{"id":4027,"date":"2012-06-06T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/06\/06\/paramount-comedy-grows-russian-footprint-picks-up-warner-bros-package\/"},"modified":"2012-06-06T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-06-06T00:00:00","slug":"paramount-comedy-grows-russian-footprint-picks-up-warner-bros-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tveurope\/2012\/06\/06\/paramount-comedy-grows-russian-footprint-picks-up-warner-bros-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Paramount Comedy Grows Russian Footprint, Picks Up Warner Bros. Package"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">LONDON\/MOSCOW: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Russia&#8217;s National Cable Networks (NCN) are extending the distribution of the Russian-language Paramount Comedy channel to 4 million households across the country. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Paramount Comedy, an extension of the Comedy Central brand, is a 24-hour  fully localized and ad-supported premium channel. It broadcasts daily  from its local hub in Moscow.                   <span lang=\"EN-GB\">The agreement will also see NCN&rsquo;s ad sales division, National Media Advertising, represent Paramount Comedy channel spot sales<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">.&nbsp; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"> <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">The channel will feature a range of new and exclusive programming through a new deal with Warner Bros. International Television Distribution. The agreement brings to the country the third season of <em>The Big Bang Theory<\/em> and the Ashton Kutcher-led <em>Two and a Half Men<\/em>. A package of more than 300 hours of comedy programming is headed to the channel from Warner Bros. Shows such as <em>2 Broke Girls <\/em>and the first six seasons of <em>Friends<\/em> are also coming to the network. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&ldquo;It&rsquo;s testament to the power of comedy and our channel&rsquo;s successful launch that we&rsquo;ve been able to secure carriage for Paramount Comedy with Russia&rsquo;s leading cable operator,&rdquo; commented<\/span>            <\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">David Lynn, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">the executive VP and managing director at VIMN for the U.K., Australia &amp; Eastern Europe.<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> <\/span><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">&ldquo;NCN&rsquo;s expertise and deep infrastructure along with our newly enhanced slate of content is a winning combination and I&rsquo;m really looking forward to extending the fun and the laughter to even more Russian fans.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\" class=\"MsoPlainText\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\"><span style=\"color: black\">Dmitrey Bragin, the general director<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\" style=\"color: black\"> of <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">NCN, added: &ldquo;We&rsquo;re very excited to be partnering with a globally recognized brand with top rated channels around the world. We&rsquo;re looking forward to replicating this success in Russia with Paramount Comedy.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LONDON\/MOSCOW: Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) and Russia&#8217;s National Cable Networks (NCN) are extending the distribution of the Russian-language Paramount Comedy channel to 4 million households across the country. Paramount Comedy, an extension of the Comedy Central brand, is a 24-hour fully localized and ad-supported premium channel. 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