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108-467: Cohen Veterans Network is the vision of philanthropist Steven A. Cohen , and was conceived after his son was deployed to Afghanistan from August, 2010 to February, 2011. The organization's goal is to strengthen mental health outcomes and complement existing support with a particular focus on post-9/11 veterans. It aims to overcome barriers to care such as access to care and stigmas about mental health. From August 2010 to February 2011, Steven A. Cohen's son

216-456: A pay-per-view distributor of special event programming. In 1990, Showtime ventured into acquiring and premiering independent films exclusively for the channel as part of the 30-Minute Movie short film anthology series . One of its first premieres, 12:01 PM , was nominated for an Academy Award ;1992's Session Man won an Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film . In the years that followed, Showtime expanded its acquisitions into

324-489: A video on demand service (Paramount+ with Showtime On Demand). Paramount+ with Showtime broadcasts its primary and multiplex channels on both Eastern and Pacific Time Zone schedules. The respective coastal feeds of each channel are usually packaged together (though most cable providers only offer the east and west coast feeds of the main Paramount+ with Showtime channel), resulting in the difference in local airtimes for

432-530: A 22.58% stake in the two networks, with American Express owning a 9.68% minority interest. In addition, the consortium would appoint a management team separate from those employed by the two channels–which continued to operate as separate services–to operate the joint venture. However the deal ran into regulatory hurdles because Warner, Universal, and Paramount received 50% of their respective total revenue from film releases and licensing fees from premium services. Also Showtime and TMC combined would control about 30% of

540-618: A 50% of Showtime to the TelePrompTer Corporation . On July 4, 1981, Showtime began a 24-hour programming schedule (rival HBO followed suit in December of the same year). In 1982, Group W Cable, a subsidiary of Westinghouse Electric Corporation (which acquired TelePrompTer the previous year), sold its 50% stake in Showtime back to Viacom for $ 75 million. The sale of Group W's stake in the channel happened shortly after

648-536: A New York native from a working-class background who grew up in the Washington Heights, Manhattan neighborhood of New York City . They have two children together. They divorced in 1990. In 1991, Cohen met Alexandra "Alex" Garcia, a single mother of Puerto Rican descent. Alex grew up in Washington Heights, moving there from her original home in the projects of Harlem . They met through

756-574: A Super PAC supporting Andrew Yang 's candidacy in the 2021 New York City Democratic mayoral primary , and a further $ 1.5 million to a Super PAC supporting Eric Adams . Cohen's art collection is reported to be worth around $ 1 billion. The New York Times reported that Cohen began seriously collecting art in 2000. Cohen's tastes and collection began with Impressionist painters, acquiring works by Manet and Monet, after which he moved quickly into contemporary art. While he has collected works from important emerging artists such as Adam Pendleton , he

864-483: A biographical drama covering the short squeeze. In 2016, Forbes Magazine estimated Cohen's fortune at $ 13 billion, ranking him the 30th richest person in the United States. Cohen was dubbed "the hedge fund king" in a 2006 Wall Street Journal article. His 2005 compensation was reportedly $ 1 billion, considerably higher than his 2001 compensation of $ 428 million. In February 2015, Forbes listed Cohen as

972-458: A bundle offer with the service. In August 2022, the Paramount+ apps were updated with the ability to upgrade a subscription to the "Paramount+ with Showtime" bundle, and for subscribers to the bundle to access Showtime content from within the Paramount+ apps. Showtime would continue to be offered as a standalone service and application. However, in September, the company was in talks of moving

1080-675: A clause in the agreement that allowed either company the option of buying out their partner's stake in Warner-Amex), Warner Communications exercised an option to acquire American Express' 50% share of Warner-Amex Cable Communications for $ 450 million. Among the options, barring that it chose to sell Viacom a 50% interest in the company for $ 450 million, the deal originally excluded Warner-Amex's 19% interest in Showtime-The Movie Channel, Inc.; that interest would have reverted to Warner, which intended to operate Warner-Amex as

1188-620: A controlling interest in the team before reaching an agreement the following month. MLB approved the sale in October 2020, allowing Cohen to take control in November. Cohen has given $ 715 million to philanthropic causes throughout his life, including to charitable causes relating to veterans and children's health. Cohen serves on the board of trustees of the New York-based Robin Hood Foundation . Via

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1296-784: A dating service and was described, according to an acquaintance, as someone who had "always wanted to marry a millionaire". Alex, a longtime Mets fan, has taken an active role in the Mets since Steve purchased the team, and is listed as an owner along with Steve. She currently serves as the president of the Amazin’ Mets Foundation, the team's associated charity. In 1998, Cohen purchased a 35,000-square-foot (3,300 m ) home on 14 acres (57,000 m ) in Greenwich, Connecticut . Showtime (TV network) Showtime , also known as Paramount+ with Showtime (with "Showtime" being

1404-528: A distinct programming imprint. On May 20, 2023, Paramount Global announced that the merger of both services would take place on June 27, with the standalone Showtime app being shut down on April 30, 2024. The primary Showtime channel was rebranded as Paramount+ with Showtime on January 8, 2024, although the former name remains in use as a standalone brand for its multiplex channels. Paramount+ with Showtime's programming schedule currently consists largely of theatrically released feature films—which occupy much of

