It is the last major film studio still headquartered in the Hollywood district of Los Angeles. Paramount is the fifth oldest surviving film studio in the world after the French studios Gaumont Film Company (1895) and Pathé (1896), Titanus (1904), followed by the Nordisk Film company (1906), and Universal Studios (1912). ViacomCBS changes its name to Paramount Global Viacom splits into second CBS Corporation and ViacomĬBS Corporation and Viacom re-merge to form ViacomCBS Gulf+Western renamed as Paramount Communications Viacom buys full ownership of Showtime & MTV Networks

Viacom is spun off from CBS as a separate company Gulf+Western acquires Desilu and renames it Paramount Television & CBS Films becomes CBS Enterprises

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