Comedy Central Germany is a German television channel broadcasting comedy-related programmes. It broadcasts many American and British shows as well as some original programming. It was launched on January 15, 2007 and replaced the music channel VIVA Plus. Viacom had a comedy channel in Germany, as they did broadcast NICK Comedy on Nickelodeon Germany after 9.15 p.m. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAb) is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). ... Nickelodeon Germany, known on-air only as Nick, is a 24 hour television channel for kids in Germany. ...

The channel is broadcast free-to-air from analogue satellite on Astra 1F. Free-to-air is a phrase used to describe television and radio broadcasts which are available without subscription and without decryption (pay-TV). ... SES Astra SA, a subsidiary of SES Global, is a Luxembourg-based (in Betzdorf) corporation which owns and operates the Astra series of geostationary satellites, which transmit approximately 1100 analogue and digital television and radio channels via 176 transponders to 91 million households across Europe. ...