 Although Paramount executives indicated they would produce programs for DuMont, the studio never supplied the network with programs or technical assistance.The acrimonious relationship between Paramount and DuMont climaxed during the 1953 FCC hearings regarding the ABC–United Paramount Theaters merger when Paul Raibourn, an executive at Paramount, publicly derided the quality of DuMont television sets in court testimony.DuMont began with one basic disadvantage