United International Pictures (or UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures (owned by Viacom, which is owned by National Amusements, Inc.) and Universal Studios (owned by NBCUniversal, which is co-owned by Comcast & General Electric), to distribute some of the two studios' films theatrically outside the United States (including territories), Canada, and the Anglophone Caribbean.
UIP also had international theatrical distribution rights to features by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios (which included Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and United Artists) when MGM was part of the venture. In 2000, as MGM left UIP, those rights were passed on to 20th Century Fox (owned by News Corporation).
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