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UPDATE: Negotiations continued Saturday between Viacom and AT&T, officials told USA TODAY. The Viacom channels remained on AT&T's platforms past the Friday deadline. On Saturday, Viacom updated ...
CBS and Viacom, corporate cousins for the past decade ... Lee also says that the deal “cements” Redstone’s role “as a trailblazing figure in a male-dominated industry, a woman whose ...
Viacom has quietly debuted a conservative news channel on Pluto TV, a digital platform it acquired for $340 million in March. By Paul Bond Viacom has quietly debuted a conservative news channel on ...
The long history of CBS and Viacom merging, splitting up, and getting back together could be fodder for a juicy romance novel if it weren’t so dully corporate. Viacom (originally named CBS Films ...
CBS and Viacom have agreed to merge — after 13 years apart and two stalled merger attempts in recent years — bringing TV channels like MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central, and BET under the ...
The original positioning of Viacom as a cradle-to-grave advertising-supported giant – from Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central for kids, teens and young adults through CBS and Showtime for their ...
Viacom Inc. has sunk its claws into another hit franchise. The entertainment company said on Tuesday it has reached an agreement to acquire Paws Inc., the holding company that owns the rights to ...
Bankers representing CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. have begun to hammer out terms and management structure in their latest attempt to merge the two media properties controlled by Sumner Redstone’s ...
As media giants CBS Corp. and Viacom Inc. move closer to a blockbuster merger, the leading candidate to run the combined entity has been blackballed from one of the seminal events in the media ...
Viacom has closed its $340 million acquisition of free, ad-supported streaming service Pluto TV. The acquisition, which raised eyebrows for its pricetag when it was announced in January, advances ...
Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) recently announced that it would be acquiring streaming service Pluto TV. Viacom is plunking down $340 million in cash to get its hands on the entire operation ...
Viacom Inc. said it has tapped producer Brian Robbins to head Nickelodeon, a move that shows how important the children’s programming business remains for the media conglomerate. Mr. Robbins is ...