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== International availability ==
{{main|Paramount Network (international)}}

=== Canada ===
In April 1984, while as TNN, the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) approved the channel for carriage by Canadian cable and satellite television providers.<ref name=cp-tnnapproved>{{cite news|title=Nashville Network Approved by CRTC|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2194&dat=19840414&id=yboyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3635,1744640|access-date=March 3, 2015|agency=Canadian Press|date=April 14, 1984}}</ref> Following its re-branding as Spike TV, the [[Canadian Association of Broadcasters]] filed a complaint with the CRTC on behalf of [[Canwest|Canwest Global]], demanding the channel be removed from Canadian television providers. The CAB felt that its new general entertainment format would unduly compete with various Canadian-run specialty channels, arguing that there was overlap in its niche and its then-current schedule with [[History2 (Canadian TV channel)|Men TV]] (men's lifestyle), [[CTV Sci-Fi Channel|Space]] (''Star Trek''), sports channels such as [[Sportsnet 360|TheScore]] (WWE), [[FYI (Canadian TV channel)|Discovery Health]] (interstitial segments focusing on men's health, although the network did not air any full-length programs on the topic and mainly focused on generic women's and children's health and pregnancy-related programming at the time), along with the inexplicable naming of [[BNN Bloomberg|Report on Business Television]] and [[T+E|CTV Travel]] for reasons unknown.<ref name=crtc-spikecanada/>

In January 2005, the CRTC dismissed the CAB's complaint, ruling that it provided insufficient evidence that Spike was directly competing with Canadian specialty channels. The CRTC ruled that Spike did not unduly compete with Men TV, since it was licensed as a service that would carry men's lifestyle programming (in contrast to Spike, which the CRTC classified as a [[Generalist channel|general entertainment]] channel targeting males), and that the remaining allegations of overlap with domestic Canadian specialty channels represented only a minority of Spike's overall programming.<ref name=crtc-spikecanada>{{cite web|title=Broadcasting Public Notice CRTC 2005-9|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/pb2005-9.htm|website=CRTC|access-date=March 3, 2015}}</ref><ref name=gandm-spikecanada>{{cite news|title=CRTC: Spike TV can stay in Canada|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/crtc-spike-tv-can-stay-in-canada/article1113799/|access-date=March 3, 2015|work=The Globe and Mail}}</ref>

Due to programming rights issues, programs which the channel does not hold rights to air outside of the U.S. are replaced with alternate programs, consisting mainly of reruns of Spike's previous reality programs.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvpassport.com/tv-listings/stations/paramount-network-canada/3|title=TV Schedule for Paramount Network Canada|website=TV Passport}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ontvtonight.com/ca/guide/listings/channel/69049654/paramount-network-canada-east.html|title=🌐Paramount Network Canada (East) - TV Listings Guide}}</ref> 

In 2022, with Paramount Global prioritizing promotion of the [[Paramount+]] streaming service in the market instead, a number of major providers began dropping the channel, beginning with [[Rogers Communications]] on April 1, 2022, followed by [[Shaw Communications|Shaw Cable]] and [[Shaw Direct]] on August 31, 2023, and [[Eastlink (company)|Eastlink]] on September 15, 2023.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}} The Canadian feed was discontinued on all other providers on January 1, 2024.{{citation needed|date=June 2024}}

=== Czech Republic ===
Prima Comedy Central was rebranded as Paramount Network on January 12, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2020/12/04/paramount-network-set-for-czech-republic/|title=Paramount Network set for Czech Republic|date=December 4, 2020|website=Broadband TV News}}</ref>

=== Hungary ===
On December 17, 2020, Paramount Channel in Hungary rebranded as the Paramount Network.<ref name="Akos">{{Cite web|last=Akos|date=2020-11-23|title=ViacomCBS to Make Changes to Its Hungarian Pay-TV Portfolio|url=https://en.crt-tv.com/2020/11/23/viacomcbs-hu-ro-spike-teennick/|access-date=2020-11-24|website=CRT|archive-date=2020-11-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201123103301/https://en.crt-tv.com/2020/11/23/viacomcbs-hu-ro-spike-teennick/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Latin America ===
On April 14, 2020, ViacomCBS rebranded the Latin American version of Paramount Channel into Paramount Network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nextvlatam.com/paramount-channel-cambia-de-nombre-a-paramount-network-y-estrena-serie-original-producida-en-mexico/|title=Paramount Channel cambia de nombre a Paramount Network y estrena serie original producida en México|last=Bertran|first=Agustin|date=April 17, 2020|website=NexTV News Latin America|language=es-ES|access-date=April 22, 2020}}</ref>

