Paramount Global operates as a mass media company, which creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. The company is headquartered in New York City, New York and currently employs 24,500 full-time employees. The firm's segments include TV Media, Direct-to-Consumer and Filmed Entertainment. The TV Media segment consists of its domestic and international broadcast networks and owned television stations; domestic and international extensions of its cable networks, and domestic and international television studio operations, and production and distribution of first-run syndicated programming. The Direct-to-Consumer segment consists of its portfolio of domestic and international pay and free streaming services. The Filmed Entertainment segment consists of its production and acquisition of films, series and short-form content for release and licensing in media around the world, including in theaters, on streaming services, on television, and through digital home entertainment and digital versatile discs (DVDs).