April 1978; 46 years ago (1978-04) 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, Inc. (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.
^ abCite error: The named reference Nadel was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Margulies, Lee (March 9, 1978). "'Fourth Network' Gains Momentum". Los Angeles Times. p. E22. 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.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
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