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| Type | Unrealized broadcast television network |
|---|---|
| Country | |
| Availability | Unlaunched |
| Founded | April 1978 by Barry Diller |
| Owner | Gulf+Western |
| Parent | Paramount Pictures |
Key people | Charles Bluhdorn Barry Diller Martin Davis Richard Frank[1] Michael Eisner Jeffrey Katzenberg[2] Mel Harris |
Former names | Paramount Programming Service[3] |
| Callsigns | PTVS |
The Paramount Television Service (or PTVS for short and also known as Paramount Programming Service[3]) was the name of a proposed but ultimately unrealized "fourth television network"[4] from the U.S. film studio Paramount Pictures (then a unit of Gulf+Western, now owned by Paramount Global). It was a forerunner of the later UPN[5] (the United Paramount Network), which launched 17 years later.
- ^ Executive Richard H Frank on heading up the new Paramount Television Service on YouTube
- ^ "Two Appointed". Gadsden Times. AP. October 7, 1977. Retrieved October 24, 2012.
- ^ a b LLC, New York Media (May 30, 1977). New York Magazine. New York Media, LLC.
- ^ Margulies, Lee (March 9, 1978). "'Fourth Network' Gains Momentum". Los Angeles Times. p. E22. Archived from the original on April 15, 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2012.
Appearing at the same session with Masini and Cox Rich Frank president of Paramount Television Distribution said the studio has not given up on ... of Star Trek original TV movies and occasional specials The service will be offered if sufficient advertiser interest can be lined up he said.
- ^ Pearson, Messenger Davies, Roberta, Máire (April 18, 2014). Star Trek and American Television. Univ of California Press. p. 51. ISBN 9780520276222.
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