Comedy Central (Russian TV channel)

Comedy Central is a 24-hour Russian cable television and satellite television comedy channel available in Russia (until April 2022) and CIS countries, launched in 2012. It is owned by Paramount Networks EMEAA and Paramount Global.

Comedy Central
CountryRussia
Broadcast areaMoldova
Georgia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Kazakhstan
Uzbekistan
Kyrgyzstan
Tajikistan
Programming
Picture format1080i HDTV
(downscaled to 16:9 576i for the SDTV feed)
Ownership
OwnerParamount Networks EMEAA
History
Launched1 April 2012 (2012-04-01) (Russia)
Closed28 April 2022 (2022-04-28) (Russia)
14 December 2022 (2022-12-14) (Belarus)
Former namesParamount Comedy (2012-2023)
Links
Websiteparamountcomedy.ru

History

Comedy Central was launched in Russia in 2012, originally under the name Paramount Comedy. This was the name initially used for international versions of Comedy Central during the late 1990s and early 2000s, although it begun to get retired during the late 2000s and early 2010s. Since 2014, the channel was one of the last to retain the Paramount Comedy branding, with all of the previous Paramount Comedy channels having already been rebranded as Comedy Central by this point, the only exception being Ukraine (Paramount Comedy launched there in 2017, in collaboration with 1+1 Media Group).[1]

In mid-March 2022, due to the invasion of Ukraine, Paramount, which owns the MTV brand, decided to suspend its activities in Russia. Initially, the Paramount Comedy channel (along with all other TV channels of this company) planned to stop broadcasting in Russia on April 20, but eventually broadcasting was discontinued on April 28. In the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), as well as Georgia, the broadcasting of Russian-language version of this and other Paramount channels is continuing.[2][3][4][5]

On 14 December 2022, Paramount Comedy ceased broadcasting in Belarus.[6]

On 1 March 2023, both the Russian-language and Ukrainian-language versions of Paramount Comedy were renamed to Comedy Central.[7][8][9]

References
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  2. Компания Paramount приостанавливает свою деятельность в России
  3. DTF (2022-04-18). "Paramount прекратит вещание своих телеканалов в России 20 апреля — включая Nickelodeon и MTV — Медиа на vc.ru". vc.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-04-18. Retrieved 2022-04-18.
  4. "Телеканалы Paramount-Viacom приостановят вещание в РФ, но позже". Телеспутник. Archived from the original on 2022-04-29. Retrieved 2022-04-20.
  5. "Изменения в вещании каналов - НТВ-ПЛЮС Запад". ntvplus.ru. Archived from the original on 2022-04-26. Retrieved 2022-04-27.
  6. "Телеканалы MTV, Nickelodeon и Paramount прекращают вещание в Беларуси". Tvnews.by | Новости Тв, It И Коммуникаций. 4 December 2022. Archived from the original on 3 December 2022. Retrieved 1 March 2023.
  7. "Paramount Comedy переименовался в Comedy Central... | Animation News | VK".
  8. "Переход Paramount Comedy на Comedy Central (01.03.2023)". YouTube.
  9. "Фрагмент эфира Comedy Central (01.03.2023)". YouTube.
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