=== Netherlands ===
{{see also|Paramount Network (Dutch TV channel)}}
Spike rebranded as the Paramount Network in the Netherlands on May 24, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nederlandsmedianieuws.nl/TV-en-Video/tv-en-video-nieuws/Nederlandse-Spike-wordt-per-24-mei-2022-Paramount-Network/|title=Nederlandse Spike wordt per 24 mei 2022 Paramount Network|last=de Jong|first=David|website=NederlandsMediaNieuws.nl|date=30 March 2022|access-date=31 March 2022|language=nl}}</ref>

=== Spain ===
In May 2018, Viacom announced that it would rebrand [[Paramount Channel]] in Spain under the [[Paramount Network (Spanish TV channel)|Paramount Network]] name on June 10, 2018, marking Viacom's first property outside of the U.S. to adopt the brand. Paramount Channel in Spain had been among Viacom's most successful international properties. The channel adopted a similar general entertainment format to the U.S. version, with its launch lineup featuring the fifth season of ''[[Alaska y Mario]]'' (moving from [[MTV (Spanish TV channel)|MTV Spain]]), and a lineup of imported dramas and films.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/spain-getting-first-paramount-network-us-1113613|title=Spain Getting First Paramount Network Outside U.S.|work=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2018-06-01}}</ref>

=== United Kingdom ===
{{see also|5Action|5Spike}}
Paramount Network launched in the UK on July 4, 2018, it is operated by the Viacom-owned network [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://deadline.com/2018/06/viacom-to-launch-paramount-network-in-the-uk-in-july-with-suits-the-mick-1202406154/|title=Viacom To Launch Paramount Network In The UK In July With 'Suits' & 'The Mick'|last=White|first=Peter|date=2018-06-08|work=Deadline|access-date=2018-06-08}}</ref> It is the second Paramount-branded property in that market; its domestic version of [[Comedy Central (UK and Ireland)|Comedy Central]] launched as the Paramount Channel in 1995, then was Paramount Comedy from 1997 until 2009, when it took the Comedy Central name. On January 7, 2020, it replaced the [[5Spike|British version of Spike]] in its channel allotments on [[Freeview (UK)|Freeview]], cable, and satellite.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=5Spike UK axed in alignment with US brands|url=https://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/12/5spike-uk-axed-in-alignment-with-us.html|access-date=2019-12-28|work=rxtvlog|archive-date=2019-12-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191217095934/http://www.rxtvlog.com/2019/12/5spike-uk-axed-in-alignment-with-us.html|url-status=usurped}}</ref> The British version of Paramount Network was closed the day prior, and rebranded as 5Action on January 19, 2022.

