Paramount Network (UK)

Paramount Network is a British free-to-air television channel operated by Channel 5 Broadcasting.[1] It features a range of programming from the Channel 5 stable as well as other content from the UK and US.[2][3][4]

This article is about the current Paramount Network channel. For the channel formerly known as The Paramount Channel, later Paramount Comedy, see Comedy Central (UK and Ireland)

The channel was launched on 4 July 2018[5], but ceased to be available via satellite in Ireland on 13 July 2018 having supposedly been made available only by mistake[6], even though the channel had been promoted to Irish viewers before launch.[7] The channel can still be accessed on Sky Ireland by adding it via the extra channel.

The channel launched a high-definition feed exclusively on Virgin Media on 21 July 2018.[8][9]

On 7 January 2020, Paramount Network will merge with 5Spike mirroring the US channel’s change in 2018, will move to 5Spike’s former slots on Freeview, Sky and Virgin Media, and launch a one-hour timeshift channel on Sky.[10]