Private company

MTV Entertainment Studios

Logo: Showtime / MTV Entertainment Studios, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

American film and television production company

Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios (also known as MTV Entertainment Studios and formerly MTV Production Development from 2003 until 2018 and MTV Studios from 2018 until 2021) was an American film and television production and distribution company and was the film and television production arm of the MTV Entertainment Group, itself a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance.2 It ceased to exist in 2025.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

1991Founded1
  • Industryfilm, television production1
  • HeadquartersHollywood1

Showtime/MTV Entertainment Studios (also known as MTV Entertainment Studios and formerly MTV Production Development from 2003 until 2018 and MTV Studios from 2018 until 2021) was an American film and television production and distribution company and was the film and television production arm of the MTV Entertainment Group, itself a subsidiary of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Skydance. It primarily produces content aimed at adolescent and adult audiences, including original productions for the namesake cable channel and its siblings, or theatrical films released through Pa2

Corporate structure

MTV Entertainment Studios is part of a group headed by Paramount Global. 1,151 entities, 20 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries listed in Exhibit 21 of annual reports filed with the SEC; subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0). Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

Parent company

Owners

Divisions

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Acquisitions

  1. Succeeded by Paramount Television Studios1

Timeline

  1. Aug 7, 2025Dissolved Dissolved1
  2. 1991Founded Founded1

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