1512-445: A friend helped him open a brokerage account with $ 1,000 of his tuition money. In 1978, after graduating from Penn, Cohen got a Wall Street job as a junior trader in the options-arbitrage department at Gruntal & Co. On his first day on the job at Gruntal & Co., he made an $ 8,000 profit. He eventually would go on to make the company around $ 100,000 a day and eventually managed a $ 75 million portfolio and six traders. Cohen

1620-400: A graphical upgrade to the network's presentation to include computer-generated graphics. On August 10, 1985, after Time Inc. and cable provider Tele-Communications Inc. (TCI) jointly submitted a bid to buy the company for $ 900 million and the assumption of $ 500 million in debt as well as an earlier offer by American Express the previous month to buy out Warner's share of the company (under

1728-546: A morning block of shows aimed at younger children (such as OWL/TV , A Bunch of Munsch and The Busy World of Richard Scarry ) during the early and mid-1990s, and a weekday mid-afternoon and Sunday morning film block called "Showtime Familytime" that ran during the 1980s and 1990s. The main Showtime network also carried, unusually for a premium channel, news programming; the now-defunct All News Channel (partially owned by Viacom) produced 90-second long news updates that aired during Showtime's primetime promotional breaks in

1836-529: A multichannel television provider (28.318 million of which receive Showtime's primary channel at a minimum). Showtime was launched on July 1, 1976, on Times-Mirror Cable systems in Escondido , Long Beach , and Palos Verdes, California through the conversion of 10,000 subscribers of the previous Channel One franchise. Exactly a week later Showtime launched on Viacom Cablevision's system in Dublin, California ;

1944-587: A new holding company , Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc., which was majority owned by Viacom (controlling 50% of the venture's common stock as well as investing $ 40 million in cash), with Warner Communications (which owned 31%), and Warner-Amex (which owned the remaining 19% interest) as minority partners. As the consolidation of its operations with The Movie Channel was ongoing, in 1983, Showtime increased its national distribution on cable providers when competing premium service Spotlight ceased operations, effectively absorbing that channel's subscriber base. In 1984

2052-418: A particular movie or program between two geographic locations being three hours at most. Subscribers to the separate premium film service The Movie Channel, which is also owned by Paramount, do not necessarily have to subscribe to the linear Paramount+ with Showtime service in order to receive TMC; both The Movie Channel and co-owned fellow movie service Flix are typically sold together in a package (although in

2160-712: A patient's ability to pay. The first Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinic was opened in the NYU Langone Medical Center . In April 2016, two additional clinics were launched in San Antonio, Texas, at Endeavors ; and in Addison, Texas , at Metrocare. Clinics in Los Angeles, California and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania opened in the fall of 2016. All clinics are named Steven A. Cohen Military Family Clinics. The network will expand to 16 locations by

2268-480: A pay television licensing agreement for its other releases with Showtime rivals HBO and Cinemax, and Participant ), A24 , and Bleecker Street . Despite being corporately reunited with Paramount Pictures in 2019 as a result of the ViacomCBS merger, that film studio maintains an existing output deal with MGM+ (formerly Epix, which Paramount co-owned with Lionsgate and MGM from its 2009 launch until 2018) until

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2376-420: A service featuring comedy films and series called Showtime Comedy Television; and an all-movie channel called Showtime Film Festival. This planned extension to the multiplex did not come to fruition–although a third multiplex service, Showtime 3, would make its debut in 1996. The multiplex would eventually expand over time with the launch of the action film channel Showtime Extreme on March 10, 1998, followed by

2484-531: A service that provided DVD -style interaction of its entertainment offerings. The following year in 2001, Showtime became one of the first cable networks to launch a high definition simulcast feed (with Star Trek: Insurrection becoming the first film on the network to be broadcast in HD); Showtime also began to provide Dolby Digital 5.1 surround sound on select programs. On June 14, 2005, Viacom decided to separate itself into two companies (only five years after

2592-466: A similar attempt by MCA, Gulf+Western, 20th Century Fox , and Columbia Pictures to create a competing pay service, Premiere, in an antitrust case ruling two years earlier in January 1981. On January 7, 1983, Viacom International (adding itself as a partner) drafted an amendment to the proposal to consolidate The Movie Channel with Showtime. Under the revised proposal, the four studios would each own

2700-619: A standalone offering without the requirement of having an existing television subscription to use (in the manner of competitor HBO's OTT offering, HBO Now ). The service, which used the same branding as the linear television channel, was officially launched on July 7, 2015 (coinciding with the season premieres of Ray Donovan and Masters of Sex on July 12). The service was initially available for purchase through Apple Inc. (to Apple TV and iOS devices), Hulu , Roku , PlayStation Vue , and Amazon Prime as well as through Showtime's website (SHO.com). The Showtime streaming service

2808-459: A standalone traditional subscription video on demand service; the channel's programming catalog and livestreams of its primary linear East and West Coast feeds are also available via an ad-free subscription tier of Paramount+ of the same name, which is also sold a la carte through Apple TV Channels , Prime Video Channels , The Roku Channel and YouTube Primetime Channels . (Subscribers of Paramount+'s Prime Video add-on also receive access to

2916-543: A three-judge panel, Circuit Judge Pierre N. Leval said that Patricia Cohen had made a "plausible" allegation that Steven Cohen had concealed the $ 5.5 million during negotiations on a separation agreement in 1989, which preceded the divorce. The revival of the lawsuit came amid mounting pressure on Steven Cohen over an insider-trading investigation that led to the arrest of Michael Steinberg, one of Cohen's closest confidantes at SAC Capital. SAC affiliates reached two civil insider trading settlements totaling nearly $ 616 million with

