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| Country | United Kingdom |
|---|---|
| Broadcast area | Russia (2012-2022) Belarus (2012-2022) Moldova Georgia Armenia Azerbaijan Kazakhstan Uzbekistan Kyrgyzstan Tajikistan Turkmenistan |
| Headquarters | London, UK |
| Programming | |
| Picture format | 16:9576iSDTV |
| Ownership | |
| Owner | Paramount Networks EMEAA |
| History | |
| Launched | 1 April 2012; 13 years ago (2012-04-01) (Russia) |
| Closed | 28 April 2022; 3 years ago (2022-04-28) (Russia) 14 December 2022; 2 years ago (2022-12-14) (Belarus) |
| Former names | Paramount Comedy (2012-2023) |
| Links | |
| Website | paramountcomedy |
Comedy Central (formerlyParamount Comedy) is a Russian-languagecable television andsatellite television comedy channel available in Russia (until 28 April 2022) and CIS countries, launched in 2012 as Paramount Comedy. It is owned byParamount Networks EMEAA andParamount Skydance Corporation.
Comedy Central was launched in Russia in 2012, originally under the name Paramount Comedy. This was the name initially used for international versions of Comedy Central during the late 1990s and early 2000s, although it began to get retired during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Since 2014, the channel was one of the last to retain the Paramount Comedy branding, with all of the previous Paramount Comedy channels having already been rebranded asComedy Central by this point, the only exception being Ukraine (Paramount Comedy launched there in 2017, in collaboration with1+1 Media Group).[1]
In mid-March 2022, due to theinvasion of Ukraine, Paramount, which owns the MTV brand, decided to suspend its activities in Russia. Initially, the Paramount Comedy channel (along with all other TV channels of this company) planned to stop broadcasting in Russia on April 20, but eventually broadcasting was discontinued on April 28. In theCommonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as Georgia, the broadcasting of Russian-language version of this and other Paramount channels is continuing.[2][3][4][5]
On 14 December 2022, Paramount Comedy ceased broadcasting in Belarus.[6]
On 1 February 2023, the TV channel's website shutdown.
On 1 March 2023, both the Russian-language and Ukrainian-language versions of Paramount Comedy were renamed toComedy Central.[7][8][9]
At the end of 2023, the Comedy Central completely refused to translate new episodes of theSouth Park.
On January 1 2024, series from third-party studios were removed from the network due to the expiration of licenses for them, and most Nickelodeon's animated series were also removed.
On November 18 2024, the channel design was changed.
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