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 and UPC Ireland). As the name suggests, it is owned by Paramount Pictures (itself owned by Viacom) and concentrates on comedy. 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 and Ireland. 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 on 1 September 2003 on Sky Digital, and followed soon after on 22 September 2003 on Telewest and 15 October 2003 on NTL (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 platform Digital+ and cable services. It belongs to the Viacom group.

Paramount Comedy 1 (Ireland)

Paramount Comedy 1 is a channel available in Ireland through satellite platform Sky and cable services UPC Ireland, SCTV, Magnet Networks and others. It belongs to the Viacom 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.