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LARulz
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Hi all,
So what channels do these guys own/have a part in here? Obviously Universal and CNBC but what else?
So what channels do these guys own/have a part in here? Obviously Universal and CNBC but what else?
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SyFy
E!
Movies 24
Thanks. They obviously have a lot of programs on different channels, are they not allowed it to show them on their channels too? For example I'm thinking Friends (they have some rights for I assume), why didn't they just keep it for their channels and boost figures?
Cause it obviously works out cheaper to sell the rights, and also a lot of content like Friend, Parks and Rec etc wouldn't fit onto any of their existing channels.
Universal - Drama, Crime, Police Drama
SyFy - Science Fiction
E! - Celebrity
Movies 24 - Movies
CNBC - Business News (and for some reason The Tonight Show)
OK. I can imagine them still being able to sell Friends for example for a fortune. But some shows that didn't get a chance here before could have been shown. Parks and Rec as you say before it got put on BBC4.
I guess if you break it down like that they are place it on their current channels unless they make Universal a bit more dynamic with its content.
I may have more questions but I can't think of them now
CNBC shows the Tonight Show because NBC Superchannel in the 90s used to show Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien and when Superchannel closed down CNBC took those shows. I guess they are out of place on a business channel, but the time of night they are shown is a quiet time for business. The US markets are closed and the Asian ones are not yet open.
Friends was made by Warner Bros and picked up by NBC.
The problem with these channels is that the same programming gets passed to one channel from another. Plus, SyFy is showing a lot of non-science fiction programming like Rambo, which other than Stallone could possibly pass as an alien, is confusing why they would show a film like this.
NBC Universal need to give their channels a re-think and broaden their playlists.
ABC1 was a Disney owned channel.
CBS I think was part of the Chello group. Not sure who runs it now.
Chellozone was sold to AMC, not sure where that leaves CBS Studios International, who is part of the venture for the UK & Europe channels.
NBCUniversal also used to own a The Style Network but that closed in the UK at the end of last 2013.
Good call, and we'd get it in HD too that way, instead of stretchy-vision!
No.
Nickelodeon is owned by Viacom and BSkyB.
Comedy Central is owned by Paramount and BSkyB.
MTV is owned by Viacom.
I believe those all come under the Viacom umbrella.
Viacom own MTV, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central (plus BET and Asian channels Colors and Rishtey)
As per my post above, not Comedy Central, that's owned by Paramount and BSkyB.
This is the reason they re-branded from Sci-fi to Syfy so they could show other genres, not sure if it still does but I know the US Syfy has shown Wrestling.
Technically true, but Paramount is part of Viacom and has the majority share in the channel (75%). It's also based at the MTV building in Camden.
No more stretchy vision, CNBC went widescreen this morning!
Took them long enough!!
They should have done that a few years ago! When I first got a flat screen TV I had to change the settings on the telly just to see the ticker
Does that mean no more feeling like we're watching the Tonight Show on a ViewMaster?
Woo Hoo!
Not sure if it was all of the CNBC programs but The Tonight Show and Nightly News were widescreen on Friday.
To make it a little more understandable, Liberty Globals ChelloZone which holds a 70% stake in the channels was sold to AMC. 30% of the channels are still CBS.
You wrote it as if 70% of ChelloZone was sold to AMC.