sources . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2014 learn how and when to remove this template message viacom international inc. type subsidiary founded january 1 2006 headquarters new york city new york united states owner viacom parent national amusements divisions viacom media networks website www.viacom.com viacom international inc. is a current subsidiary of viacom as was the case with viacom s predecessor ; that former viacom international is now known as cbs operations inc. . it is the holding company for copyrights and trademarks associated with viacom s corporate websites and its cable networks specifically viacom media networks and is the division which licenses the product rights for their various properties . before the merger with cbs corporation in 1999 it also acted as the licensee company for viacom s owned television stations ; for instance new britain connecticut station wvit currently an nbc owned and operated station for the hartford market owned by viacom from 1978 until 1997 took their call letters from viacom international . viacom international also continues to focus on its own in house productions made for its various networks such as mtv vh1 and nickelodeon . viacom international is a partner in comedy partners the viacom subsidiary which owns comedy central . the other partner is the parent company itself as former owner of the ha network ; the comedy partners name dates to when viacom and time warner co owned comedy central until 2003 as a merger of ha and time warner s comedy channel . external links edit official website v t e viacom corporate directors philippe dauman ceo thomas e. dooley ellen v. futter alan c. greenberg charles phillips sumner redstone chairman shari redstone william schwartz viacom media networks bet networks bet bet gospel bet hip hop bet jams bet soul centric music and entertainment group comedy central logo tv mtv mtv2 mtvu ratemyprofessors.com mtv classic mtv live mtv tres spike vh1 kids and family group cmt cmt music nickelodeon nick at nite nick jr. nickmusic nicktoons teennick tv land paramount motion pictures group paramount pictures corporation paramount pictures paramount vantage paramount animation paramount television insurge pictures republic pictures united international pictures 50 % ownership mtv branded labels comedy central films mtv films nickelodeon movies other units epix 50 % ownership television stations kvmm cd part of tres music comedy central records nick records miscellaneous assets viacom international viacom 18 india viacom entertainment store bellator mma movietickets.com nickelodeon kids & family virtual worlds group nickelodeon on sunset nickelodeon animation studio see also cbs corporation gulf and western industries national amusements viacom original viacom criticisms and controversies this united states media company article is a stub . you can help wikipedia by expanding it . v t e retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title viacom international & oldid 727952886 categories viacom subsidiariesviacomunited states media company stubshidden categories articles lacking sources from august 2014all articles lacking sourcesall stub articles navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages sloven ina edit links this page was last modified on 2 july 2016 at 05 30 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view