List of Paramount channels

This is a list of television channels owned, or licensed by, Paramount Global. For other assets owned by the company, see List of assets owned by Paramount Global.

Americas

United States

CBS Entertainment Group

CBS (HD; flagship network)
- CBS Sports Network (HD) (formerly College Sports Television and CBS College Sports Network)
Dabl (HD) (Owned by Paramount Global; operated by Weigel Broadcasting)
Fave TV (HD) (exclusive to CBS News and Stations)
The CW (HD) (75% owned by Nexstar Media Group; 12.5 owned by Paramount Global and Warner Bros. Discovery)
BET Media Group
- BET (HD)
  - BET Gospel
  - BET Her (formerly BET on Jazz, BET Jazz, BETJ, and Centric)
  - BET Soul (formerly VH1 Soul)
  - BET Jams (formerly MTV Jams)
- VH1 (HD)

Paramount Media Networks

MTV Entertainment Group
- MTV (HD; flagship network)
  - MTV2 (HD; formerly M2)
  - MTV Classic (formerly VH1 Classic)
  - MTV Tres (formerly MTV3)
  - MTVU (formerly College Television Network)
  - MTV Live (HD) (formerly MTV Music and Palladia)
- CMT (HD)
  - CMT Music (formerly VH1 Country and CMT Pure Country)
- Comedy Central (HD)
- Logo TV (HD; formerly VH1 MegaHits)
- Paramount Network (HD; formerly The Nashville Network, The National Network (The New TNN), and Spike TV/Spike)
- Pop (HD; formerly Prevue Guide/Channel, TV Guide Channel/Network and TVGN)
- Smithsonian Channel (HD)
- TV Land (HD)

Nickelodeon Group
- Nickelodeon (HD)
  - Nick at Nite (HD; program block on Nickelodeon)
- Nick Jr. Channel (HD)
- NickMusic (formerly MTV Hits)
- Nicktoons (HD)
- TeenNick (HD)

Showtime Networks
- Showtime (HD)
  - The Movie Channel (HD)
  - Flix (HD)

Former

BET Hip-Hop
Nick GAS (1999–2007, 2009 on Dish Network)
VH1 Uno (2000–2008)
MTVX (1999–2002)
Noggin (1999–2009); relaunched with the Noggin streaming app in March 2015
- The N (Noggin block) (2002–2007), channel (2007-2009)
Showtime Beyond (1999–2020)
VH1 MegaHits (2002–2005)

Canada

All channels listed below are owned by Canadian broadcasters, with Paramount Global owning minor interests where indicated:

CMT (90% owned by Corus Entertainment; 10% owned by Paramount Global)
MTV (wholly owned by Bell Media)
MTV2 (wholly owned by Bell Media; closed on March 29, 2024 - Formerly MTV Canada from 2001 to 2005)
Nickelodeon (wholly owned by Corus)
- Nick Jr. (Program block on Nickelodeon)
Smithsonian Channel (93.33% owned by Blue Ant Media; 6.67% owned by Paramount Global)

Note: Juicebox and Comedy Gold formerly existed as MTV2 Canada from 2001 to 2005 (later PunchMuch from 2005 to 2011), and TV Land Canada from 2001 to 2010, respectively.

Caribbean

Tr3s

Latin America

Brazil

MTV (replaced MTV Brasil on October 1, 2013)
Nickelodeon Brazil
Comedy Central
Paramount Network
Smithsonian Channel (owned by Grupo Bandeirantes; owned by Paramount)
Nick Jr.
Telefe Internacional
MTV Hits
MTV Live
MTV 00s

Europe

Continent-wide

MTV Global (countries not served by a local MTV channel only)
Nickelodeon Europe (countries not served by a local Nickelodeon channel only)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s

Adria (Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia & Slovenia)

MTV Global (Replaced MTV Adria on January 1, 2018)
Nickelodeon Europe
Comedy Central Extra
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s (Before VH1 Europe, replaced VH1 Adria on February 1, 2015)
Nick Jr.
Nicktoons Europe

Austria

MTV Germany (replaced MTV Austria on January 1, 2011)
MTV Austria (Closed)
Nickelodeon Austria
Comedy Central Germany
VIVA Austria (2001–2003, again since 2006, closed in 2018)
MTV Hits
MTV Music 24 (Closed)
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nick Jr. Germany
Nicktoons Germany

Baltics (Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania)

MTV Global (Replaced MTV Eesti, MTV Latvija and MTV Lietuva since 2009)
Nickelodeon
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nick Jr.
Nicktoons Europe

Benelux (The Netherlands & Belgium)

The French channels Game One, Paramount Channel, Comedy Central and MTV Hits are also distributed in Belgium.

