What is Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment?
{{no sources|date=July 2014}} {{Infobox company | name = Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company | logo = [[File:Warner-Amex logo.svg|150px]] | type = Joint venture | genre = [[Cable television]] | fate = Acquired by [[Viacom (original)|Viacom]] | successor = [[Paramount Media Networks|MTV Networks]]<br>[[Showtime Networks|Showtime/The Movie Channel, Inc.]] | founded = {{start date and age|1974}} | defunct = {{end date and age|1987}} | hq_location_city = [[New York City]] | hq_location_country = [[United States]] | owners = [[Warner Communications]] (50%)<br>[[American Express]] (50%) }} '''Warner-AmEx Satellite Entertainment''' was a [[Broadcasting|media]] company is formed in [[New York City]] in 1974 as a joint venture between [[Warner Communications]] and [[American Express]] to produce television networks including [[MTV]], [[Nickelodeon]], [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]], and [[The Movie Channel]]. In 1983, it was sold to [[Viacom (1971–2005)|Viacom]] and [[Showtime (TV channel)|Showtime]] and [[The Movie Channel]] merged to form [[Showtime Networks|Showtime/The Movie Channel]] and in 1985 it was sold again to Viacom and renamed [[MTV Networks]]. [[Category:1974 establishments in the United States]] [[Category:1983 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:1985 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:1987 disestablishments in the United States]] [[Category:Defunct companies of the United States]] [[Category:Viacom]] [[Category:Time Warner]] {{tv-stub}}