Who owns MTV?
MTV is owned by Paramount Skydance (the United States, NASDAQ: PSKY).[1]
Evidence: Paramount Skydance Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25, SEC EDGAR, 25 February 2026. Verified from filings; last checked .
Key facts
- Current owner
- Paramount Skydance Corporation verified
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1981
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: PSKY
- Last verified
- · 1 sources
About MTV
MTV launched in 1981 with a video captioned Video Killed the Radio Star and reshaped the music industry by making a promotional film essential to selling a record. It has broadcast very little music programming for the past two decades.
How often Paramount Skydance names MTV in its annual report
A plain count of the times the name appears in the text of each annual report, not counting the start of a sentence. A brand that an owner writes about more is usually one it treats as central.
| Annual report filed | Times MTV is named |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 7 |
Ownership timeline of MTV
- Current owner Paramount Skydance [1] verified
Where MTV sits in Paramount Skydance
Controlling ownership as of . Brands grouped under the entity that owns them; large groups are collapsed.
Open the full Paramount Skydance ownership tree →
See the full Paramount Skydance brand portfolio (8) →
Other brands owned by Paramount Skydance
Paramount Skydance controls 8 brands on Brandtree, 7 of them in media & entertainment.
Also in media & entertainment
- BET (1980)
- CBS (1927)
- Comedy Central (1991)
- Nickelodeon (1977)
- Paramount Pictures (1912)
- Showtime (1976)
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 87 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 28 owners. The largest is Sun TV Network, with 7; Paramount Skydance has 6.
| Brand | Owner | Owner based in |
|---|---|---|
| Gemini TV | Sun TV Network | 🇮🇳 India |
| Global Television | Corus | 🇨🇦 Canada |
| Bounce (Scripps network) | Scripps | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Cartoon Network | Warner Bros. Discovery | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Canal+ | Canal+ | 🇫🇷 France |
| AMC | AMC Networks | 🇺🇸 United States |
| Astro | Astro | 🇲🇾 Malaysia |
| Mnet | CJ ENM | 🇰🇷 South Korea |
About the owner: Paramount Skydance
Paramount Skydance is a publicly listed company headquartered in Los Angeles, California, United States, founded in 1912. Brandtree records 8 brands under its control, and it is listed as NASDAQ: PSKY.
Paramount Skydance was formed in 2025 when David Ellison's Skydance Media merged with Paramount Global, ending the Redstone family's control of CBS and Paramount. The company holds one of the oldest studios in Hollywood alongside a large cable network portfolio in long-term decline.
Paramount Skydance: full profile, brands and acquisition history →
🇺🇸 MTV and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,549 brands that began in the United States. 478 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; MTV is not one of them.
- 20th Century Studios — Disney 🇺🇸
- AMC — AMC Networks 🇺🇸
- AMC Theatres — AMC Theatres 🇺🇸
- AMF — Lucky Strike Entertainment 🇺🇸
- Adventure Island — United Parks 🇺🇸
- Antenna TV — Nexstar 🇺🇸
Frequently asked questions
Who is the parent company of MTV?
The parent company of MTV is Paramount Skydance, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is MTV American?
Yes. MTV originated in the United States in 1981 and its owner, Paramount Skydance, is also headquartered in the United States.
Is MTV still owned by Paramount Skydance?
Yes. As of 16 September 2026, MTV is still owned by Paramount Skydance. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (1) & corrections
Last verified . Every ownership fact above is backed by one of these primary documents. Numbers in brackets in the text refer to this list.
- [1] Paramount Skydance Corporation Annual Report on Form 10-K filed 2026-02-25 — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 10-K, published 25 February 2026; retrieved 16 September 2026.
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