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BET
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BET greenlights New Edition biopic mini
Viacom’s US cable channel BET has ordered a miniseries based in the story of 1980s…
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MTV UK boss to rebrand Channel 5
MTV UK general manager Kerry Taylor has been given a new role within Viacom and…
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Viacom promotes Gorke for US distribution
Viacom has promoted Tom Gorke to a wider content distribution role in its domestic networks division….
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BET creates programming president role for Hill
African-American-skewed cable channel BET has appointed Stephen Hill to a new role as president, programming….
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Raft of exec appointments at Viacom intn’l channels
Viacom has upped several of senior channel execs at its international channels, appointing a new…
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Viacom confirms ‘landmark’ Sony OTT deal
Entertainment giant Viacom has confirmed it is to provide 22 launch channels for Sony Corporation’s…
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BET hires Nick, Facebook execs
Viacom’s African American cable channel BET has hired a former Nickelodeon international programming chief and…
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Analysis: OTT to the rescue…
…or how streaming services are saving TV series and allowing others to get made. Pay…
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News brief: BET orders first scripted series
Viacom’s BET has ordered Being Mary Jane, its first-ever scripted series. A follow-up to BET’s…
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Scandal goes into syndication with Viacom’s BET
Hit ABC political thriller series Scandal has gone into syndication, with Viacom channel BET launching…
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CBC, BET adapting African slave novel
Canadian pubcaster CBC and Viacom’s US cable channel BET are to broadcast a miniseries adapted…
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US Cable Upfront Report
TBI has teamed with independent research specialist CableU to get under the skin of this…