3024-698: A wholly owned subsidiary. Two weeks later on August 26, Viacom acquired Warner Communications and Warner-Amex's combined 50% ownership interest in Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc. as well as full ownership of the Warner-Amex and public shareholder interests in MTV Networks for $ 671.7 million, giving Viacom exclusive ownership of both networks and once again making it the sole owner of Showtime through its $ 500 million cash payment and acquisition of 1.625 million shares from Warner for

3132-541: Is a high definition simulcast feed of Showtime that broadcasts in the 1080i resolution format . In addition to its main channel, all of Showtime's multiplex channels also broadcast in the format, though availability of all of the HD feeds varies by provider. Showtime HD is available through virtually all providers which carry Showtime, along with Showtime's streaming services. Films shown on Showtime's HD simulcast feeds are broadcast in their domestic aspect ratio if that version

3240-568: Is most famous for collecting 'trophy' art, signature works by famous artists, including a Pollock drip painting from David Geffen for $ 52 million and Damien Hirst 's The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living , a piece that the artist had bought back from Charles Saatchi for $ 8 million. In 2006, Cohen attempted to make the most expensive art purchase in history when he offered to purchase Picasso's Le Rêve from casino mogul Steve Wynn for $ 139 million. Just days before

3348-521: Is one of the biggest hedge funds and is known for frequent and rapid trading." In 2006, The Wall Street Journal reported that, while Cohen was once a rapid-fire trader who never held trading positions for extended periods, he now held an increasing number of equities for longer periods. As of 2009, the firm managed $ 14 billion in equity. In December 2009, Cohen and his brother Donald T. Cohen were sued by Steven's ex-wife Patricia Cohen for racketeering and insider-trading charges. On March 30, 2011,

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3456-537: Is provided by the studios that maintain pay television distribution rights with the channel. Showtime operates a subscription video-on-demand television service called Showtime on Demand , which is available at no additional charge to Showtime subscribers. Showtime on Demand offers feature films, episodes of Showtime's original series, adult programming and sports events. Showtime on Demand's rotating program selection incorporates select new titles that are added each Friday, alongside existing program titles held over from

3564-578: Is to establish mental-health centers for veterans and their families throughout the United States. The goal was the establishment of 20–25 centers by 2020. Cohen Veterans Bioscience, also funded by Cohen, conducts research into the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on combat veterans. In 2015, Steven Cohen and his wife, Alexandra, donated $ 2.25 million to a Super PAC called America Leads that supported Chris Christie's presidential candidacy. In 2017, Cohen contributed $ 1 million to Donald Trump's inauguration . In 2021, Cohen donated $ 500,000 to

3672-560: The United States Armed Services , irrespective of role while in uniform, discharge status, or combat experience. This includes the National Guard and Reserves. Veterans' families are also eligible for care at CVN clinics, including parents, siblings, spouses or partners, children, caretakers, and others, regardless of whether their military loved ones seek treatment. CVN provides all services regardless of

3780-542: The Viacom name took Paramount Pictures , the MTV Networks and BET Networks cable divisions, and Famous Music (the latter of which was sold to Sony-ATV Music Publishing (CBS once owned its sister company ) in May 2007). On August 13, 2019, the announcement was made that CBS and Viacom would merge into a new entity known as ViacomCBS (now known as Paramount Global). Viacom CEO Bob Bakish would be president and CEO of

3888-419: The "After Hours" block, though adult films have been absent from Showtime's primary channel since the mid-2000s; the network began broadcasting a limited amount of original erotica series (such as Beach Heat: Miami ) on its main channel in 2010, after having been removed for most of the previous decade. The network's multiplex channels Showtime 2 and Showtime Extreme also occasionally feature adult films during

3996-624: The Cohen-founded S.A.C. Capital Advisors pleaded guilty to insider trading and agreed to pay $ 1.8 billion in fines ($ 900 million in forfeiture and $ 900 million in fines) in one of the biggest criminal cases against a hedge fund. Cohen was prohibited from managing outside money for two years as part of the settlement reached in the civil case over his accountability for the scandal. The hedge fund agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and four counts of securities fraud and to close its doors to outside investors. Cohen loosely inspired

4104-653: The East Coast feeds of Paramount+ with Showtime's seven multiplex channels.) In addition, the Showtime brand has been licensed for use by a number of channels and platforms worldwide including Showtime Arabia (it has been merged into OSN ) in the Middle East and North Africa , and the now-defunct Showtime Movie Channels in Australia . As of September 2018 , Showtime's programming was available to approximately 28.567 million U.S. households which subscribed to

4212-539: The East and West Coast television feeds of the linear Showtime channel (live streams of Showtime's multiplex services, and sister networks The Movie Channel, The Movie Channel Xtra, and Flix were not available on the service; live streams of Showtime's multiplex channels were available for Amazon Prime users as part of the Showtime add-on subscription). The Showtime streaming service co-existed with Paramount Global's flagship streaming service Paramount+ , and became part of

4320-540: The SEC started looking into his other investments from the same period, especially those involving Brett K. Lurie. However, Cohen was not charged with insider trading. In 1992, Cohen started S.A.C. Capital Advisors with $ 10 million of his own money and another $ 10 million from outside capital. The company's name, 'SAC Capital', is derived from Steven A. Cohen's initials. In 2003, the New York Times wrote that "SAC

