For the previous company known as Viacom, please see Viacom (1971-2005).

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Viacom is a major media conglomerate that currently owns Paramount Pictures and, as such, owns the rights to the Star Trek film franchise. They also have ownership to Paramount Pictures' home entertainment operations.

Viacom was founded in 2006 following a split between CBS and the former Viacom the previous year. The former Viacom, which previously owned all rights to the Star Trek franchise, was re-established as CBS Corporation. Viacom's television division (Paramount Television), which includes the Star Trek television franchise, fell under the ownership of CBS and was renamed CBS Paramount Television, now known as CBS Television Studios. The new Viacom also retains ownership of Spike, MTV, and Nickelodeon. (Blockbuster Video, owned by the former Viacom, spun off as its separate company in 2004.)

Viacom, in partnership with Lionsgate and MGM, launched Epix, a new pay movie channel, in fall 2009. Star Trek will be run on that channel, as the ten-year exclusive deal between Paramount Pictures and CBS' Showtime expired at the end of 2007. [1]

The current Viacom and CBS Corporation are both still controlled by National Amusements.

See alsoEdit

• Star Trek corporate history

External linksEdit

• Viacom - official website
• Viacom at Wikipedia
• 2010 Viacom holdings
• Viacom stock quote at Yahoo!
• Viacom at the Internet Movie Database - distributor
• Viacom at the Internet Movie Database - production company