Czech Republic

Paramount Network
MTV Global
MTV Czech MTV for Czech Republic and Slovakia (Closed)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nickelodeon Europe
Nicktoons Europe
Nick Jr. Europe

Denmark

MTV Denmark (Closed)
Nickelodeon Denmark
Nickelodeon (Continues to be available only through Satellite)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 90s
MTV 00s

Finland

France

MTV (2000 – present)
Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon +1
Comedy Central (France)
Paramount Channel
Paramount Channel Décalé (+2 timeshift channel)
BET
Game One
Game One +1
J-One
MTV Hits
Club MTV Europe
MTV 90s
Nickelodeon Junior
Nickelodeon Teen

Germany

MTV Germany (1997 – present)
Nick Germany (replaced MTV2 Pop on September 12, 2005, Nickelodeon Germany originally broadcast from 1995 to 1998)
Comedy Central Germany (replaced VIVA Plus on January 15, 2007)
VIVA Germany (closed on December 31, 2018)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
MTV Music 24 (closed on June 1, 2021)
Club MTV Europe
MTV Brand New (closed on January 6, 2021; replaced with MTV Hits Germany)
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nick Jr. Germany
Nicktoons Germany

Italy

MTV (HD) [1997 - present]
MTV Hits (closed)
MTV Gold (closed)
MTV Classic (closed)
MTV Pulse (closed)
MTV Brand New (closed)
Flux (closed)
QOOB (closed)
Paramount Comedy (closed)
Comedy Central
- Comedy Central +1
Nickelodeon
- Nickelodeon +1
Paramount Network (HD) (closed)
VH1 (HD) (closed)
Spike (HD) (closed)
Super!
MTV+ (closed)
MTV Music
Nick Jr.
- Nick Jr. +1
TeenNick (closed)

Norway

Poland

MTV Poland (2000 – present)
- MTV HD
Nickelodeon Poland
Comedy Central Poland
Polsat Comedy Central Extra (replaced Comedy Central Family Poland)
Paramount Channel Poland (replaced Viacom Blink!)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nick Jr.
NickToons Poland HD (replaced Nickelodeon Europe HD)
NickMusic (replaced VIVA, MTV Music and MTV Music 24)

Portugal

Romania

MTV Romania (2002–2019; replaced with MTV Global)
Nickelodeon Europe
Comedy Central Extra (replaced with Comedy Central)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
VH1 Classic Europe (replaced with MTV 80s)
MTV Rocks Europe (replaced with MTV 90s)
MTV 00s
Nick Jr.
Nicktoons Europe
Paramount Channel (replaced with TeenNick)

Russia

All operations inside Russia suspended indefinitely. Channels continue broadcasting outside the territory of the Russian Federation

MTV Russia (Russian, SD/HD) (Launched 25 September 1998. Restart October 1, 2013) (Closed)
Nickelodeon CIS (Russian, SD/HD) (Closed)
Paramount Channel (Russian) (Closed)
Spike (Russian, SD/HD) (Closed on 1 June 2021)
MTV Hits Europe (English) (Closed on 1 July 2021)
MTV Live (English) (Closed)
Club MTV Europe (English) (Closed on 1 July 2021)
MTV 80s (English) (Closed)
MTV 90s (English) (Closed)
MTV 00s (English) (Closed)
Nick Jr. (Russian) (Closed)
Nicktoons (Russian) (Closed)
Comedy Central (Russian) (Closed)

Slovakia

MTV Global
MTV Czech MTV for Czech Republic and Slovakia (Closed)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV
MTV Rocks Europe (Closed)
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nickelodeon Europe
Nicktoons Europe
Nick Jr. Europe
VH1 Europe (Closed)
VH1 Classic Europe (Closed)

Spain

MTV Spain
Nickelodeon Spain
Comedy Central Spain
Paramount Network Spain (Replaced Paramount Channel Spain), free-to-air on DTT
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
NickMusic
Nick Jr. Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

MTV Switzerland (Closed)
Nickelodeon Switzerland
Comedy Central Germany
VIVA Switzerland (2000–2011, relaunch October 1, 2012, ended in 2018)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
NickMusic
Club MTV Europe
MTV Brand New
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Nicktoons

All French channels are also distributed in Switzerland, as well as the Italian and British free-to-air channels.