4428-631: The Sci-Fi Channel (now Syfy ) for the remainder of its run); Dead Like Me ; Californication ; Gigolos ; Nurse Jackie ; The Tudors ; Brotherhood ; Soul Food ; Queer as Folk ; The L Word ; The Big C ; Penn & Teller: Bullshit! ; and United States of Tara . In mid-2017, the channel aired the critically acclaimed third season of David Lynch 's TV series Twin Peaks . From 2007 to 2013, multiplex service Showtime 2 broadcast an original program exclusive to that channel,

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4536-519: The Showtime direct-to-consumer service (which was sold directly to streaming-only consumers) with the premium tier of the Paramount+ streaming service; the combined service would be branded as Paramount+ with Showtime , replacing a streaming bundle of the same name that launched in August 2022. The merger commenced on June 27, 2023, with the cable-specific Showtime Anytime TV Everywhere app (which

4644-813: The Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation, the Cohens have donated to projects involved in health, education, arts and culture, and the New York community. In 2014, the Cohen Foundation provided funding, via the New York University Langone Center, for the study of post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury . The foundation gave a grant in excess of $ 100,000 to the Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in 2014. In 2019,

4752-408: The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. SAC neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing in either case. On November 20, 2012, Cohen was implicated in an alleged insider trading scandal involving an ex-SAC manager, Mathew Martoma . The SEC brought charges against many other S.A.C. employees from 2010 to 2013 with various outcomes. Martoma was convicted in 2014, in what federal prosecutors billed as

4860-570: The United States District Court in Lower Manhattan dismissed the case, but, on April 3, 2013, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York ruled that a lower court had erred in dismissing fraud-based claims by his former spouse and revived the lawsuit. The appeals court also revived claims of racketeering and breach of fiduciary duty while upholding the dismissal of an unjust-enrichment claim. Writing for

4968-583: The advisory ratings featured in program guides distributed by the major premium cable services—was in response to concerns from parents and advocacy groups about violent content on television, allowing Showtime Networks and other premium services discretionary authority to assign individual ratings corresponding to the objectionable content depicted in specific programs (and categorized based on violence, profanity, sexuality or miscellaneous mature material). A revised system—centered around ten content codes of two to three letters in length—was implemented by Showtime and

5076-498: The ages of 18 and 34 years old) and Showtime Women (a channel featuring movies, specials, and Showtime original programs that appeal toward a female audience). The programming format of Showtime 3 was overhauled five months later on July 1, 2001, to focus on theatrical movie releases and Showtime's original made-for-cable films, that under the new name Showcase. Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next and Showtime Women do not have distribution by most pay television providers as extensive as

5184-608: The app utilizes Automated Content Recognition technology to generate interactive content regardless of whether it is being watched live, on-demand or by DVR ; the app also displays heat maps depicting viewer reactions throughout the duration of an episode at the conclusion of the program. The app–which was renamed SHO Sync on September 13, 2012–was originally released for Apple iOS devices (iPad and iPhone), with an app for LG -manufactured Smart TVs being released on August 15, 2013. On July 9, 2015, Showtime announced it would discontinue SHO Sync, immediately discontinuing support of

5292-765: The block. Programs that aired under the Showtime After Hours banner carried either a TV-MA or R rating (usually the former), primarily for strong sexual content and nudity . The block had often been the subject of both scrutiny in the media and a source of humor in popular culture , with references to Showtime's late night programming being featured in various films and television shows. As of 2024 , Showtime–and sister channels The Movie Channel and Flix –maintains exclusive first-run film licensing agreements with Amblin Partners (including releases produced in conjunction with DreamWorks Pictures , which maintains

5400-402: The boundaries of programming without censorship, as well as offer the type of exciting programming that appealed to subscribers), and a bold red-and-black color scheme was instituted, with promotions and bumpers feature surrealistic imagery; the campaign was created by the newly formed in-house marketing and advertising agency, "Red Group". In 2000, Showtime launched "Showtime Interactive 24.7",

5508-620: The case of Flix, this depends on the channel's provider availability), though DirecTV and Dish Network alternately sell TMC through a separate film tier. For unexplained reasons, live feeds of The Movie Channel and Flix have not been included alongside the other Showtime multiplex channels on its proprietary streaming services (including the Paramount+ premium tier) or its add-on tiers that are sold through live-TV streaming providers (such as Hulu , YouTube TV and DirecTV Stream ), restricting their distribution to traditional cable, satellite and telco/ fiber optic television providers. From 1999 to 2005,

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5616-495: The case. The Department's decision–citing concerns, including some expressed by HBO management, that combining the assets of Showtime and TMC would stifle competition in the sale of their programming and that of other pay cable services to cable providers–was despite the fact that under the original proposal, MCA, Gulf+Western and Warner had each agreed to continue licensing films released by their respective movie studios to competing pay television networks. The partners involved in

5724-479: The channel discontinued producing television films in 2007. Showtime is also one of only two premium cable services (alongside Disney Channel during its existence as a premium channel prior to 1997) that has produced original movies aimed at family audiences; these films were originally broadcast under the separate banner "Showtime Original Pictures for Kids" from 1995 to 1997 and "Showtime Original Pictures for All Ages" from 1997 to 2005. A signature feature of Showtime

5832-489: The channel was originally owned by Viacom . The first program to be broadcast on Showtime was Celebration , a concert special featuring performances by Rod Stewart , Pink Floyd , and ABBA . By the end of its first year on the air, Showtime had 55,000 subscribers nationwide. On March 7, 1978, Showtime became a nationally distributed service when it was uplinked to satellite , becoming a competitor with Time Inc. 's HBO and other pay cable networks. In 1979, Viacom sold

