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| Product type | Television broadcaster |
|---|---|
| Owner | Paramount Skydance Corporation |
| Country | United States |
| Introduced | List
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| Discontinued | List
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Paramount Network[1] is an internationaltelevision channel brand owned and operated by theParamount International Networks division ofParamount Skydance Corporation that showcase its selected television productions and the film catalogue of its filming division,Paramount Pictures. First launched in Spain on 30 March 2012, as Paramount Channel, the brand has since been or was operated in territories acrossEurope,East Africa,Latin America andAsia.
To date, Paramount Channel has launched in Spain in March 2012, France in September 2013, Hungary in February 2014, Russia in January 2014,[2] Romania on January 14, 2014,[3] Latin America in November 2014,[4] Sweden in December 2014, Poland in March 2015, Italy and Thailand in February and May 2016, and in the Middle East in April 2017.[5]
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In May 2018, Viacom announced that the original Paramount Channel in Spain would relaunch asa local version of the U.SParamount Network, switching to a general entertainment format with television series and films.[6] The same relaunch as the Paramount Network occurred in Italy on March 16, 2019,[7] and in Latin America on April 14, 2020.[8] On October 20, 2020, it was announced that the Hungarian version would also rebrand as the Paramount Network, and the rebranding date was confirmed on November 23 that year. Paramount Channel in Hungary rebranded as the Paramount Network on December 17, 2020.[9][10] In December 2020, ViacomCBS announced Prima Comedy Central in the Czech Republic will be rebranded as Paramount Network.[11] Paramount Network launched effectively on January 12, 2021. On January 26, 2021,ViacomCBS announced through the Paramount Channel Asia official Facebook page that the Paramount Channel in Thailand, Malaysia, and the Pacific Islands (including the Philippines) was to be rebranded as Paramount Network on February 1, 2021.
On January 20, 2025, Paramount Channel France rebranded as Paramount Network being the first international version to adopt the branding introduced for the US in 2024, and finally retiring the Paramount Channel name introduced almost 13 years ago.[12]
In 2021, Paramount Global began discontinuing operations of Paramount Network internationally, starting with Romania and Moldova, where it was replaced by TeenNick.
In August 2021, Paramount Networks International agreed a deal with Comcast Corporation's Sky Group[13][14][15] to launch the Paramount+ streaming service in various European markets via Sky's set-top boxes[16] and devices.[17] To reduce overall branding confusion with Paramount+, Paramount Network in the UK was rebranded as5Action on 19 January 2022, without any overall changes to its programme schedule.[18][19]
Less than two weeks before the UK rebranding, rumors begin to surge about Paramount Network and Spike in Italy closing on January 17, 2022.[20] This was later confirmed, withMediaset acquiring the positions left unused on DTT,[21] and Paramount Network being replaced with the channel Twentyseven.
Following theRussian invasion of Ukraine, all the channels under the control of Paramount Global were discontinued from Russia, including the Paramount Channel, on April 28, 2022. The channel would be permanently discontinued in CIS regions and Ukraine on January 4, 2023.[22][23][24]
By April 1, 2024, Paramount Network ceased operations in Southeast Asia following the arrival of both streaming platforms, Paramount+ which launched in June viaBlast TV, andPluto TV which will launch in the near future.
On October 8, 2025, Paramount announced that Paramount Network will shut down in France on December 31, 2025 along withGame One andJ-One,[25] in the same day was announced that the channel also will shut down in Latin America on December 31, 2025 (for the same day as in France and Central Eastern European countries like Hungary and the Czech Republic[26]) along withTeenNick,NickMusic and the MTV thematic channels (MTV 80s,MTV 00s,MTV Hits,MTV Live andClub MTV) due to the company's global restructuring policy.[27]
On October 22, 2025, Paramount announced that Paramount Network will shut down in Spain on DTT and pay TV platforms on December 31, 2025, as part of a global cost-cutting program by Paramount Skydance Corporation,[28] being replaced by Squirrel Dos, acting as a sister channel toSquirrel which replacedDisney Channel Spain earlier in the year.[29]
The only two Paramount Network channels outside of the US, that are expected to continue active by 2026 thus far, are the ones in the Netherlands and Poland.
