Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American film and television production and distribution company and the namesake division of Paramount Global (formerly ViacomCBS).

First, Paramount's iconic logo was created. This was based on Paramount's founder, W.W. Hodkinson's childhood in Utah. The mountain on the logo resembles a mountain peak he saw as a child. Second, in 1926, Paramount constructed a new Hollywood studio.

Paramount Pictures' library consists of more than 1,000 films, including such classics as the “Star Trek,” “Godfather,” and “Indiana Jones” franchises, Academy Award-winners “Braveheart,” “Forrest Gump,” and “Titanic,” and current favorites such as the “Mission: Impossible” and “Transformers” franchises.

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• Paramount Pictures. Paramount Animation. Paramount Players.
• Nickelodeon Movies.
• Viacom18 Studios.
• Miramax (49%)
• BET Films.
• United International Pictures (partial ownership, shared with Universal Pictures)
• CBS Films - active for releases on CBS All Access.

Paramount has an overall rating of 3.9 out of 5, based on over 3,597 reviews left anonymously by employees. 74% of employees would recommend working at Paramount to a friend and 54% have a positive outlook for the business. This rating has improved by 1% over the last 12 months. Does Paramount pay their employees well?

William Wadsworth Hodkinson, co-founder of Paramount Pictures, decided on the name Paramount in 1927 after seeing it on the side of an apartment building, says Andrea Kalas, SVP of archives for Paramount Pictures.

It's generally agreed that the mountain is a rendering of Ben Lomond, a snowy peak near Ogden, Utah, where Hodkinson operated his first theaters. Even so, some maintain the summit is Mount Artesonraju in the Blanca range of the Peruvian Andes or the Italian side of Monte Viso in the Alps.

He said he had two sources of inspiration. The name Paramount was the name of an apartment building he walked past daily on his way to the studio. The mountain peak was based on his memories of the mountains he had seen as a child in Utah. The 1914 corporate logo depicted a mountain peak holding up a circle of stars.

The company's brands include CBS, BET, Comedy Central, Paramount+, Pluto TV, MTV, Paramount Pictures, Showtime Netwo, Smithsonian Channel, and Nickelodeon. Paramount operates as a subsidiary of National Amusements Inc.

Yes, there are gems in there, enough to keep you entertained for a couple of months, perhaps. But for the most part, Paramount Plus falls into the category of 'sign up when there's something specific you want to watch' streaming service (like Britbox, or Shudder), rather than a staple like Netflix.

Paramount GlobalViacom Paramount Pictures/Parent organizations Paramount Global, commonly called Paramount, formerly ViacomCBS, American company that is one the largest and foremost media and entertainment conglomerates in the United States. It was formed in 2019 through the merger of Viacom and CBS and is a subsidiary of National Amusements, Inc.

On February 15, 2022, during a presentation to investors, ViacomCBS announced that it would change its name to Paramount Global beginning the following day; in a memo to staff announcing the change, it was stated that the rebranding was intended to leverage the "iconic global name", and would "reflect who we are, what ...