- Paramount Comedy
Paramount Comedy can refer to a number of different comedy television channels operated by
Viacom under the Paramount brand:Paramount Comedy 1
Paramount Comedy 1 is a
television channel shown in the UK, available through digital satellite (Sky Digital) and cable (Virgin Media andUPC Ireland ). As the name suggests, it is owned byParamount Pictures (itself owned byViacom ) and concentrates oncomedy . Paramount was not the first all-comedy channel in the UK; that distinction goes to The Comedy Channel, which had closed some years earlier.Paramount Comedy 2
Paramount Comedy 2 is a television channel shown in the
UK andIreland . The channel was previously a so-called 'time-shuffle' service, offering programmes from Paramount Comedy at different times. It has since started broadcasting some different programming from Paramount, often British. It launched on1 September 2003 on Sky Digital, and followed soon after on22 September 2003 onTelewest and15 October 2003 onNTL (both NTL and Telewest are now known as Virgin Media). Unlike "Paramount Comedy 1", "Paramount Comedy 2" does not (yet) have a separate adstream for Ireland.Paramount Comedy (Spain)
Paramount Comedy is a channel available in
Spain through satellite platformDigital+ and cable services. It belongs to theViacom group.Paramount Comedy 1 (Ireland)
Paramount Comedy 1 is a channel available in
Ireland through satellite platformSky and cable servicesUPC Ireland , SCTV, Magnet Networks and others. It belongs to theViacom group. Launched in May, 2006, the channel is essentially the UK Paramount Comedy 1 channel with Irish advertisements replacing the default UK adverts. There are no differences in the programme schedule.
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