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Comedy Central
American cable and satellite television channel / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Comedy Central is an American adult-oriented basic cable channel owned by Paramount Global through its network division's MTV Entertainment Group unit, based in Manhattan. The channel carries comedy programming in the form of both original, licensed, and syndicated series, stand-up comedy specials, and feature films.
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Country | United States |
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Broadcast area | Nationwide |
Headquarters | 345 Hudson Street New York, New York, U.S. 10014 |
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Language(s) | English |
Picture format | 1080p HDTV (downscaled to letterboxed 480i for the SDTV feed) |
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Owner |
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Parent | MTV Entertainment Group |
Key people | Chris McCarthy (President/CEO, MTV Entertainment Group) |
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History | |
Launched | April 1, 1991; 33 years ago (1991-04-01) |
Replaced | The Comedy Channel Ha! (Comedy Central is a merger of the two formerly separate channels) |
Former names | CTV: The Comedy Network (April 1–June 1, 1991) |
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Webcast | cc |
Website | cc |
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Affiliated Streaming Service | Paramount+ |
Internet Protocol television | FuboTV, Philo, Sling TV, DirecTV Stream, Hulu with Live TV, YouTube TV, Vidgo TV |
As of November 2023[update], Comedy Central is available to approximately 68,000,000 pay television households in the United States-down from its 2011 peak of 99,000,000 households.[1]
Since the early 2000s, Comedy Central has expanded globally with localized channels in Europe (including the United Kingdom), India, Southeast Asia, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand,[2][3] Middle East, Africa[4] and in the Commonwealth of Independent States. The international channels are operated by Paramount International Networks.