=== Spike ===
Viacom began to launch localized versions of Spike in 2015.
* On April 15, 2015, a [[5Spike|British version of Spike]] was launched; owned by [[Viacom International Media Networks (Europe)|Viacom International Media Networks Europe]], it is operated as a sister [[Freeview (UK)|digital terrestrial television]] channel to [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]], which Viacom had acquired the previous year. Its launch lineup primarily featured Spike's original programs and reruns from its parent network, acquired U.S. drama imports (such as ''[[Breaking Bad]]'', ''[[Justified (TV series)|Justified]]'' and ''[[The Walking Dead (TV series)|The Walking Dead]]''), along with Bellator MMA and the domestic MMA promotion [[BAMMA]].<ref name=variety-spikeuk>{{cite web|title=Spike to Launch in U.K. with 'Breaking Bad', 'Walking Dead', 'Sons of Anarchy'|url=https://variety.com/2015/tv/global/spike-to-launch-in-u-k-with-breaking-bad-walking-dead-sons-of-anarchy-1201460670/|work=Variety|date=26 March 2015 |access-date=April 25, 2015}}</ref> On 31 October 2017, the channel changed its name to 5Spike to better-signify its connection to Channel 5's other digital networks. On 7 January 2020, 5Spike was shut down, with its channel allotments and selected programs being assumed by the British version of Paramount Network.<ref name=":1" />
*On August 18, 2015, Viacom announced that [[Spike (Dutch TV channel)|a Dutch version of Spike]] would launch in the Netherlands and Flanders. The channel began as a timeshare on the Dutch [[Nickelodeon (Netherlands)|Nickelodeon]] channel, airing from 21:00 to 02:30 CET daily.<ref name=dutchspike>{{cite web|title=Dutch launch for Spike in October|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2015/08/18/dutch-launch-for-spike-tv/|website=broadbandtvnews|date=18 August 2015 |access-date=August 18, 2015}}</ref> On December 12, 2016, Spike launched in the Netherlands as a 24-hour channel on [[Ziggo]]. Spike and Nickelodeon continued time-sharing in Flanders until January 6, 2021, when Nickelodeon became a 24-hour channel again.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/11/01/spike-goes-247-exclusively-ziggo/|title=Spike goes 24/7 exclusively on Ziggo|publisher=BroadbandTVNews.com|author=Robert Briel|date=November 1, 2016|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://community.ziggo.nl/altijd-iets-op-tv-93/verschuiving-zender-nickelodeon-14364|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161124030054/https://community.ziggo.nl/altijd-iets-op-tv-93/verschuiving-zender-nickelodeon-14364|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 24, 2016|title=Verschuiving zender Nickelodeon|publisher=Ziggo.nl|access-date=November 23, 2016}}</ref><ref>[https://www2.telenet.be/nl/klantenservice/zenderaanpassingen/ Telenet - Zederaanpassingen], [[Telenet]], 11 December 2020</ref><ref>[https://www.netweters.be/t5/Entertainment/Wat-komt-in-de-plaats-van-Spike/m-p/114098#M5098 Wat komt in de plaats van Spike? - De Netweters], [[Telenet]], 17 December 2020</ref> on May 24, 2022, Spike was replaced by Paramount Network.
* In July 2016, an Australian [[Spike (Australian TV channel)|version]] of Spike was launched on [[Fetch TV]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://decidertv.com/page/2016/6/15/spike-tv-arrives|title=Spike channel to launch in Australia via Fetch TV|date=5 March 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvtonight.com.au/2016/06/new-fetch-tv-box-adds-spike-presto.html|title=New Fetch TV box adds Spike, Presto.|date=June 16, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Spike TV To Launch In Australia - CraveOnline|url=http://www.craveonline.com.au/site/1000749-spike-tv-launch-australia|date=June 15, 2016|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118050859/http://www.craveonline.com.au/site/1000749-spike-tv-launch-australia|archive-date=18 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mediaweek.com.au/spike-to-launch-on-fetch-tv-1-july-2016/|title=Spike to launch on Fetch TV - 1 July 2016 - Mediaweek|website=www.mediaweek.com.au|date=15 June 2016 }}</ref> This channel was closed on 27 February 2022 with no replacement.
* On December 1, 2016, a Hungarian version of the channel named RTL Spike was launched, via brand licensing and advertising sales agreements with the RTL Group.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2016/11/08/spike-launch-rtl-hungary/|title=Viacom's Spike to launch in Hungary|date=November 8, 2016|work=Broadband TV News|access-date=December 17, 2016}}</ref> On October 20, 2020, ViacomCBS announced the channel's closure, and the closure date was confirmed on November 23 that year. RTL Spike was shut down on January 12, 2021, and was replaced by [[Teennick (Netherlands&Flanders)|TeenNick]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-10-20|title=Egy csatornát megszüntet, egyet indít, egyet pedig átnevez a ViacomCBS|url=https://dtvnews.hu/hirek/egy-csatornat-megszuntet-egyet-indit-egyet-pedig-atnevez-a-viacomcbs|access-date=2020-10-20|website=DTV News|language=hu-HU}}</ref><ref name="Akos"/>
* On March 15, 2017, a Russian version of Spike was launched as a separate channel, airing alongside the local version of Paramount Channel.<ref>{{cite web|title=Телеканал Spike начал вещание в России|url=https://telesputnik.ru/materials/tsifrovoe-televidenie/news/telekanal-spike-nachal-veshchanie-v-rossii/|website=Telesputnik|language=ru}}</ref> This channel was shut down on June 1, 2021. 
* On October 22, 2017, an Italian version of Spike was launched in the country as a free-to-air channel, replacing Fine Living on Digital TV channel 49.<ref>{{cite web|title=Spike si accenderà al numero 49 del digitale terrestre il 22 ottobre - HDblog.it|url=https://altadefinizione.hdblog.it/2017/09/15/Spike-canale-tv-numero-49-digitale-terrestre/|website=altadefinizione.hdblog.it|date=15 September 2017 |language=it}}</ref> The channel, however, ceased broadcasting on January 16, 2022.