Paramount Networks UK & Australia, formerly ViacomCBS Networks UK & Australia, is a division of Paramount International Networks launched on 14 January 2020. It is based in London, England, with a local office in Sydney, Australia.
History 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.
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.
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.
Units UK and Ireland Australia and New Zealand Local free-to-air Channel 5 Broadcasting Limited (UK only): 5 Milkshake! 5Action 5Select 5Star 5USA Joint venture with AMC Networks International UK: True Crime True Crime Xtra Legend Legend Xtra Network Ten Pty Limited (Australia only): Network 10 Sydney, Northern NSW & Gold Coast, Southern NSW & ACT Melbourne and Regional Victoria Brisbane and Regional Queensland Adelaide Perth 10 Drama 10 Comedy Nickelodeon Gecko TV Pay TV networks Nickelodeon (UK & Ireland) Nick Jr. & Nick Jr. Too (UK & Ireland) Nicktoons (UK & Ireland) MTV (UK & Ireland) Joint venture with Sky Group: Comedy Central (UK & Ireland) Comedy Central Extra (Europe) Other properties Paramount+ 5 (streaming service) Paramount+ (Australia) 10 (streaming service) with Pluto TV (catch-up) Former assets 5Spike Club MTV CBS Justice MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV Base MTV Classic MTV Hits MTV Live MTV Music MTV OMG MTV Rocks VH1 Smithsonian Channel CMT replaced by revival of CMC)CONFIRMED: CMT Australia To End On July 31 Nickelodeon Nick Jr. Comedy Central NickMusic MTV Australia & New Zealand MTV Hits Australia & New Zealand MTV Music (replaced by revival of MTV Hits) Club MTV MTV Classic (replaced by MTV 80s) MTV 80s MTV 90s MTV 00s Spike Spree TV (50%) VH1 Australia (replaced by MTV Classic)
See also Pluto TV Nickelodeon Noggin
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