uk & ireland 1 september 2003 netherlands 1 november 2011 adriatic region 1 august 2012 owned by uk & ireland paramount uk partnership paramount british pictures bskyb netherlands viacom international media networks northern europe picture format 576i 16 9 sdtv audience share uk 0.10 % 0.02 % 1 september 2015 2015 09 barb broadcast area adriatic region netherlands ireland united kingdom formerly called paramount comedy 2 2003 2009 sister channel s list mtv uk mtv nl mtv base mtv classic mtv dance mtv hits mtv live hd mtv music mtv music 24 mtv rocks mtv brand new vh1 vh1 europe vh1 classic europe viva bet comedy central uk comedy central nl comedy central family nickelodeon uk nickelodeon nl nick jr. uk nick jr. nl nick jr. 2 nicktoons uk nicktoons nl nick hits spike uk spike nl timeshift service comedy central extra 1 website comedycentral.co.uk comedycentral.ie comedycentral.nl extra availability satellite sky uk & ireland channel 128 channel 159 1 cable virgin media uk channel 182 virgin media ireland channel 134 ziggo netherlands channel 124 wightfibre uk channel 116 sbb serbia various iptv talktalk tv uk channel 308 bt uk channel 308 kpn netherlands channel 309 plusnet channel 308 streaming media horizon horizon.tv netherlands only comedy central extra is a sister comedy television channel to comedy central available in the adriatic region czech republic ireland moldova the netherlands romania 1 bulgaria slovakia and the united kingdom . contents 1 history 2 timeshift service 3 programming 4 see also 5 references 6 external links history edit the channel launched as paramount comedy 2 in the uk and ireland on 1 september 2003 on sky and followed soon after on 22 september 2003 on telewest and 15 october 2003 on ntl . the channel was originally a so called timeshift service offering programmes from paramount comedy at different times . it later started broadcasting some different programming from paramount often british . logo used in the uk and ireland until 31 july 2012 . on 17 february 2009 it was announced that both paramount comedy 1 and paramount comedy 2 would be re branded as comedy central and comedy central extra on 6 april 2009 at 9pm . 2 the name change coincided with the launch of a new programming line up which included new episodes of two and a half men the office and south park . on 1 november 2011 comedy central extra launched a localised version in the netherlands through cable operator ziggo . 3 followed by kpn on 15 january 2012 4 and upc netherlands on 1 april 2012 . 5 on 1 august 2012 the channel launched in the adriatic region bosnia and herzegovina croatia macedonia montenegro serbia and slovenia . 6 7 timeshift service edit within the uk and ireland a timeshift service called comedy central extra 1 formerly paramount comedy 2 1 from 2007 to 2009 was launched on sky on 5 november 2007 . the channel reduced its hours to 7pm 6am on 4 august 2008 as nicktoonsters launched on 18 august 2008 . on 2 october 2012 the channel began to run full time again following the closure of nicktoons replay . programming edit main article list of programmes broadcast by comedy central uk and ireland comedy central extra currently airs a variety of american comedy in the daytime including frasier and m a s h. after 10pm the shows are a mix of american and british comedy with shows including grumpy old men eurotrash and time gentlemen please . in january 2007 the channel switched from mainly american programmes to classic british programming with shows such as seinfeld cheers and roseanne being replaced by bless this house george & mildred and the upper hand . in february 2007 the channel had a british classics season with such hits as spitting image and monty python s flying circus . at weekends the channel used to screen classic british comedy such as the upper hand bless this house george and mildred brush strokes monty python s flying circus don t wait up and mr. bean . see also edit comedy central uk comedy central nl comedy central family list of programmes broadcast by comedy central uk and ireland references edit chris dziadul 27 march 2013 . viacom widens romanian reach . broadband tv news . neil wilkes 17 february 2009 . paramount comedy to become comedy central . digital spy . robert briel 24 october 2011 . comedy central extra debuts on ziggo . broadband tv news . jarco kriek 14 december 2011 . kpn interactieve tv breidt uit met comedy central bravanl en family7 . totaal tv . jarco kriek 15 february 2012 . zenderuitbreiding bij upc . totaal tv . jesse whittock 31 july 2012 . comedy central gives balkans extra . c21media . georg szalai 31 july 2012 . viacom to launch comedy central extra in adriatic region . the hollywood reporter . external links edit official website uk official website ireland official website netherlands v t e viacom media networks parent viacom bet networks bet bet gospel bet hip hop bet jams bet soul centric music and entertainment group comedy central mtv 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