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• MTV's Nickelodeon to ink USD300m ad deal with Group M - Rumour

  Nickelodeon is close to sealing a deal with media agency Group M to sell ad spaces across its TV channels in the next season, reports AdvertisingAge quoting two executives familiar with the negotiations. The agreement would reportedly bring Nickelodeon ad revenues of more than USD300m and is believed to...

  News items 2008-05-16

  Tags: Nickelodeon, MTV Networks, WPP, GroupM, VIA Technologies Inc., Viacom Inc.

• Viacom Profit Rises on "Rock Band," MTV

  By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc VIAb said on Friday quarterly net profit rose 33 percent, beating Wall Street forecasts, on strong sales of the "Rock Band" video game and higher advertising revenue at MTV Networks. The owner of the...

  News items 2008-05-02

  Tags: Games, Viacom Inc., MTV Networks, cable network, advertisement, net profit, cable, video game, analyst, movie, New York, sales, Thomson Reuters Corp., network, game, video, DVD, industry, benefit, performance

• Viacom Profits Higher on "Rock Band," MTV Networks

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Viacom Inc VIAb said on Friday its first quarter net profit rose 33 percent on strong sales of "Rock Band" video game and higher advertising revenue at MTV Networks. The New York-based owner of Nickelodeon and Paramount movie ...

  News items 2008-05-02

  Tags: Games, Sales strategy, Corporate communications, Viacom Inc., MTV Networks, net profit, video game, New York, advertisement, quarterly profit, Thomson Reuters Corp., video, game, sales, movie

• Blockbuster in Talks For Stake in Viacom-led Channel: Report

  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Blockbuster Inc BBI is in talks about taking a stake in the new premium TV channel to be launched by Viacom Inc VIAb with Lions Gate Entertainment LGF and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, the Wall Street Journal said on Tuesday,...

  News items 2008-04-28

  Tags: TVs, Advertising & Promotion, Blockbuster Inc., Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Viacom Inc., entertainment, New York, TV, Thomson Reuters Corp., partnership, movie, electronics, agreement, programming, video

• Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate to Take on HBO, Showtime

  By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters UK) - Sumner Redstone's Viacom VIAb will launch a premium TV and movie channel with Lionsgate LGF and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, aiming a direct volley at Time Warner's TWX HBO as well as Redstone's own Showtime networks owned by CBS Corp...

  News items 2008-04-20

  Tags: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Showtime Networks, CBS Broadcasting Inc., Viacom Inc., Lionsgate, Redstone, Paramount, Time Warner Inc., TV

• Viacom, MGM and Lionsgate to Take on HBO, Showtime

  By Kenneth Li NEW YORK (Reuters) - Sumner Redstone's Viacom Inc VIAb will launch a premium TV and movie channel with Lionsgate LGF and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, aiming a direct volley at Time Warner Inc's TWX HBO as well as Redstone's own Showtime ...

  News items 2008-04-20

  Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Digital media, Showtime Networks, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Studios, Viacom Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., pay-TV, VoD, TV, movie, shareholder, Time Warner Inc., Thomson Reuters Corp., online store, New York, job, CEO, programming, phone

• Viacom's Digital Strategy Leaves Users Lost in the Web

  The Machinist tech blog posted an interesting article about Britney Spears' VMA performance (stay with me --  this is relevant, I swear). The blogger noted how it was nearly impossible to locate the clip online -- even on YouTube. Why the hassle finding the pop-tart's phoned-in performance? Viacom's copyright claim....

  Blog posts 2007-09-13

  Tags: Corporate communications, Financial accounting, strategy, Lori Deschene, Web, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., Google Inc.

• Internet Alternatives: A Good Beginning

  The big Internet news recently was almost ignored in all the hullabaloo about Viacom suing GooTube. A coalition of Microsoft, Google, Dell, Hewlett Packard, Intel and Phillips have been urging the FCC to allow frequencies in the 700MHz spectrum which will become available in 2009 to be used for highspeed...

  Blog posts 2007-03-26

  Tags: Federal government, TV & Home Theater, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Broadband Internet, Tom Evslin, Internet, spectrum, FCC, Internet access, duopoly, tower, Viacom Inc., TV

• GooTube's Video Blunder

  Good news for "I Spy" and "Gumbi" fans. Digital Music Group Inc. and YouTube today announced  a plan to post over 4,000 hours of classic TV shows. If YouTube and Google were smart, they would have worked out a similar agreement with Viacom. Instead, Viacom demanded YouTube take down over...

