Paramount
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Companies

  • Paramount Motion Pictures Group, a motion picture holding company owned by Viacom
    Viacom
    Viacom Inc. , short for "Video & Audio Communications", is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television...

  • Paramount Pictures
    Paramount Pictures
    Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film production and distribution company, located at 5555 Melrose Avenue in Hollywood. Founded in 1912 and currently owned by media conglomerate Viacom, it is America's oldest existing film studio; it is also the last major film studio still...

    , a motion picture studio
  • Paramount Vantage
    Paramount Vantage
    Paramount Vantage is the specialty film division of Paramount Pictures , charged with producing, purchasing, distributing and marketing films, generally those with a more "art house" feel than films made and distributed by its parent company.Paramount Classics was launched in 1998 and...

    , specialty film division of Paramount Pictures
  • CBS Paramount Television, a television studio and library
  • Paramount Television
    Paramount Television
    Paramount Television was an American television production/distribution company that was active from January 1, 1968 to August 27, 2006.Its successor is CBS Television Studios, formerly CBS Paramount Television...

    , former incarnation of CBS Paramount Television
  • Paramount Home Entertainment, a division of Paramount Pictures for home video distribution
  • United Paramount Network (UPN
    UPN
    United Paramount Network was a television network that was broadcast in over 200 markets in the United States from 1995 to 2006. UPN was originally owned by Viacom/Paramount and Chris-Craft Industries, the former of which, through the Paramount Television Group, produced most of the network's...

    ), a defunct American television network
  • Paramount Television Service
    Paramount Television Service
    The Paramount Television Service was the name of a proposed but ultimately, unrealized "fourth television network" from the major American film studio, Paramount Pictures...

    , a failed commercial television network from the late 1970s
  • Paramount Parks
    Paramount Parks
    Paramount Parks was an operator of theme parks and attractions, which annually attracted about 13 million patrons. Viacom had assumed control of the company as part of its acquisition of Paramount Pictures in 1994....

    , a defunct chain of theme parks
  • Paramount Communications
    Gulf+Western
    Gulf and Western Industries, Inc., for a number of years known as Gulf+Western, was an American conglomerate.- History :Gulf and Western's prosaic origins date to a manufacturer named Michigan Bumper Co. founded in 1934, though Charles Bluhdorn treated his 1958 takeover of what was then Michigan...

    , company known as Gulf and Western Industries until 1989
  • Paramount Comedy 1
    Comedy Central (UK)
    Comedy Central in the United Kingdom and Ireland is a localised version of Comedy Central which first began in the United States in the 1990s. The television channel is available through the Sky, Virgin Media, TalkTalk TV in the United Kingdom, Sky Ireland, UPC Ireland and Magnet Networks in the...

    , UK television station
  • Paramount Comedy 2, UK television station
  • Paramount Comedy (Spain)
    Paramount Comedy (Spain)
    Paramount Comedy is a channel available in Spain through satellite platform Digital+, ADSL TV Imagenio and cable services. It is owned by Viacom....

    , a television channel in Spain

Music

  • Paramount Records
    Paramount Records
    Paramount Records was an American record label, best known for its recordings of African-American jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson.-Early years:...

    , a defunct record label
  • Paramount Records (1969)
    Paramount Records (1969)
    Paramount Records was a record label started in 1969 by Paramount Pictures after acquiring the rights to the name from George H. Buck. The previous label with the same name had been unconnected to Paramount Pictures. The new Paramount label reissued pop releases by sister label Dot Records, which...

    , a defunct record label
  • Paramount Music
    Paramount Music
    Paramount Music Corporation was an American music publishing company owned by Paramount Pictures. The company specialized in movie songs, but published other popular music as well. Songs published by Paramount Music include "Thanks for the Memory", "Call Me Irresponsible", "Lonesome Road", and...

     Corporation, a defunct music publishing company

Entertainment

  • Paramount Arts Center
    Paramount Arts Center
    The Paramount Arts Center is a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky, in the United States. Listed as the Paramount Theatre on the National Register of Historic Places, this landmark theater is an important part of theater in Kentucky.-History:...

    , a historic theater located in Ashland, Kentucky
  • Paramount (Shanghai), a historical nightclub/ballroom in Shanghai, China
  • Paramount Theater (disambiguation)
  • Paramount Theaters, a Famous Players
    Cineplex Entertainment
    Cineplex Entertainment LP , is the largest film exhibitor in Canada and owns, leases or has a joint-venture interest in 130 theatres with 1,351 screens. Headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Cineplex operates theatres from British Columbia to Quebec...

     chain owned by Cineplex
  • United Paramount Theatres
    United Paramount Theatres
    Plitt Theatres was one of the largest chain of cinemas in the United States.The theater chain was divested from Paramount Pictures as a result of the U.S. Supreme Court decision in the case United States v. Paramount Pictures, Inc. ....

    , a movie theater chain

Other uses

  • Paramount Airways
    Paramount Airways
    Paramount Airways was an airline based in Chennai, India, it was a national licensed airline. It operated scheduled services, mainly targeting business travellers. Its hub was Chennai International Airport...

    , an airline based in Chennai, India
  • Paramount, California
    Paramount, California
    Paramount is a city in Los Angeles County, California, United States. According to the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 54,098 down from 55,266 at the 2000 census...

    , USA, a city in Los Angeles County
  • Paramount, Yolo County, California
    Paramount, Yolo County, California
    Paramount is a former settlement in Yolo County, California. It was located east of Woodland.A post office operated at Paramount from 1916 to 1919....

    , former town in Yolo County, California
  • Paramount Cars
    Paramount Cars
    Paramount Cars was a British car made between 1950 and 1956. It was initially manufactured in Swadlincote, moving shortly after to Melbourne and then to Leighton Buzzard.- Paramount Cars History :...

    , a specialist British car maker active between 1950 and 1956
  • Paramount leader
    Paramount leader
    Paramount leader literally "the highest leader of the party and the state ", in modern Chinese political science, unofficially refers to the political leader of the People's Republic of China....

    , the highest leader in the People's Republic of China
  • Paramount Group
    Paramount Group
    The Paramount Group is a group of internationally based companies offering programs and manufacturing products with a focus on defense, internal security and correctional services. The Executive Chairman of the Group is Ivor Ichikowitz, a South African industrialist of Lithuanian...

    , global Peacekeeping "solutions" providers
  • Paramount, a difficulty level in Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution
    Dance Dance Revolution, abbreviated DDR, and previously known as Dancing Stage in Europe and Australasia, is a music video game series produced by Konami. Introduced in Japan in 1998 as part of the Bemani series, and released in North America and Europe in 1999, Dance Dance Revolution is the...

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