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VIACOM

Viacom, Inc. operates as an entertainment content company. It is an American media conglomerate with various worldwide interests in cable and satellite television networks (MTV Networks and BET), and movie production and distribution (the Paramount Pictures and DreamWorks movie studios). Currently, Sumner Redstone is chairman of Viacom and, through National Amusements, the majority shareholder.

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TV is available in 98.6 million homes and is a division of MTV Networks. A unit of Viacom (NYSE: VIA, VIA.

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nationwide. COMEDY CENTRAL is owned by, and is a registered trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of...

Discovery shares may be worth 41 percent more: reportmore

said that while the stock is more expensive than Walt Disney (DIS.N), Time Warner (TWX.N) and Viacom (VIAb.

UPDATE 1-Blockbuster to combine dual sharesmore

s (CSTR.O) Redbox. The dual share structure is a holdover from the company's 2004 spin-off from Viacom Inc (VIAb. N).

Behind Oprah’s next big movemore

plans to go into cable. We were talking because I was profiling Tom Freston, the former CEO of Viacom (VIAB), whom she...

Climate Counts and the Green Race to the Top GreenBiz.commore

and topped the Climate Counts list. Bringing up the rear are Jones Apparel Group (7), VF Corporation (6), Viacom (3),...

BET.com Web Series 'BUPPIES' to Premiere Tuesday November 24thmore

you will need to enter 'digitalpress' to view the clips. About BET Networks BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc.

Sam Shepard to star in Epix pilotmore

morally corrupt and on the verge of bankruptcy. Shepard will play the patriarch. Epix, a joint venture of Viacom,...

Sam Shepard joins 'Tough Trade'more

Blood') and will be exec produced by Jenji Kohan of 'Weeds.'Lionsgate is a partner in Epix with Viacom and MGM.

MTV, RealNetworks to rework Rhapsody JV: filingmore

the early services to offer all-you-can-eat music packages for a monthly subscription fee. MTV, which is owned by...

Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX`s FirstOriginalDrama Series Pilot Tough Tr...more

in Lionsgate's 'Tough Trade,' the first original series pilot for EPIXTM, the new multi-platform entertainment service...

Photos: Oprah and Guestsmore

OWN hired former MTV president Christina Norman as chief executive. She took over from Tom Freston, a former Viacom CEO...

Purring pussycatmore

business to survive if it only makes films. "MGM has never been the wholly integrated company such as Viacom or...

AOL shows worst not over for media job cutsmore

to 10,000 people have lost jobs at major media companies like General Electric Co's NBC Universal, Viacom Inc, Walt...

UPDATE 1-MTV, RealNetworks to rework Rhapsody JV-filingmore

the early services to offer all-you-can-eat music packages for a monthly subscription fee. MTV, which is owned by...

Roar of MGM's lion becomes a purrmore

business to survive if it only makes films. "MGM has never been the wholly integrated company such as Viacom or...

EPIX Movies Delivered in HD via Akamaimore

video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that EPIX, the next generation premium...

'Googled': From Brainchild To Behemothmore

Among the first 'old' media executives to awaken to the threat was Mel Karmazin, then the CEO of Viacom.

EPIX to Keynote Streaming Media Westmore

--(Business Wire)-- Emil Rensing, chief digital officer at EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from...

Logo Rounds Out 2009 With the Launch of Its Online 'Year in Review' Vi...more

Web Sites Serving the LGBT Community in 2009* NEW YORK, Nov. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Logo, a unit of Viacom's MTV Networks...

Super RTL leads kid TVmore

Bob the Builder,' 'Rupert Bear' and 'Thomas and Friends' has helped the web attract a loyal following.

Akamai helps deliver Epix movies in HDmore

Akamai Technologies Inc.said that Epix, the premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate,...

MJ on MTVmore

Palladia. The deal also includes BET and its spinoff, Centric -- which, like MTV, are both owned by Viacom.

The counterculture clubmore

such as Dell, the computer maker, and Vodafone, the mobile telephony group, to mainstream television networks such as...

L.A. police want Jackson records sealedmore

Las Vegas Review-Journal, argued there was no reason for keeping the records sealed.   MORE FROM MICHAEL JACKSON,...

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