Turkey

Ukraine

MTV Ukraine (replaced by Zoom! on 31 May 2013)
MTV Global (Ukrainian)
Nickelodeon CIS (Russian)
Nickelodeon Ukraine (Ukrainian language programming block; closed in October 2017)
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Live
Club MTV Europe
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
Paramount Comedy

United Kingdom

MTV
MTV Shows (defunct)
- MTV +1
MTV Music
- MTV Music +1
MTV Base (defunct)
MTV Hits
MTV OMG (defunct)
Club MTV (replaced MTV Dance) (defunct)
MTV Rocks (defunct)
MTV Classic (defunct)
MTV Live
MTV 80s UK
MTV 90s UK
VH1 (defunct)
VIVA (defunct)
TMF (defunct)
Comedy Central
- Comedy Central +1
Comedy Central Extra
- Comedy Central Extra +1
Nickelodeon
- Nickelodeon +1
Nick Jr.
- Nick Jr. +1
Nick Jr. Too
Nicktoons
BET
Channel 5
- Channel 5 +1
5Star
- 5Star +1
5 USA
- 5 USA +1
My5
5Spike (defunct)
Smithsonian Channel (defunct)

Middle East and North Africa

Israel

MTV Israel
MTV Music 24
MTV Hits Europe
MTV Rocks Europe (defunct)
VH1 Classic (defunct)
Hot Comedy Central
Nickelodeon Israel
Nick Jr. Israel
TeenNick Israel
Nickelodeon Arabia (Certain Cities only)

Asia Pacific

Australia

Club MTV
MTV Australia & New Zealand (Closed)
MTV (Global)
MTV 80s
MTV 90s
MTV 00s
MTV Biggest Pop (Closed)
MTV Dating (Closed)
MTV Drama (Closed)
MTV Entertainment
MTV Hits (Closed)
MTV Love (Closed)
MTV On Tour! (Closed)
MTV Reality (Closed)
MTV Retro (Closed)
Nickelodeon Australia & New Zealand
Nickelodeon (Free-to-Air)
Nick Jr.
Nick Jr. Club
NickClassics
NickMusic
NickRewind
NickTeen
NickToons
Comedy Central
CMT
Network 10 / 10HD
10 Bold
10 Peach

China

MTV China (Closed)
MTV Mandarin (Chinese)
HaHa Nick (Closed)

India

Pakistan

Nickelodeon Pakistan (Owned by ARY Digital)
MTV Pakistan (Closed)
VH1 Pakistan (Closed)

Indonesia

Japan

MTV Japan (High-definition channel)
MTV Hits Japan (Closed)
MTV Mix Japan (Closed)
Nickelodeon Japan

South Korea

Nickelodeon South Korea
SBS MTV (now SBS M)

New Zealand

MTV Australia and New Zealand (Closed)
MTV 80s New Zealand (Closed)
MTV Hits New Zealand (Closed)
Comedy Central Australia & New Zealand
Nickelodeon Australia and New Zealand

Philippines

MTV (Philippines) (Closed)
MTV Pinoy (Closed)
MTVph (Closed)
MTV Asia (Pilipino) (Closed)
Nickelodeon Philippines
VH1 Philippines (Launched at July 12, 2012 at 12 midnight)
Nickelodeon Asia (Available in the Philippines from 1998 to 2011)

Taiwan

MTV Mandarin
Nickelodeon Asia (Taiwanese Mandarin)
Nick Jr. Southeast Asia (Taiwanese Mandarin)

Thailand

MTV Thailand (Re-Closed)
MTV Asia (English and Thai) (Closed)
MTV Sports (Closed)
VH1 Thailand
Nickelodeon Asia (Thai; Live Action Programming Subtitled)

Vietnam

MTV Vietnam (Closed)
Nick & You (Closed)

Sub-Saharan Africa

MTV Networks started operations in Africa in 1999 with the Nickelodeon block on M-net's K-TV then MTV Base in 2005. In 2008, Nickelodeon became a 24-hour channel. Since then the Network as expanded. Most of its channels are available exclusively on DStv.

BET Africa (Exclusive to DStv)
BET 2 (Replaced BET International on DStv in April 2015 but closed before the end of the year)
BET International (Available to all Digital TV services except DStv)
Comedy Central Africa (Exclusive to DStv)
MTV Base Africa (Formally exclusive to Dstv but now available to other providers.)
MTV Africa (Launched 2013 as MTV South Africa to replace MTV Europe. Exclusive to DStv)
Nickelodeon Europe (on some providers)
Nickelodeon (Exclusive to DStv and GOtv)
Nick Jr. (Exclusive to DStv)
Nicktoons (Exclusive to DStv)
VH1 Europe (Exclusive to DStv until it got discontinued and replaced by VH1 Classic)
VH1 Classic Europe (Exclusive to DStv until March 4, 2019, as the channel got replaced with MTV Music 24)
MTV Music 24 (Launched on DStv in March 2019 replacing VH1 Classic, but closed on 1 June 2021 to be replaced by MTV Hits)
MTV Hits (Exclusive to DStv)