COLOGNE, Germany -- MTV-controlled music video channel Viva Plus will be transformed into a new all-comedy network by the end of the year, the company said Friday. Like it's British counterpart, the new channel will be branded Paramount Comedy after Viacom sister company Paramount Pictures. It will air licensed U.S. and U.K. comedy shows as well as in-house German-language productions. MTV already has an impressive library of German-language comedy through its Cologne-based production subsidiary Brainpool, Germany's top producer of TV comedy with such hits as news spoof Die Wochenshow and the late-night Stefan Raab.
- 2/24/2006
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
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