Paramount Comedy

Background
Paramount Comedy was launched in Russia in 2012 and television brand in the United Kingdom (not in 2009) but the Comedy Central Extra one on November 1, 1995, in Spain in March 1999, in Ireland on May 9, 2004, in Italy on December 1, 2004, and in Russia on April 1, 2012. Paramount Comedy also launched in the Middle East and North Africa in 1996, but it went defunct in 2000. In both the United Kingdom and Spain the channel originally shared the broadcast channel with corporate sibling Nickelodeon, but later the two separated. In Arabia, the channel time-shared with TV Land but the two networks disappeared in 2000.

On 12 February 2009, Paramount Comedy UK&I announced that it was to re-brand as Viacom's international comedy brand Comedy Central on 6 April 2009. Later, most of the rest of international versions of Paramount Comedy completed the re-brand to Comedy Central: Paramount Comedy Italy on May 1, 2007, and Paramount Comedy Spain on May 14, 2014.

By 2017, the channel is one of the last to retain the Paramount Comedy branding. Most have become Comedy Central and the only other holdout is Ukraine (Paramount Comedy launched there in 2017).

1st (and only Logo) (2012-2018)
Logo: Depends on the variant.
 * We see a shot of Moscow, Russia, which includes the Kremlin walls and a road right next to a river. We next see another shot of Moscow, Russia, this time including the Saint Basil's Cathedral. We then see the 1st shot of Moscow, Russia, this time, the camera moving towards the river. The Paramount Comedy Channel logo tends to rise on the river, and as it begins to rise, the camera zooms into the Paramount Comedy Channel logo (the Comedy Central logo with the text replaced with "Paramount COMEDY"). Once it's done, the Paramount Comedy Channel logo floats on the river, while the camera gets back to its position.
 * A train with a Paramount Comedy logo topped at its roof arrives at a metro station. Then, we see an interior shot of the train as we overlook the Ostankino Tower in a window, with Russian text plastered in it. We then see the train with a bridge to find out that the Paramount Comedy logo is its chimney, with another full shot of the tower. We then see the same train in a bridge atop the Moskva River, revealing the logo in its full form.
 * At nighttime, we see a city skyline (which is actually the Moscow International Business Center) with a shadow of the Paramount Comedy logo. The lights go out as the logo lights up letter-by-letter, and the buildings light up again, syncing with the music.
 * An overhead shot of Moscow is again seen, this time at a different point at daytime, with the Moscow State University tower visible at one point. We pan to a stadium as the logo rises at the middle of it, trying to escape from the roof. It then rises as it floats above it like a balloon.
 * We see a domed US Capitol-esque building with a fountain and a busy road in front of it. The camera focuses to its portico as some birds fly. The camera pans to the right as we see a large Paramount Comedy logo having replaced the fountain. Water shoots out of the logo.
 * On a harbor with a gray battleship sticking out of the camera, we see many floating Paramount Comedy logos in the sky. The battleship fires one of its guns at one of the logos as one of the logos falls from the sky to crash into a park as sirens of police cars are heard. We then see the logo in the park with a building in front of it, with many people walking in front of it.

FX/SFX: A nice, seamless combination of live-action and CGI animation.

Music/Sounds: A synthesized rock tune that plays once the logo appears. All of the variants have sounds corresponding to their actions.

Availability: Rare in Russia, but very rare in the US.