Viacom
E275686
Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
All labels observed (11)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Viacom canonical | 26 |
| Viacom Inc. | 4 |
| Viacom Media Networks | 4 |
| ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks | 4 |
| Viacom (historical) | 2 |
| Viacom (former) | 1 |
| Viacom Inc. (2005–2019) in 2019 | 1 |
| Viacom Inc. (original) | 1 |
| Viacom Inc. (original, pre-2006) | 1 |
| Viacom International Inc. | 1 |
| Viacom media operations | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2521602 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Context triple: [MTV2, parentOrganization, Viacom]
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A.
Viacom Productions
Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
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B.
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
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C.
Paramount Media Networks
Paramount Media Networks is a major American television and streaming media division that operates a portfolio of popular cable channels and digital brands under Paramount Global.
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D.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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E.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Viacom Target entity description: Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
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A.
Viacom Productions
Viacom Productions was a major American television production company known for creating and distributing a wide range of popular TV series before being succeeded by CBS Studios.
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B.
CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation was a major American mass media conglomerate best known for owning the CBS television network and various broadcasting and entertainment assets.
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C.
Paramount Media Networks
Paramount Media Networks is a major American television and streaming media division that operates a portfolio of popular cable channels and digital brands under Paramount Global.
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D.
Time Warner
Time Warner was a major American media and entertainment conglomerate known for owning prominent film, television, and publishing assets such as Warner Bros., HBO, and CNN.
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E.
Turner Broadcasting System
Turner Broadcasting System is a major American media company best known for operating cable television networks such as CNN, TBS, and TNT.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (54)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
entertainment company
ⓘ
film production company ⓘ mass media company ⓘ television broadcasting company ⓘ |
| areaServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| foundedBy |
National Amusements, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
National Amusements
Sumner Redstone ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation |
New York
ⓘ
New York City ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| industry |
entertainment
ⓘ
film ⓘ mass media ⓘ television ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Mission: Impossible
ⓘ
surface form:
Mission: Impossible film series (via Paramount Pictures)
South Park ⓘ
surface form:
South Park (via Comedy Central)
SpongeBob SquarePants ⓘ
surface form:
SpongeBob SquarePants (via Nickelodeon)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012 TV series) ⓘ
surface form:
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (via Nickelodeon)
Transformers ⓘ
surface form:
Transformers film series (via Paramount Pictures)
|
| operatedChannel |
BET
ⓘ
CMT ⓘ Comedy Central ⓘ MTV ⓘ Nick at Nite ⓘ Nickelodeon ⓘ Paramount Network ⓘ TV Land ⓘ VH1 ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
National Amusements, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
National Amusements
Redstone family ⓘ |
| owns |
AwesomenessTV
ⓘ
BET Networks ⓘ MTV Networks ⓘ Nickelodeon ⓘ
surface form:
Nickelodeon Group
Paramount Pictures ⓘ Paramount Television Studios ⓘ Pluto TV ⓘ |
| parentOrganization |
National Amusements, Inc.
ⓘ
surface form:
National Amusements
|
| predecessor |
CBS Corporation
ⓘ
Viacom self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
Viacom Inc. (original)
|
| product |
digital media content
ⓘ
films ⓘ television programs ⓘ |
| stockExchange | NASDAQ ⓘ |
| subsidiary |
BET Networks
ⓘ
MTV Networks ⓘ Nickelodeon ⓘ
surface form:
Nickelodeon Group
Paramount Pictures ⓘ Paramount Media Networks ⓘ
surface form:
Viacom Media Networks
|
| successor |
Paramount Global
ⓘ
Paramount Global ⓘ
surface form:
ViacomCBS
|
| tickerSymbol | VIAB ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Viacom Description of subject: Viacom is a major American media conglomerate known for its extensive portfolio of television networks, film production, and entertainment brands.
Referenced by (46)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc. (original, pre-2006)
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc. (2005–2019) in 2019
subject surface form:
Paramount Global
subject surface form:
Paramount Global
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc.
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc.
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc.
this entity surface form:
Viacom Media Networks
this entity surface form:
Viacom Media Networks
subject surface form:
Victorious
this entity surface form:
ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
this entity surface form:
ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
this entity surface form:
ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc. (original)
this entity surface form:
Viacom (historical)
this entity surface form:
Viacom Media Networks
this entity surface form:
Viacom Media Networks
this entity surface form:
Viacom International Inc.
this entity surface form:
Viacom media operations
this entity surface form:
Viacom (former)
this entity surface form:
ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks
this entity surface form:
Viacom (historical)
this entity surface form:
Viacom Inc.