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On December 4, 2019, Viacom and CBS remerged into ViacomCBS. Logo (October 11-November 22, 2017) Visuals: Just the name "VIACOM" in the 2006 font appearing letter-by-letter as the letters rapidly change between various letters in a more normal-looking font.
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Viacom Enterprises (or simply "Viacom") was the television distribution division of the CBS Television Network formed in 1971 as the successor of CBS Films (not to be confused with the "current" CBS Films, the new film production/distribution company of CBS Corporation), later reincorporated as CBS Enterprises, Inc. (who would later reform in the 1990s) starting in 1968. In 1973, it was spun-off because it was against the FCC regulations for a television network to distribute its programs under its own name.
In 1974, Viacom formed Viacom Productions to produce first-run television series airing on the major television networks. The company was popular during the 1970s and 1980s, distributing CBS-produced shows such as I Love Lucy and The Andy Griffith Show In later years, they distributed shows from MTM, Tandem's All in the Family (only until 1991, when the rights went to Columbia Pictures Television Distribution, now Sony Pictures Television), Filmways, Carsey/Werner, Lorimar, Rankin-Bass, Hanna-Barbera (mostly internationally), and early Nelvana TV specials, among others, as well as most movie releases from Hallmark Hall of Fame, Tomorrow Entertainment, the Schick Sunn TV and movie library, several of the Charles Fries films, New World, Orion, Palomar Pictures, New Line, Trans-Lux, and the Terrytoons library, among others, until they formed their own syndication companies. In 1976, Viacom and its production division formed Viacom International, Inc. as their new parent company for distributing programs overseas.
In 1986, Viacom was bought by cinema company National Amusements, Inc., becoming part of the newly-reincorporated Viacom, Inc. On January 1, 1990, Viacom changed its logo for the first time in 14 years as part of a reorganization of the company and Viacom Pictures was also formed. On March 11, 1994, Viacom acquired Paramount Communications, Inc. and Viacom Enterprises was folded into Paramount Domestic Television (now CBS Media Ventures), by transferring the domestic rights of the Viacom library, and Viacom International was later reorganized as the parent company for the MTV Networks and the Showtime Networks (the latter now part of CBS Corporation), and transferring the international rights of the said library into Paramount International Television (now Paramount Global Distribution) as well, while Viacom Productions was reincorporated as a production sub-division of Paramount Television.
The Viacom Enterprises logo of the era was still used for Viacom Productions with an updated variant, and would remain until 1999, receiving another update to the logo to reflect the company's new status after merging with former parent company CBS. The 1999-2004 Viacom logo would be its last as the final two series to end under the Viacom Productions name would be Sabrina: The Teenage Witch and The Division. The new millennium brought serious financial troubles to the company, and as a result, the production unit was folded into Paramount Network Television (now CBS Studios) as well in 2004, and Paramount took control of the remaining Viacom-produced series in 2005.
Viacom's first broadcast station acquisition came in 1978 when the company purchased WHNB-TV in New Britain, Connecticut, changing its call letters to WVIT. [22]
On August 13, 2019, CBS and Viacom officially announced their merger; CBS would purchase Viacom and change its name to ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global). Bakish would become president and CEO of ViacomCBS with Ianniello serving as chairman and CEO of CBS, where he would oversee the CBS-branded assets.
On February 16, 2022, ViacomCBS was relaunched as Paramount, effectively retiring the Viacom name after over 50 years (excluding Viacom18, ViacomCBS EyeQ and ViacomCBS Digital Studios). As of 2022, the wordmark is still used by Viacom18.
The Viacom Enterprises logo of the era was still used for "Viacom Productions" with an updated variant, and would remain until 1999, receiving another update to the logo to reflect the company's new status after merging with former parent company CBS.
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2005-2019. On December 31, 2005, the first Viacom (1970-2006) split into two companies: the second Viacom and CBS Corporation. The split was conducted with the first Viacom spun off its cable networks and its film subsidiary Paramount Pictures to the other company and renaming itself as CBS Corporation. The second merger between Viacom and CBS ...
