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The DuMont network was the fourth American television network, founded in the early 1950s. The DuMont network was owned by television set manufacturer Allen B. DuMont and the Paramount movie studio, which previously had its fingers in the young CBS (and later were to be combined through Viacom. Though DuMont had a full compliment of owned and operated stations, it wanted to be allowed to count the stations owned by Paramount as not owned by the network, the Federal Communications Commission did not allow that, it said that the stations were the equivelent of being owned by the network, and since the network, or any owner, could only own five VHF stations it had to get rid of some of its stations or Paramount had to. DuMont did not have many primary affiliations, most were secondary, so the network eventually ceased to operate as a network but as a station group. What was the DuMont network formed the nucleus of what became Metromedia, and now is the Fox Television Network. Paramount's divested movie theatre chain United Paramount Theatres merged with the American Broadcasting Company.