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Who owns Paramount
     Pictures?
•   Viacom Inc., short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American
    global mass media company. As of 2010, it is the world's fourth-largest
    media conglomerate, behind The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner and
    News Corporation.

•   Comprising BET Networks, MTV Networks, and Paramount Pictures, Viacom
    connects with audiences through television, motion pictures, mobile
    platforms and online in more than 160 countries and territories.

•   Viacom operates approximately 170 media networks reaching more than
    600 million global subscribers and more than 500 branded digital media
    properties.

•   Viacom is owned in majority by National Amusements, Inc., a privately
    owned theater company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA.
Who owns VIACOM?
•   National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned theater company based in
    Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. The company was founded in 1936
    as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone.

•   The company operates more than 1,500 movie screens across the United
    States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and Russia under its Showcase
    Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, and KinoStar brands.
What else does


    own?
What other companies do


        control?
Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom
                                                                                           Paramount Comedy 1,UK television station



Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio
                                                                                           Paramount Comedy 2, UK television station



Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures
                                                                                           Paramount Comedy (Spain), a television channel in Spain,



CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library
                                                                                           a Canadian petroleum company



Paramount Television, former incarnation of CBS Paramount Television
                                                                                           Paramount Records (1969), a defunct record label



Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video
                                                                                           Paramount Music Corporation, a defunct music publishing company
distribution



                                                                                           Paramount Arts Center, a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky
United Paramount Network (UPN), a defunct American television network



                                                                                           Paramount (Shanghai), a historical nightclub/ballroom in Shanghai China
Paramount Television Service, a failed commercial television network from the late 1970s



                                                                                           Paramount Theater (disambiguation)
Paramount Parks, a defunct chain of theme parks



                                                                                           Paramount Theaters, a Famous Players chain owned by Cineplex United
Paramount Communications, company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989



                                                                                           Paramount Theatres, a movie theater chain
Paramount Resources, a Canadian petroleum company
what films have


   released?
well known franchises

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Paramount

  • 1.
  • 2. Who owns Paramount Pictures?
  • 3. Viacom Inc., short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American global mass media company. As of 2010, it is the world's fourth-largest media conglomerate, behind The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner and News Corporation. • Comprising BET Networks, MTV Networks, and Paramount Pictures, Viacom connects with audiences through television, motion pictures, mobile platforms and online in more than 160 countries and territories. • Viacom operates approximately 170 media networks reaching more than 600 million global subscribers and more than 500 branded digital media properties. • Viacom is owned in majority by National Amusements, Inc., a privately owned theater company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, USA.
  • 5. National Amusements, Inc. is a privately owned theater company based in Dedham, Massachusetts, United States. The company was founded in 1936 as the Northeast Theatre Corporation by Michael Redstone. • The company operates more than 1,500 movie screens across the United States, the United Kingdom, Latin America, and Russia under its Showcase Cinemas, Multiplex Cinemas, Cinema de Lux, and KinoStar brands.
  • 7.
  • 8. What other companies do control?
  • 9. Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom Paramount Comedy 1,UK television station Paramount Pictures, a motion picture studio Paramount Comedy 2, UK television station Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures Paramount Comedy (Spain), a television channel in Spain, CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library a Canadian petroleum company Paramount Television, former incarnation of CBS Paramount Television Paramount Records (1969), a defunct record label Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video Paramount Music Corporation, a defunct music publishing company distribution Paramount Arts Center, a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky United Paramount Network (UPN), a defunct American television network Paramount (Shanghai), a historical nightclub/ballroom in Shanghai China Paramount Television Service, a failed commercial television network from the late 1970s Paramount Theater (disambiguation) Paramount Parks, a defunct chain of theme parks Paramount Theaters, a Famous Players chain owned by Cineplex United Paramount Communications, company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989 Paramount Theatres, a movie theater chain Paramount Resources, a Canadian petroleum company
  • 10. what films have released?