5940-610: The character Bobby Axelrod, played by Damian Lewis , on the Showtime series Billions . Cohen grew up in Great Neck, New York , where his father was a dress manufacturer in Manhattan's garment district and his mother was a piano teacher. He grew up in a Jewish family. He is the third of eight brothers and sisters. He took a liking to poker as a high school student, often betting his own money in tournaments, and he credits

6048-461: The company began a partnership with Walt Disney Productions (now The Walt Disney Company ) to develop a competing premium service, The Disney Channel . Group W left the joint venture in September, due to disagreements over creative control and financial obligations. In 1982 Showtime broadcast its first made-for-cable movie Falcon's Gold and its first original series and children's program Faerie Tale Theatre . In August 1982, MCA Inc. (then

6156-448: The company's acquisition of CBS ), both of which would be controlled by Viacom parent National Amusements , amid stagnation of the company's stock price. When the split was completed on December 31, 2005, the original Viacom was restructured as CBS Corporation and kept Showtime Networks along with the original Viacom's broadcasting assets (which included the CBS television network, UPN and

6264-471: The company's broadcast group, which became CBS Television Stations ), Paramount Television (now the separate arms CBS Studios for network and cable production, and CBS Media Ventures for production of first-run syndicated programs and off-network series distribution), advertising firm Viacom Outdoor (renamed CBS Outdoor ), Simon & Schuster , and Paramount Parks (which was later sold to Cedar Fair, L.P. on June 30, 2006). A new company that assumed

6372-526: The debut of the science fiction channel Showtime Beyond in September 1999; the Showtime Unlimited name for the Showtime multiplex, TMC and Flix came into use around this time. Three additional themed channels made their debut in March 2001: Showtime Family Zone (which carries films intended for family audiences), Showtime Next (a channel featuring films and series that appeal toward adults between

6480-472: The early 1980s, Showtime has run an adult-oriented late night programming block on its main channel called "Showtime After Hours" (which was briefly branded as "Showtime Late Night" during the mid-1990s) each night after 12:00 a.m. Eastern Time; programs featured within the block include feature films, series produced specifically for broadcast during the block and occasional stand-up comedy specials. Softcore erotica programming has previously aired during

6588-553: The early 1990s (ANC also produced news updates for fellow Viacom network VH1), in part as a response to the first Gulf War . Showtime has become known in recent years for the network's original television programs, the most popular of which include the crime drama Dexter , the dark comedy drama Weeds , family dramas Ray Donovan and Shameless and the drama/thriller series Homeland . Other notable past and present original series include Stargate SG-1 (which ran on Showtime for its first five seasons, before moving to

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6696-492: The end of 2019. Steven A. Cohen Steven A. Cohen (born June 11, 1956) is an American hedge-fund manager and owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball since September 14, 2020, owning just over 97% of the team. He is the founder of hedge fund Point72 Asset Management and S.A.C. Capital Advisors , which closed after pleading guilty to insider trading and other financial crimes. In 2013,

6804-889: The end of 2025. New films from Paramount Pictures will not be able to air on Showtime until 2026 unless further negotiations are made. Showtime also shows sub-runs – runs of films that have already received broadcast or syndicated television airings – of theatrical films distributed by IFC Films , Sony Pictures (including content from Columbia Pictures , TriStar Pictures , Screen Gems , Revolution Studios and Morgan Creek Productions ), Warner Bros. Pictures (including content from New Line Cinema ), Universal Pictures (including content from subsidiary Focus Features ), Open Road Films , Screen Media , Oscilloscope (select films), Summit Entertainment (for films released prior to 2013), Paramount Pictures (for films released prior to 2020), Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (including content from subsidiary United Artists ), Lionsgate (sub-run rights with

6912-528: The entire Showtime content within Paramount+. By December 2022, Paramount CEO Bob Bakish said that it "didn't make sense to run Showtime as a 100% stand-alone organization". On January 30, 2023, Paramount Global confirmed the two services would be fully merged in the near future in the United States, with both the Showtime service and the current Paramount+ Premium tier to be rebranded "Paramount+ with Showtime", echoing similar integrations in other international markets. The "Showtime" brand will remain active as

7020-415: The first premium television multiplex service in the United States, Showtime followed with the testing of its own secondary service–Showtime 2–on October 1 of that year. In April 1994, Showtime announced the creation of a new themed multiplex service, consisting of five channels: Spanish service Showtime En Espanol; family-oriented Showtime Family Television; action-oriented service Showtime Action Television;

7128-481: The former name of its main channel from 1976 to 2024, but still used for certain marketing and channel branding contexts), is an American premium television network and the flagship property of Showtime Networks , a sub-division of the Paramount Media Networks division of Paramount Global . Paramount+ with Showtime's programming includes original television series produced exclusively for

7236-626: The foundation contributed $ 50 million of the more than $ 400 million raised for the New York Museum of Modern Art. The museum announced in 2017 that MoMA's largest contiguous gallery will be called the Steven and Alexandra Cohen Center for Special Exhibitions. Cohen is on the board of the MoMa and LA MOCA. In April 2016, Cohen announced the creation and a commitment of $ 275 million to the Cohen Veterans Network . The CVN's goal

