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MUMBAI: Global media giants have suddenly got serious about internet. The mood is reflected in the recent buys News Corp and Viacom have done, gobbling up...
MUMBAI: Global media firm Viacom Inc. has said that the company’s transaction to separate into two publicly traded entities will likely be completed by the end...
MUMBAI: Fremantle International Distribution has sold the star-studded period drama, Fingersmith, to Viacom’s new cable channel, Logo. The show is produced by Sally Head Production. Logo...
MUMBAI: As part of their public education initiative Know Hiv/Aids initiative US media conglomerate Viacom and the Kaiser Family Foundation have announced a new campaign The...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom is said to be looking at acquiring video on demand site IFilm for $50 million. Media reports indicate that the site...
MUMBAI: US cable television organisation The Cable Center which aims to create further awareness about the cable TV industry has announced the presenters for The 2005...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom has announced that Joseph Ianniello has been appointed senior VP and treasurer. He will be responsible for corporate development, corporate finance,...
MUMBAI: Viacom has entered the 16 billion Yuan outdoor advertising market in China by opening a shop in Beijing. According to a China Business News...
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc. and the Henry J Kaiser Family Foundation have announced their third consecutive launch of the Emmy and Peabody Award-winning public education initiative Know...
MUMBAI: Fredric Reynolds who was Viacom Television Stations Group president and was on track to become CBS CFO following the Viacom corporate split next year, will...
MUMBAI: Finding innovative ways to integrate interactive entertainment, media and programming, MTV Networks has entered into strategic relationship with Chicago based Midway Games to jointly sell...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viaocm has announced that Jay Kushner has been appointed VP and general tax counsel. The announcement was made by Viacom executive VP and...
MUMBAI: It is a kids marketeers dream acquisition. MTV Networks, owner of youth and kids cable channels MTV and Nickelodeon, has acquired NeoPets Inc., the owner...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom’s broadcast network CBS will present a distinct mixture of star-studded and high concept movies and miniseries in the 2005-2006 season, as...
MUMBAI: In a development that has taken many within the cult music franchise by surprise, MTV Networks Asia executive vice-president and MTV India managing director Alex...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s board of directors on Tuesday approved the division of the media giant into two separate companies one built around MTV Networks and the other...
MUMBAI: Americans can prepare to relive some of the funniest, happiest and most emotional moments from the past 50 years of television. Viacom’s cable network TV...
MUMBAI: The googling phenomenon shows no signs of letting up! Less than 10 years since it was formed, internet search engine Google has overtaken traditional media...
MUMBAI: Star News brand director Keertan Adyanthaya is going back to the arena where he first made a name for himself – the music channel business....
MUMBAI: Ready, set go! Viacom’s music and lifestyle channel VH1 in the US has teamed up with culture group Ego Trip. The two will produce a...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has appointed Michael J. Dolan as its executive VP and CFO. Dolan will report to Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone. Dolan...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has reported a hike in revenues for the first quarter ended 31 March 2005. Revenues increased by five per cent to $5.6...
MUMBAI: MTV Networks Europe (MTVNE) has announced that it will launch kids’ channel and web site Nickelodeon in Germany on 12 September 2005. This will be...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has announced that Larry Kramer has been named CBS Digital Media president. Kramer, who founded Dow Jones’ MarketWatch will now oversee all...
MUMBAI: While Viacom is looking at splitting its business into two separate publicly-traded companies, the Rupert Murdoch owned media conglomerate News Corp is not looking at...
MUMBAI: Division for shareholders benefit and further unlocking of value! That is what media conglomerate Viacom chairman and CEO Sumner M. Redstone is looking to achieve...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s radio initiative Infinity Broadcasting has announced it would make available streaming audio of 11 of its leading news and news-talk stations from 14 March...
MUMBAI: Increasing competition in the radio space in the US has taken its toll on media conglomerate Viacom. The company has reported a loss of $18.44...
MUMBAI: US media conglomerate Viacom has announced that Doug Herzog will be the new president of its male oriented network Spike TV. He also serves as...
MUMBAI: This initiative is a first in the history of television. US media conglomerate Viacom’s cable network Showtime Networks will target all voting members of the...
MUMBAI: Viacom Inc. has announced that the company’s senior executive VP and CFO Richard J. Bressler will be quitting the company next year. As per an...
MUMBAI: What first began as the dream of African-American entrepreneur Robert Johnson has now reached a historic milestone. Media conglomerate Viacom has announced that its cable...
MUMBAI: Spanish Broadcasting System, Inc. has acquired KRZZ 93.3 FM serving the San Francisco market from Viacom’s Infinity Broadcasting. Under the terms of the strategic alliance...
MUMBAI: Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products president Leigh Anne Brodsky has announced plans to further leverage and grow Nickelodeon & Viacom Consumer Products internationally with the...
MUMBAI: The Viacom owned US broadcast network CBS has announced that a new mini series Elvis will start production in New Orleans in January 2005. The...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s premium music channel VH1, which launched in India this month, has had its best year ever in the US! The year, 2004, was VH1’s...
MUMBAI: Media and entertainment executives around the world are focused on the impact of technology on their industry. They believe that more technology-savvy managers are critical...
MUMBAI: Two years of “will it, won’t it?” is finally over with the launch in India of VH1, MTV’s upmarket sibling. Interestingly, the premium music channel...
MUMBAI: The Viacom owned CBS network is going from strength to strength. It has come out on top for November in the 18-49 demographic for the...
MUMBAI: Viacom’s US network for males Spike TV will team up with actor Bruce Willis for a documentary that celebrates the joys of fatherhood. True Dads...
MUMBAI: Media and entertainment executives around the world are focused on the impact of technology on their industry. They believe that more technology-savvy managers are critical...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom has announced that Betsy Frank will be the executive VP, research and planning, Viacom’s Cable Networks, film and publishing. Frank will report...
MUMBAI: A couple of days ago, the first-ever global creative meeting on HIV/Aids was held by the United Nations in New York. The event was attended...
MUMBAI: CBS Evening News managing editor and anchor Dan Rather today announced that he will step down from his post on 9 March, 2005; 24 years...
MUMBAI: If you want to capture the kids segment effectively, then you have to speak in a language that they understand best. Realising this Pogo from...
MUMBAI: Former 60 Minutes executive Jonathan Klein has been appointed as the president of CNN US. Klein has replaced Princell Hair and has been given the...
MUMBAI: Mel Karmazin, who earlier this year had left Viacom as its president and COO after a protracted dispute with Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone over strategy...
MUMBAI: CBS News has fired a producer for interrupting the hit show CSI on flagship channel CBS with a special report on the death of the...
MUMBAI: Encouraged by the continuing success of CSI, US broadcaster the Viacom owned CBS has ordered another crime based show. Numbers deals with an FBI agent...
MUMBAI: Media conglomerate Viacom which owns MTV, Paramount and Nickleodeon has posted a loss of $487.6 million for the third-quarter ended 30 September 2004.. Its earnings...
