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Viacom Group: Holdings

Holdings

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

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

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

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

Consumer Products

  • Viacom Interactive Services
  • Star Trek Franchise

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

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

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

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

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)

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

Outdoor advertising

  • TDI Worldwide

Television production and syndication

  • CBS Production
  • EYEMARK - marketing and production of syndicated programming
  • King World Productions - first run television syndication