7344-541: The game with teaching him "how to take risks." Cohen graduated from John L. Miller Great Neck North High School in 1974, where he played on the school's soccer team. Cohen received an economics degree from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania in 1978. While in school, Cohen was initiated as a brother of Zeta Beta Tau fraternity's Theta chapter, where he served as treasurer. While at Penn,

7452-536: The hedge fund of former Cohen protege Gabe Plotkin , as a result of the GameStop short squeeze . Cohen denied that his involvement with the short squeeze would affect his willingness to spend money on the New York Mets. Cohen deactivated his Twitter account on January 29, 2021, due to an influx of threats against him and his family. Cohen is portrayed by Vincent D'Onofrio in the 2023 film Dumb Money ,

7560-543: The highest-earning hedge-fund manager in 2014. In December 2013, Cohen's New York penthouse in the Bloomberg Tower was listed with an initial sale price of $ 115 million. According to Institutional Investor , Cohen made an estimated $ 1.7 billion in 2020. Cohen became a minority owner of the New York Mets of Major League Baseball (MLB) in 2012, with an 8% stake in the club. In August 2020, Cohen had entered negotiations with Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz to buy

7668-477: The iPad app with the iPhone and LG apps to be discontinued at a later date. However, the channel hinted that the core interactive functions of SHO Sync may be restored in a different form, with the possibility of being incorporated into Showtime Anytime and the Showtime over-the-top streaming service. On June 3, 2015, then-Showtime parent CBS Corporation announced that it would launch an over-the-top subscription video on demand service that would be distributed as

7776-403: The largest individual, single private gift in the nation to fund post-traumatic stress disorder research at NYU Langone. In 2015, Cohen launched Cohen Veterans Bioscience to accelerate the research and development of biomarker tests and drug-based therapies for post-traumatic stress and traumatic brain injury. In 2016, Cohen launched Cohen Veterans Network with a pledge of $ 275 million to fund

7884-425: The latter two studios are for films released prior to 2015), and Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (including content from Pixar , 20th Century Studios , Walt Disney Animation Studios , Walt Disney Pictures , and Marvel Studios ). The window between a film's initial release in theaters and its initial screening on Showtime and sister channels The Movie Channel and Flix is wider than the grace period leading to

7992-570: The latter's 31% stake in Showtime/The Movie Channel and Warner-Amex's 19% interest in the unit and its 60% interest in MTV Networks (Viacom owned Showtime alone or jointly with other companies– TelePrompTer Corporation , and later briefly, its successor Group W Cable–from the time it launched in July 1976). The buyout, part of an option given by Warner in its purchase of American Express' interest in MTV,

8100-453: The linear network and developed for the co-owned Paramount+ streaming service, theatrically released and independent motion pictures , documentaries , and occasional stand-up comedy specials , made-for-TV movies , and softcore adult programming. Headquartered at Paramount Plaza in the northern part of New York City 's Broadway district, Paramount+ with Showtime operates eight 24-hour, linear multiplex channels and formerly

8208-676: The merger would also set standard prices for films that were acquired for broadcast on The Movie Channel and Showtime, either those produced by the studio partners or by unassociated film studios. To address the Justice Department's concerns over the deal, the four partners submitted a revised proposal for consideration on July 19 which included guarantees of conduct agreeing that Paramount, Universal, and Warner Bros. would not receive higher residual licensing payments for films acquired by Showtime and The Movie Channel than those paid by other studios, and that all four partners would not permit

8316-417: The merger, by allowing other premium services to enter the market should the venture significantly raise licensing fee prices for films–led the Justice Department to drop its challenge to the merger agreement on August 12; the department formally approved the deal the following day on August 13. When the deal was completed on September 6, 1983, the operations of The Movie Channel and Showtime were folded into

8424-494: The most profitable insider-trading conspiracy in history. The SEC later brought a civil lawsuit against Cohen, alleging his failure to supervise Martoma and Michael Steinberg, who was a senior employee and confidant of Cohen's. Cohen settled his civil case with regulators in January 2016; the agreement with the SEC prohibited Cohen from managing outside money until 2018. S.A.C. Capital Advisors "pleaded guilty to insider trading charges in 2013 and paid $ 1.8 billion in penalties" and

8532-564: The network had served more than 10,000 veterans and family members. Clinics in Tampa, FL, Virginia Beach, VA and San Diego, CA will also open in 2019. By 2020, the organization aims to grow the network to comprise 25 clinics in the U.S. Cohen Veterans Network and the Department of Veteran's Affairs (VA) announced a partnership to increase veterans' access to mental health in 2018. CVN provides services for all veterans who have served in

8640-480: The network's first major promotional campaign, "We Make Excitement" (also referred to, particularly in bumpers and program introductions, as "Showtime Excitement") was created by the J. Walter Thompson company and utilizing an adapted version of the Pointer Sisters song " I'm So Excited ". The campaign lasted into 1986 and coincided with both the exclusivity deal signed with Paramount for films (see below) and

8748-657: The new company, while Ianniello would become chairman and CEO of CBS and oversee CBS-branded assets. Shari Redstone would also serve as chairperson of ViacomCBS. On October 29, 2019, National Amusements approved the re-merger deal. It closed on December 4, 2019. As part of the new structure the Showtime Networks unit and its assets—Showtime, The Movie Channel and Flix —became part of the Premium Network Group division of ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks , along with BET and temporarily Pop TV (which