  Blog posts 2007-02-12

  Tags: Corporate communications, SEARCH, Joseph De Avila, GooTube, Viacom Inc., YouTube Inc., video

• Corporate Governance Guidelines-Viacom Inc.

  The Board has adopted the guidelines to reflect Viacom’s commitment to the highest standards of corporate governance,to comply with New York Stock Exchange and other legal requirements. The Corporate Governance Committee will periodically review these Guidelines and propose modifications for the Board’sconsideration as appropriate. To know more, refer to the...

  White papers 2003-03-19

  Tags: Corporate law, Viacom Inc., corporate governance, board

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• Redstone OK with Cruise in 4th 'Mission Impossible'

  Entertainment mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday he has no objection to Tom Cruise starring in the next segment of the popular "Mission Impossible" movie series, despite cutting his relationship with the actor in 2006. Redstone -- executive chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp....

  Articles 2008-05-07

• You Can't Stop The Rock!!

  MTV Games, Harmonix and EA Announce 'Rock BandTM Track Pack Volume 1' for WiiTM and PlayStationR2 System Will Be Available July 15, 2008 CAMBRIDGE, Mass., May 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Harmonix, the leading developer of music-based games, and MTV Games, a division of MTV Networks, which is a...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• Copyright is even more right in digital age: US media mogul

  SEOUL AFP — US media mogul Sumner Redstone said Tuesday that "enormous emerging markets" for entertainment content are opening up across Asia and elsewhere but copyright protection poses a growing challenge. At a keynote speech to the Seoul Ditigal Forum, the chairman of Viacom and CBS Corporation called...

  Articles 2008-05-05

• Cruise and Redstone reconcile for 'MI:4'

  Also attending the L.A. premiere: Sumner Redstone, CEO of Paramount's parent company, Viacom. This week, Redstone announced that he'll reteam with Tom Cruise to produce Mission: Impossible 4. The two had a falling out after MI:III's disappointing box-office performance, which Redstone blamed in part on Cruise's behavior. Redstone...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• Viacom Reports First Quarter 2008 Results

  - Revenues Increased 15% to $3.12 Billion with Media Networks Up 16% and Filmed Entertainment Up 12% - Net Earnings were $270 Million with Diluted EPS of $0.42 - Adjusted Diluted EPS Rose 29% to $0.44 NEW YORK, May 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom...

  Articles 2008-05-02

• Grammy-Award Winning Artist Miri Ben-Ari Enlists Star Power for a Good Cause

  Gedenk Movement Targets American Youth to Educate About the Holocaust NEW YORK, May 1 /PRNewswire/ -- Grammy-winning artist Miri Ben-Ari, aka the Hip-Hop Violinist and a third generation to Holocaust survivors, is launching a new campaign on behalf of her non-profit organization Gedenk ("remember" in Yiddish) to...

  Articles 2008-05-01

• Audible and Logo Announce Exclusive Relationship with Launch of Logo Boutique

  "A Wolf at the Table," by Augusten Burroughs marks the launch of exclusive Logo-branded audiobook boutique at Audible NEW YORK -- The leading provider of premium digital spoken audio information and entertainment, Audible, Inc., an Amazon.com, Inc. subsidiary (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Logo, a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE: VIA...

  Articles 2008-04-30

• Ubisoft and GameTrailers.com Announce Contest Inspired by Haze Video Game and Nu Metal Rockers Korn

  Nectar Meets Metal in Exclusive User Video Mash-Up Contest SAN FRANCISCO -- Today Ubisoft, one of the world's largest video game publishers, and GameTrailers, the premier provider of video for gamers and a division of Viacom Inc.'s (NYSE:VIA) (NYSE:VIA.B) MTV Networks Entertainment Group, announced the creation of a...

  Articles 2008-04-29

• Viacom, Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate Form New Joint Venture to Create an Innovative Premium Entertainment Service

  Next-Generation Premium Television Channel and Video on Demand Service to Offer New and Classic Box Office Hits and Original Television Series from Paramount, Paramount Vantage, MGM, United Artists and Lionsgate for Distribution in the Premium Pay Television Window Beginning Fall of 2009 NEW YORK, April 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/...

  Articles 2008-04-20

• Paramount Pictures Celebrates 13th Annual Viacommunity Day

  Paramount Joins Viacom, MTV Networks and BET Networks Employees In a Company-Wide Volunteer Day HOLLYWOOD, Calif., April 16 /PRNewswire/ -- On Wednesday, April 16, 2008, Paramount Pictures will celebrate its 13th Annual Viacommunity Day. The employee volunteerism and community outreach effort, inaugurated by Viacom in 1995,...

  Articles 2008-04-16