Who owns Showtime?
Showtime is owned by Paramount Skydance (the United States, NASDAQ: PSKY), which has owned the brand since 7 August 2025.[1][2]
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
- Owned since
- Owner HQ
- 🇺🇸 United States, Los Angeles, California
- Origin
- 🇺🇸 United States
- Founded
- 1976
- Category
- Media & entertainment › Film & television › Television networks
- Parent ticker
- NASDAQ: PSKY
- Last verified
- · 2 sources
About Showtime
Showtime is a premium American cable channel and HBO's longest-standing competitor, known for Dexter, Homeland and Billions. It was folded into the Paramount+ subscription in 2023 rather than continuing as a separate service. It aired the first Ali fight on pay television and later built a drama slate that competed directly with HBO, before its parent folded it into a single streaming subscription.
How often Paramount Skydance names Showtime 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 Showtime is named |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 4 |
Ownership timeline of Showtime
- 2025 – present Paramount Skydance [1][2] verified
Where Showtime 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)
- MTV (1981)
- Nickelodeon (1977)
- Paramount Pictures (1912)
Other brands in television networks, and who owns them
The 92 brands in television networks on Brandtree belong to 31 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 →
🇺🇸 Showtime and other American brands
Brandtree records a controlling owner for 2,570 brands that began in the United States. 492 of them (19%) are now controlled by a company headquartered in another country; Showtime 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 Showtime?
The parent company of Showtime is Paramount Skydance, a publicly listed company headquartered in the United States.
Is Showtime American?
Yes. Showtime originated in the United States in 1976 and its owner, Paramount Skydance, is also headquartered in the United States.
Since when has Paramount Skydance owned Showtime?
Paramount Skydance has owned Showtime since 7 August 2025.
Is Showtime still owned by Paramount Skydance?
Yes. As of 29 October 2026, Showtime is still owned by Paramount Skydance. The ownership record was last checked against primary sources on that date.
Sources (2) & 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.
- [2] Paramount Skydance Corporation Form 8-K12B Exhibit 99.1 - Skydance Media and Paramount Global complete merger — SEC EDGAR, SEC Form 8-K, published 7 August 2025; retrieved 28 October 2026.
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