8856-504: The other Showtime multiplex channels. The availability of either of the three channels on cable providers varies depending on the market; Dish Network only carries Showtime Family Zone, and DirecTV carries Showtime Next and Showtime Family Zone, but not Showtime Women. Depending on the service provider, Paramount+ with Showtime provides up to sixteen multiplex channels –eight 24-hour multiplex channels, all of which are simulcast in both standard definition and high definition –as well as

8964-428: The other participating premium services on June 10, 1994. In 1997, the channel's first major rebrand since the 1980s was introduced, with a new logo emphasizing the "SHO" part of the network's name within a circle (intended to be a spotlight), playing into the channel's common acronym in listings services like TV Guide . A new slogan, "No Limits" (in reference to the fact that as a premium channel, Showtime could push

9072-440: The overnight hours, though this has become less commonplace since late 2011. Until the formation of Showtime Family Zone in 2001, Showtime heavily incorporated programming (both American and foreign) aimed at children and teenagers as part of its daytime schedule; in particular, the main channel ran a late afternoon block of teen-oriented series on Sundays (such as Ready or Not , Chris Cross and Degrassi High ), as well as

9180-677: The owner of Universal Pictures ), Gulf+Western (then the owner of Paramount Pictures ) and Warner Communications agreed to acquire The Movie Channel (TMC). The three companies combined acquired a controlling 75% interest in the service (with each holding a 25% ownership stake) from Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment. The deal was spurred by the studios wanting to increase their share of revenue for licensing rights to their films to premium television services, as well as concerns that HBO's dominance of that market and its pre-buying of pay cable rights to films prior to their theatrical release would result in that service holding undue negotiating power for

9288-695: The package encompassing Showtime and its sister networks was marketed as "Showtime Unlimited"; the broader tier sometimes included the Sundance Channel (now SundanceTV ) during this period, by way of the stake Showtime Networks held in the network from its 1996 inception until Sundance's 2008 purchase by Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks). SHO×BET now focuses on programming aimed at African American audiences and incorporating original scripted content targeted at that demographic from Showtime and BET's respective libraries, in addition to BET+ programming to drive viewers to that streaming service. Showtime HD

9396-463: The painting was to be transported to Cohen, Wynn, who suffers from poor vision due to retinitis pigmentosa , accidentally thrust his elbow through the painting while showing it to a group of acquaintances inside of his office at Wynn Las Vegas . The purchase was canceled, and Wynn kept the painting until early November 2012, when Cohen finally acquired the painting for $ 150 million. In May 2019, Cohen bought Jeff Koons 's Rabbit for $ 91.1 million;

9504-464: The pay cable marketplace, creating an oligopoly with HBO (which in conjunction with Cinemax controlled 60% of the market). After a four-month investigation resulted in the Department of Justice filing a civil antitrust lawsuit against the five parties to block the Showtime-TMC merger on June 10, 1983, the Department asked Warner and American Express to restructure the deal during hearings for

9612-414: The previous one to two weeks. The service began to be test marketed in 2001 and was officially launched in July 2002. On October 27, 2010, Showtime launched Showtime Anytime , a website that featured around 400 hours of streaming program content available in standard or high definition that was accessible to subscribers of the Showtime television service with TV Everywhere login. Content available on

9720-624: The project, and announced the first four Military Family Clinic locations. In 2017, new clinics launched in Fayetteville, N.C., El Paso, TX with an additional clinic opening in Washington, D.C. The network had already helped more than 5,600 veterans and family members as of April 2018. New clinics in Denver, CO, Killeen, TX, and Clarksville, TN opened by the end of summer 2018. The Tacoma, WA location publicly opened in March 2019, at which point

9828-441: The purchase was made through Robert Mnuchin and was the most expensive work sold by a living artist at auction at the time. Cohen owns or has owned artworks by Lucio Fontana , Alberto Giacometti , Willem de Kooning , Jeff Koons , Edvard Munch , Pablo Picasso , and Andy Warhol . In 2015, he reportedly bought the world's most expensive sculpture, Alberto Giacometti's Man Pointing . In November 2015, his art collection

9936-466: The realm of feature-length fare, including the Adrian Lyne -directed 1997 remake of Lolita . On March 1, 1994, Showtime and The Movie Channel in conjunction with rivals HBO and Cinemax implemented a cooperative content advisory system to provide to parents specific information about pay-cable programming content that may be unsuitable for their children; the development of the system—inspired by

10044-533: The seasonal late night reality series Big Brother After Dark , a companion to sister broadcast network CBS ' American adaptation of Big Brother ; the program moved to TVGN (which has since been renamed Pop ) starting with the June 26, 2013, premiere of Big Brother ' s 15th season . Showtime formerly produced its own original made-for-cable movies , originally branded as "Showtime Original Movies" until 1994 and "Showtime Original Pictures" thereafter until

10152-427: The service included Showtime original programming, feature films, comedy specials, documentaries and sports programming. It was available nationally to Showtime subscribers of satellite provider AT&T DirecTV , and regionally by Comcast Xfinity; Spectrum ; Optimum; Cox Communications; CenturyLink Prism ; Grande Communications ; Mediacom ; AT&T U-verse ; and Verizon FIOS . The Showtime Anytime app (which

10260-750: The service's daily schedule, varying in quantity depending on channel—and original series targeted at adult audiences (including, as of June 2020 , dramas like Shameless , Homeland , Yellowjackets , Billions , The Chi , The L Word: Generation Q , and Penny Dreadful: City of Angels ; comedies such as Black Monday , Our Cartoon President and Kidding ; and docuseries including The Circus and Vice ). In addition, Showtime has documentary films, boxing matches, sports-centric magazine series, occasional original stand-up comedy specials, and short-form behind-the-scenes specials centered mainly on theatrical films (either running in their initial theatrical or Showtime Networks broadcast window). Since

