Paramount

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Paramount can refer to several entities:

• Paramount Pictures, a motion picture company (owned by Viacom)
  • Paramount Vantage, specialty film division of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom)
  • Paramount Home Entertainment, home video division of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom)
• CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library (owned by CBS Corporation)
  • Paramount Television, former incarnation of above (owned by Viacom from 1994-2005)
• United Paramount Network (UPN), a defunct American television network (originally owned by Chris-Craft Industries and Viacom, then owned solely by Viacom, and owned by CBS Corporation for its last few months of operation)
• Paramount Parks, a defunct chain of theme parks (owned by Viacom from 1994-2005, then CBS Corporation until being sold to Cedar Fair Entertainment Company)
• Paramount Communications, company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989, purchased by Viacom in 1994
• Paramount Records, a defunct record label
• Paramount Theater.
• Paramount Theaters, a Famous Players chain (owned by Cineplex Entertainment)
• Paramount Comedy 1 and 2, television channels in the UK (owned by Viacom)
• Paramount Comedy (Spain), a television channel in Spain (owned by Viacom)
• Paramount Arts Center, a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky, USA.
• Paramount Airways, a low cost airline based in Chennai, India.
• Paramount Distillers, inc, a producer of alcoholic beverages based in Cleveland, Ohio.
• United Paramount Theatres, a movie theatre chain divested by Paramount Pictures.

Paramount can also refer to:

• Paramount, California, a city in Los Angeles County
• Paramount Ballroom, a ballroom venue in Shanghai
• a Paramount Leader
• Paramount Cars was a specialist British car maker active between 1950 and 1956.