Paramount Channel


Paramount Channel is the name of several television channels operated by ViacomCBS Networks International which showcase the Paramount Pictures film catalogue. The first Paramount Channel was launched in Spain on 30 March 2012, and in the years since, the channel has operated in a number of territories across Europe, Latin America and Asia.

History

To date, Paramount Channel has launched in Spain in March 2012, France in September 2013, Hungary in February 2014, Russia in January 2014, Romania on 14 January 2014, Latin America in November 2014, Sweden in December 2014, Poland in March 2015, Italy and Thailand in February and May 2016, and in the Middle East in April 2017.
In May 2018, Viacom announced that the original Paramount Channel in Spain would relaunch as a local version of the U.S Paramount Network, switching to a general entertainment format with television series and films. The same relaunch as the Paramount Network occurred in Italy on March 16, 2019, and in Latin America on April 14, 2020.

Programming

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 from the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, and 2010s were broadcast in Hungary, Poland, Romania, 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 promotion Bellator MMA.