchstone

Washington Square Press

International Book Distributors

Famous Music - music publisher dating from 1920s, has around 100,000 works in copyright

subsection heading icon     Cinemas and Film Distribution

Famous Players - Canadian cinema chain, around 860 screens in 107 locations

Paramount Theaters

Paramount (Europe)

United Cinemas International (UCI) - cinema joint venture with Vivendi Universal - around 868 screens in 104 theaters in the EU and Latin America

United International Pictures (UIP) - distribution joint venture with Vivendi Universal

subsection heading icon     Television - owned and operated stations

Stations in Atlanta, Boston, Chillicothe, Columbus, Dallas & Fort Worth, Detroit, Houston, Indianapolis, Miami, New Bedford, New Orleans, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Seattle, St. Louis, Tampa, Washington (DC), Sacramento, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Minneapolis, Green Bay, Detroit, Baltimore, Boston, Denver and Miami

Cable systems in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and Austin.

TNN: The Nashville Network

CMT: Country Music Television

Group W Network Services - technology services for the cable and broadcast industries

subsection heading icon     Retail

Viacom Entertainment Stores

Until 2004 Viacom controlled Blockbuster Video - video and music rental operation with around 4,100 owned and 850 franchised stores in the US, 1,900 owned and 450 franchised in rest of world

subsection heading icon     New Media - Online

CBS.com

CBSNews.com

CBSSportsLine.Com (partial)

CBSMarketWatch.com (joint venture with Data Broadcasting Corporation)

CBSHealthWatch.com (partial)

Office.com (33.3% with Winstar)

ThirdAge (30%)

Big Entertainment - Hollywood.com (30%)

Contentville.com (35% with Brill Media Holdings 34%, Primedia, NBC, Ingram Book Group and EBSCO)

StoreRunner.com (partial)

subsection heading icon     Radio Broadcasting

Atlanta: 2 FM, 1 AM station

Austin: 3 FM, 1 AM

Baltimore: 4 FM, 1 AM

Boston: 4 FM, 1 AM

Buffalo: 4 FM, 1 AM

Charlotte: 5 FM, 2 AM

Chicago: 5 FM, 2 AM

Cincinnati: 3 FM

Columbus: 3 FM

Dallas: 5 FM, 3 AM

Detroit: 4 FM, 2 AM

Fresno: 5 FM, 2 AM

Hartford: 3 FM

Houston: 2 AM/FM

Kansas City: 4 FM

Las Vegas:4 FM, 3 AM

Los Angeles: 5 FM, 3 AM

Minneapolis: 2 FM, 2 AM

Monterey-Salinas: 1 FM

New York: 2 FM, 3 AM

Palm Springs: 1 AM

Philadelphia: 3 FM, 2 AM

Pittsburgh: 3 FM, 1 AM

Portland: 5 FM, 1 AM

Riverside: 2 FM

Rochester: 4 FM

Sacramento: 5 FM, 2 AM

San Jose: 2 FM

San Francisco: 2 FM, 2 AM/FM

Seattle: 4 FM, 1 AM

St. Louis: 2 FM, 1 AM

Tampa: 1 AM/FM

Washington: 4 FM

West Palm Beach: 2 FM

Westwood One (equity interest - radio network syndicated program/producer

subsection heading icon     Outdoor advertising

TDI Worldwide 

subsection heading icon     Television production and syndication

CBS Production

EYEMARK - marketing and production of syndicated programming

King World Productions - first run television syndication



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