Final logo, used 2022–2025
Paramount Global, also referred to as simply Paramount, was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate controlled by National Amusements. It was formed as ViacomCBS on 4 December 2019 through the remerging of Viacom and the CBS Corporation, they themselves having resulted from the 2005 split of the original Viacom. [1] [2]
Unlike its two immediate predecessors, but like their predecessor, Paramount Global held the rights to both the television and film Star Trek franchises.
Late 2019–early 2022 logo
While the remerger had all the hallmarks of the resurrection of the original Viacom, there was one major difference; Viacom subsidiary Paramount Pictures did not get back the television division it had lost in the 2005 split as CBS Studios became part of a separate CBS Entertainment Group unit, but the conglomerate had apparently foreseen that by creating the position of Vice President of Star Trek Brand Development at CBS Studios Global Franchise Management in 2018, [3] made formal in May 2019, prior to the remerger. [4]
The company was officially rebranded to Paramount Global on 16 February 2022. [5]
In 2024, Paramount Global agreed to a merger deal with Skydance Media. The merger was completed on 7 August 2025, giving rise to the new company Paramount Skydance Corporation. [6]