The original Paramount Channel in Spain primarily broadcast films from the 1980s and 1990s, as well as recent television series. The international versions that followed shared a similar format but never the same programming. For instance, films from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s were broadcast in France, recent TV series and 1990s and 2000s films were broadcast in Italy, and films and TV series from the 1930s, 1970s, 1980s, 2000s, and 2010s were broadcast in Hungary, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic, Russia, the Middle East, Latin America, and Southeast Asia. In addition to airing films, some versions in other countries are also airing combat sporting events from mixed martial arts promotionBellator MMA.
Following the rebranding of the channel (along with internationalSpike channels) as Paramount Network, it now adds series from its U.S. domestic counterpart as well as from the television production companies of Paramount Global and from acquisition of syndicated programming. In some countries, shows fromComedy Central are also aired on the channel.
| Country | Name | Launch date | Former names |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | Paramount Network | March 7, 1983 | The Nashville Network (1983–2000) The National Network (2000–2001) The New TNN (2001–2003) Spike TV (2003–2006) Spike (2006–2018) |
| Netherlands | Paramount Network | February 14, 2011 | TeenNick (2011–2015) Spike (2015–2022) |
| Poland | Paramount Network | July 20, 2011 | Viacom Blink! (2011–2015) Paramount Channel (2015–2022) |
| Country | Name | Former names | Launch date | Shutdown date | Replaced by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | The Paramount Channel | None at launch | November 1, 1995 | February 1, 1997 | Comedy Central |
| 5Spike | Spike (2015–2017) | April 15, 2015 | January 7, 2020 | Paramount Network | |
| Paramount Network | None at launch | July 4, 2018 | January 19, 2022 | 5Action | |
| Spain | Paramount Network | Paramount Channel (2012–2018) | March 30, 2012 | December 31, 2025 | Squirrel2 |
| Hungary | RTL Spike | None at launch | December 1, 2016 | January 12, 2021 | TeenNick (Hungary & Romania) |
| Romania and Moldova | Paramount Channel | May 28, 2014 | |||
| Italy | Paramount Network | Paramount Channel (2016–2019) | February 27, 2016 | January 17, 2022 | Twentyseven |
| Spike | Fine Living (2014–2017) | October 22, 2017 | Discontinued | ||
| Australia | Spike | None at launch | July 1, 2016 | February 27, 2022 | |
| Russia & CIS | Spike | March 15, 2017 | June 1, 2021 | ||
| Paramount Channel | February 14, 2014 | April 28, 2022 (Russia) December 14, 2022 (Belarus) January 4, 2023 (CIS) | |||
| Asia | February 1, 2021 | 2023 (Vietnam and Hong Kong) 2024 (everywhere in Asia) | |||
| Arabia | April 15, 2017 | September 1, 2020 | |||
| Finland | Paramount Network | October 1, 2019 | December 31, 2021 | ||
| Austria | January 14 2019 | October 31, 2021 | |||
| Philippines | June 1, 2019 | April 1, 2024 | |||
| Sweden | Comedy Central (2009–2019) | January 15, 2019 | January 1, 2022 | ||
| Denmark | Comedy Central (2014–2019) | ||||
| Latin America | Paramount Network | Paramount Channel (2014–2020) | November 14, 2014 | December 31, 2025 | |
| Brazil | Paramount Network | ||||
| Hungary | Paramount Network | January 12, 2021 | |||
| Czech Republic and Slovakia | Paramount Network | Prima Comedy Central (2015–2021) | |||
| France | Paramount Network | Paramount Channel (2013–2025) | September 5, 2013 |