10368-448: The television rights, resulting in a lower than suitable licensing fee rate the studios would be paid for individual films. The three companies announced an agreement in to acquire interests in TMC on November 11, 1982. In late December of the same year, the U.S. Department of Justice launched a routine preliminary inquiry into the proposed partnership. The Department of Justice had blocked

10476-508: The two channels in the venture to pay lower fees for films produced by three studio partners than those paid by smaller pay television services for the same films. After the revised proposal was rejected on July 28, Warner Communications and American Express restructured the purchase to include only Viacom as a partner, bowing Gulf+Western and MCA out from the partnership. The changes – which Justice Department officials acknowledged would "prevent any anti-competitive effect from arising" following

10584-421: Was a late-night block known as Showtime After Hours , which featured softcore pornographic films and original series. Showtime did not have set start or end times for the block, as they varied depending on the mainstream feature films–and original series on certain nights–that aired prior to and following it, and also depended on the number of programs and programs in particular that were scheduled to air within

10692-619: Was deployed to Afghanistan. In 2011, Cohen became involved in veterans' mental health while serving on the board of Robin Hood Foundation , a charitable organization focused on alleviating problems caused by poverty in New York City. In 2013, the Steven & Alexandra Cohen Foundation Cohen's family foundation, began underwriting the Military Family Clinic at NYU Langone. That year, the foundation also gave

10800-777: Was estimated to be at about $ 1 billion. Cohen is reportedly building a private museum for some of his artwork on his Greenwich property. Cohen had also placed Marc Quinn 's Self , a head sculpture made of frozen blood, in the SAC lobby. In 2008, he was inducted into the Institutional Investors Alpha's Hedge Fund Manager Hall of Fame along with Alfred Jones , Bruce Kovner , David Swensen , George Soros , Jack Nash , James Simons , Julian Robertson , Kenneth Griffin , Leon Levy , Louis Bacon , Michael Steinhardt , Paul Tudor Jones and Seth Klarman . Cohen has been married twice. In 1979, he married Patricia Finke,

10908-465: Was exercised in part to finance much of the buyout of Showtime/The Movie Channel without borrowing any money (ironically, Warner Communications would eventually acquire rivals HBO and Cinemax , when the company merged with Time Inc. in 1990 to form Time Warner , which is now known as Warner Bros. Discovery ). The subsidiary was renamed Showtime Networks, Inc. in 1988. Also in 1988, the company formed Showtime Event Television (now Showtime PPV) as

11016-555: Was identical to Showtime Anytime; it offered a back catalog of episodes of various past and present Showtime original series (with new episodes of Showtime original series being made available for streaming the same day as their original broadcast on the main linear Showtime channel), feature films and documentaries, and sports events and analysis programs. Subscriptions were also available over Amazon Prime (Amazon Channels), Hulu, The Roku Channel, and Apple TV (Apple TV Channels) as add-ons. Unlike HBO Now, Showtime also provided live streams of

11124-621: Was offered as a free download) was initially released on the iOS App Store for the iPad and iPhone on October 3, 2011. On October 1, 2012, an Android app became available through the Google Play platform for Android devices. In September 2017, it was discovered that the Showtime Anytime website was injected with code that mined the cryptocurrency Monero using the viewer's CPU, which would potentially cause degraded performance for other websites and applications. The code

11232-457: Was offered to subscribers of the linear Showtime television service) ceasing operations on December 14, and the standalone Showtime app being discontinued on April 30, 2024; the primary Showtime channel was rebranded as Paramount+ with Showtime on January 8, 2024, although the former name remains in use as a standalone brand for its multiplex channels and for marketing of the network's original programs. In 1991, after HBO and Cinemax debuted

11340-426: Was removed as soon as it was discovered. The Anytime app and website viewing were shut down in December 2023. On September 22, 2011, Showtime launched Showtime Social , a second screen interactive app providing interactivity with Showtime programs including viewer-participant polls and trivia questions as well as real-time aggregation of Twitter , Facebook and blog comments about particular Showtime programs;

11448-727: Was required to stop handling investments for outsiders. Cohen "escaped criminal indictment himself despite being the living, breathing heart of S.A.C. Capital." He was featured in January 2017 The New Yorker article titled "When the Feds Went After the Hedge-Fund Legend Steven A. Cohen". In 2014, Cohen founded Point72 Ventures , "a venture capital fund that makes early-stage investments". In January 2021, Cohen's hedge fund Point72 joined Ken Griffin 's Citadel in putting $ 2.75 billion into Melvin Capital ,

11556-535: Was running his trading group at Gruntal & Co. by 1984 and continued running it until he started his own company, SAC Capital, in 1992. Throughout the late 1980s, the Securities and Exchange Commission became suspicious that Cohen had used inside information in December 1985 when he bet that RCA and GE would merge, ahead of the announcement. The SEC called him to testify, but he refused to answer any questions, invoking his right against self-incrimination . Then,

11664-451: Was transferred to the Youth & Entertainment Group division the following month, later named MTV Entertainment Group), to be overseen by SNI CEO David Nevins . ViacomCBS renamed itself as Paramount Global on February 16, 2022; the company's domestic networks division became Paramount Media Networks on the same day. On January 30, 2023, Paramount Global announced plans to fully integrate

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