{{Short description|Division of Paramount Skydance Corporation}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}} {{EngvarB|date=February 2023}} {{Infobox company | name = Paramount Networks UK & Australia | former_name = ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (2020–2022) | logo = frameless|class=skin-invert | type = Division | foundation = {{Start date and age|2020|1|14|df=y}} | location = London | location_country = England | area_served = United Kingdom, Australia, New Zealand | industry = Television | products = Television channels | owner = | parent = Paramount International Networks | subsid = {{ubl|Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited|Paramount Australia & New Zealand}} | website = {{URL|paramountanz.com.au/}} (Australia)<br />{{URL|paramount-mediahub.co.uk/}} (UK) }}
'''Paramount Networks UK & Australia''', formerly '''ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia''', is a division of Paramount Skydance Corporation launched on 14 January 2020. It is based in London, England, with a local office in Sydney, Australia.<ref>{{cite web|last=Ravindran|first=Manori|date=14 January 2020|title=ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Rejigs Leadership Across Two Brand Groups and Three Regional Hubs|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/global/viacomcbs-networks-international-1203466220/|website=Variety|access-date=19 January 2020}}</ref>
==History== On 31 October 2022, Paramount Networks UK & Australia acquired the remaining stake in Nickelodeon UK Ltd. including its Nickelodeon-branded channels from its partner Sky, bringing the British Nickelodeon channel under Paramount Networks UK & Australia's control as Sky was planning to launch its in-house children's channel Sky Kids as owning Nickelodeon UK would have restricted Sky from launching it.<ref>{{Cite web|title=NICKELODEON U.K. LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02797365/filing-history|work=Companies House|publisher=Government of the United Kingdom|access-date=22 November 2022|archive-date=22 November 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221122093918/https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/02797365/filing-history|url-status=live}}</ref>
On 22 June 2023, Paramount Networks UK & Australia announced its rebranding of its Australian free-to-air television channel 10 Shake under the Nickelodeon brand as the unit had brought the Nickelodeon name in-house and added Nickelodeon content on free-to-air linear television for the first time with them ending its long-standing partnership with Foxtel for the pay-TV channel of the same name as it chose to shutter the pay-TV channel alongside Nick Jr., however the pay-TV channel continued operating on Fetch TV and Sky in New Zealand while the rebranded free-to-air channel would bring all of Nickelodeon's programming under the FTA channel.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mediaweek |date=2023-06-22 |title=Shake It Off: 10 Shake to rebrand to the Nickelodeon channel as the brand goes in-house at Paramount |url=https://www.mediaweek.com.au/10-shake-to-rebrand-to-the-nickelodeon-channel-from-august-1/ |access-date=2023-06-22 |website=Mediaweek |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=10 Shake Rebranding as Nickelodeon|url=https://worldscreen.com/tvkids/10-shake-rebranding-as-nickelodeon/|website=World Screen TV Kids|first=Jamie|last=Stalcup|date=22 June 2023}}</ref>
In October 2025 when Paramount Networks UK & Australia's parent Paramount Global merged with David Ellison's media entertainment Skydance Media into forming Paramount Skydance two months prior in August of that year, Paramount Networks UK & Australia announced that it would close five of its MTV-branded UK music pay-TV channels which consists of MTV Music, MTV 80s, MTV 90s, Club MTV and MTV Live at the end of December 2025 due to the company's restructuring policy.<ref>{{cite web|title=MTV to axe UK music channels after almost 30 years|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/mtv-to-axe-uk-music-channels-after-almost-30-years-3898527|website=NME|date=10 October 2025}}</ref>
== Units == {| class="wikitable" ! UK ! Australia and New Zealand |- ! colspan=2 | Local free-to-air |- | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (UK only): * 5 **''Milkshake!'' * 5Action<ref>{{Cite web|date=22 December 2021|title=5Action replaces Paramount Network UK|url=https://rxtvinfo.com/2021/5action-replaces-paramount-network-uk|website=RXTVInfo|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=22 December 2021|title='Paramount Network' Channel is Changing to 5Action|url=https://www.cordbusters.co.uk/paramount-network-changing-to-5action/|website=Cord Busters|access-date=25 December 2021}}</ref> * 5Select * 5Star * 5USA Joint venture with AMC Networks International UK: * True Crime * True Crime Xtra * Legend * Legend Xtra | Network Ten Pty Limited (Australia only): * Network 10 ** Sydney, Northern NSW & Gold Coast, Southern NSW & ACT ** Melbourne and Regional Victoria ** Brisbane and Regional Queensland ** Adelaide ** Perth * 10 Drama * 10 Comedy * Nickelodeon * Gecko TV |- ! colspan=2 | Pay TV networks |- | * Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) * Nick Jr. & Nick Jr. Too (UK & Ireland) * Nicktoons (UK & Ireland) * MTV (UK & Ireland) Joint venture with Sky Group: * Comedy Central (UK & Ireland) * Comedy Central Extra (Europe) | |- | colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | '''Other properties''' |- | * Paramount+ * 5 (streaming service) | * Paramount+ (Australia) * 10 (streaming service) with Pluto TV (catch-up) |- | colspan=2 style="text-align: center;" | '''Former assets''' |- | * 5Spike * Club MTV * CBS Justice * MTV 80s * MTV 90s * MTV Base * MTV Classic * MTV Hits * MTV Live * MTV Music * MTV OMG * MTV Rocks * VH1 * Smithsonian Channel | * CMT <small>replaced by revival of CMC)</small><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-06-30 |title=Foxtel, Binge drop the needle on new music channels {{!}} TV Tonight |url=https://tvtonight.com.au/2025/06/foxtel-binge-drop-the-needle-on-new-music-channels.html |access-date=2025-07-02 |website=TV Tonight |language=en-AU}}</ref><ref>[https://countrytown.com/news/confirmed-cmt-australia-to-end-on-july-31/3AlizvHw8_I/17-06-25 CONFIRMED: CMT Australia To End On July 31]</ref> * Nickelodeon{{efn|in Australia, branded as ''Nick'' to differentiate it from the free-to-air channel of the same name}} * Nick Jr. * Comedy Central<ref>{{cite web|work=TV Blackbox|last=Laidlaw|first=Kyle|title=Comedy Central departs FETCH TV today as Australian future remains uncertain|url=https://tvblackbox.com.au/page/2025/03/31/comedy-central-departs-fetch-tv-today-as-australian-future-remains-uncertain/|date=31 March 2025|accessdate=18 May 2025}}</ref> * NickMusic * MTV Australia & New Zealand{{efn|name="europe"|localised feed replaced by a time-shifted version of the European feed in 2023.<ref name="European feeds">{{cite web|work=The Music|last=Green|first=Stephen|title=MTV's Australian Closure Another Blow For Australian Music|url=https://themusic.com.au/industry/mtvs-australian-closure-another-blow-for-australian-music/clLIZGdmaWg/13-10-23|date=13 October 2023|accessdate=18 May 2025}}</ref>}} ** MTV Hits Australia & New Zealand{{efn|name="europe"}} ** MTV Music <small>(replaced by revival of MTV Hits)</small> ** Club MTV{{efn|name="europe"}} ** MTV Classic <small>(replaced by MTV 80s)</small> ** MTV 80s ** MTV 90s ** MTV 00s * Spike * Spree TV (50%) * VH1 Australia <small>(replaced by MTV Classic)</small> |}
== See also == * Pluto TV * Nickelodeon * Noggin
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==External links== * {{official website|https://www.paramountanz.com.au/}} (Australia) * {{official website|https://www.paramount-mediahub.co.uk/}} (UK)
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