American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres

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defunct company media conglomerate theater chain operator

American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres was a major mid-20th-century U.S. media conglomerate that combined broadcasting operations with a chain of movie theaters, forming the corporate predecessor to the modern American Broadcasting Company (ABC).

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Label Occurrences
American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres canonical 2

Statements (40)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
media conglomerate ⓘ
theater chain operator ⓘ
alsoKnownAs American Broadcasting-Paramount Theaters NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paramount Pictures NERFINISHED ⓘ
basedIn New York City ⓘ
businessArea cinema exhibition ⓘ
network radio ⓘ
network television ⓘ
businessModel combination of broadcasting and theater operations ⓘ
component American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paramount Theatres NERFINISHED ⓘ
corporateForm public company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
formedBy merger of American Broadcasting Company and United Paramount Theatres ⓘ
industry broadcasting ⓘ
film exhibition ⓘ
mass media ⓘ
locationCountry United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
mediaType radio ⓘ
television ⓘ
theatrical exhibition ⓘ
notableFor being a corporate predecessor of ABC ⓘ
integrating broadcast networks with a theater chain ⓘ
operated movie theaters ⓘ
radio networks ⓘ
television networks ⓘ
parentCompanyOf American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paramount Theatres NERFINISHED ⓘ
predecessorOf American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
regionServed United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
regulatoryContext formed in the context of U.S. antitrust actions against film studios ⓘ
roleInHistory helped shape the structure of U.S. commercial television ⓘ
shortName AB-PT NERFINISHED ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
successorOf American Broadcasting Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
United Paramount Theatres NERFINISHED ⓘ
timePeriod mid-20th century ⓘ

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ABC-Paramount → parentCompany → American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres ⓘ
ABC-Paramount → foundedBy → American Broadcasting-Paramount Theatres ⓘ