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On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed as "Spelling Entertainment Group". Exactly a year later, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in the Spelling Entertainment Group and later merged with [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] on September 29, 1994. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into [[Republic Pictures]], and in 1999, Viacom (later "CBS Corporation" and "ViacomCBS", now "[[Paramount Global]]") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]"). | On April 6, 1991, Spelling Entertainment Inc. was acquired by the Charter Company, an oil refining, insurance, and communications company. Spelling and Charter merged on October 5, 1992 and Charter was renamed as "Spelling Entertainment Group". Exactly a year later, Blockbuster Entertainment Corporation acquired a 67% stake in the Spelling Entertainment Group and later merged with [[Viacom Productions|Viacom]] on September 29, 1994. In 1997, the production arm of Worldvision Enterprises was incorporated into [[Republic Pictures]], and in 1999, Viacom (later "CBS Corporation" and "ViacomCBS", now "[[Paramount Global]]") acquired the rest of the Spelling Entertainment Group, and folded the distribution arm of Worldvision into [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount Domestic Television]] (now "[[CBS Media Ventures]]"). | ||
Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[Ruby-Spears Productions|Ruby-Spears]] libraries are owned by [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] through [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting]], ''Let's Make a Deal'' is now owned by [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]], and the TV movies | Currently, most of the Worldvision Enterprises library (the exceptions: most of the [[Hanna-Barbera]] and [[Ruby-Spears Productions|Ruby-Spears]] libraries are owned by [[Warner Bros. Television Studios|Warner Bros. Television]] through [[Turner Entertainment Co.|Turner Broadcasting]], ''Let's Make a Deal'' is now owned by [[Fremantle|FremantleMedia]], and the TV movies that [[Fries Entertainment]] co-produced with Worldvision are owned by [[MGM Television]]) is owned by Paramount Global through CBS Media Ventures and Spelling Television Inc. The movies that Worldvision syndicated, such as those from [[Carolco Pictures]], are now syndicated by [[Trifecta Entertainment & Media]], under license from [[Paramount Pictures]]. | ||
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