Viacom bought MTV in 1985 and proceeded to build a cable TV giant throughout the 1990s with the introduction of channels like VH1, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, BET, CMT and many others.

Viacom, which owns cable channels ... named senior vice president and general manager of MTV and VH1 in 1985; named president of entertainment for MTV in 1986; promoted to president and CEO ...

NPR's Snigdha Prakash reports that Viacom is buying BET Holdings, the owner of the nation's only cable-TV network specifically aimed at African-Americans. Viacom will pay 2.5 billion dollars in ...

David Cook opened the first Blockbuster in 1985. After working in computer software ... At this time, there were 2,800 Blockbuster stores. In 1994, Viacom bought the video-rental company for ...

In February, Viacom expanded Levy’s role as she added ... For her part, Zarghami joined Nickelodeon in 1985 and was tapped as president in 2006. Under her oversight, Nickelodeon became a leading ...

Cyma Zarghami, who rose from a job in 1985 as a scheduling clerk at Nickelodeon to become president of the unit and one of the leaders in children’s television, will leave the Viacom-owned ...

Viacom has established trademark rights to the fictional restaurant ... that was featured in the TV series “Dukes of Hazzard,” which ran on CBS from 1979 to 1985. Just like the General Lee, The Krusty ...

After leaving Viacom in a management shakeup that also ... before joining Columbia Pictures as part of its legal team. In 1985 Dolgen moved to Twentieth Century Fox where he became president ...

Dolgen came on as Viacom Entertainment Group chairman in April ... He moved to 20th Century Fox in 1985 as studio chief Barry Diller was launching the Fox broadcast network, eventually serving ...

In 1985, Dolgen moved to Twentieth Century Fox ... Dolgen was elected Chairman of Viacom Entertainment in 1994, the same year it acquired 50.1% of Paramount Communications. Suddenly, he was ...