Paramount Networks UK & Australia
| Skydance UK | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Formerly | ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia (2020–2022) Paramount Networks UK & Australia (2022–2026) |
| Type | Division |
| Industry | Television |
| Founded | 14 January 2020 (as Paramount Networks UK & Australia) 6 October 2026 (as Skydance UK) |
| Headquarters | London, England |
Area served | United Kingdom and Ireland |
| Products | Television channels |
| Owner | Skydance TV |
| Parent | Skydance International Content and Distribution |
| Subsidiaries | Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited |
| Website | paramount-mediahub |
Skydance UK is a division of Skydance International Networks launched on 14 January 2020. It is based in London, England.[1]
History
[edit]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.[2]
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
Units
[edit]Local free-to-air
[edit]Joint venture with AMC Networks International UK:
Pay TV networks
[edit]- MTV
- Nickelodeon
- Nicktoons
- Nick Jr.
- Animal Planet
- Boomerang
- Cartoon Network
- Cartoonito
- CNN International
- Discovery Channel
- Discovery History
- Discovery Science
- Discovery Turbo
- DMAX
- Food Network
- Investigation Discovery
- TLC
- TNT Sports
Joint venture with Sky Group:
- Comedy Central
- Comedy Central Extra (Europe)
Former assets
[edit]See also
[edit]Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Ravindran, Manori (14 January 2020). "ViacomCBS Networks Intl. Rejigs Leadership Across Two Brand Groups and Three Regional Hubs". Variety. Retrieved 19 January 2020.
- ↑ "NICKELODEON U.K. LIMITED filing history - Find and update company information". Companies House. Government of the United Kingdom. Archived from the original on 22 November 2022. Retrieved 22 November 2022.
- ↑ Mediaweek (22 June 2023). "Shake It Off: 10 Shake to rebrand to the Nickelodeon channel as the brand goes in-house at Paramount". Mediaweek. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ↑ Stalcup, Jamie (22 June 2023). "10 Shake Rebranding as Nickelodeon". World Screen TV Kids.
- ↑ "MTV to axe UK music channels after almost 30 years". NME. 10 October 2025.
- ↑ "5Action replaces Paramount Network UK". RXTVInfo. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
- ↑ "'Paramount Network' Channel is Changing to 5Action". Cord Busters. 22 December 2021. Retrieved 25 December 2021.
External links
[edit]- Official website (Australia)
- Official website (UK)
