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Viacom18 creates Netflix rival
Viacom18 has launched a new ad-supported VOD service, VOOT. The platform will be made free…
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MTV poaches Condé Nast content chief
MTV has hired the programming exec who helped launch Condé Nast Entertainment to become its…
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Ridiculous format deals for Viacom
MTV is readying five local versions of its viral video format Ridiculousness. The international arm…
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Lip Sync Battle breaks out in Africa
MTV in Africa is getting its own version of parent Viacom’s global format hit Lip…
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Dauman named Viacom executive chairman
Philippe Dauman has been named executive chairman of US media giant Viacom, an appointment that…
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MTV brings grandparents to Spring Break
MTV has commissioned an eight-part reality series for its international channels in which twenty-somethings hit…
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Ex-History, MTV execs form indie
Sky Vision and transatlantic indie October Films are backing a new production company from former…
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Viacom ups Sharma in Asia
Viacom International Media Networks has promoted Paras Sharma to senior VP, MTV and Comedy Central…
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Levison is latest VH1 exit
Susan Levison is following Tom Calderone out of the door at music-focused US cable channel…
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Streaming channel QYou staffs up
Streamed linear channel The QYou has hired three commercial execs, adding Amory B. Schwartz, Bob…
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MTV poaches Discovery exec as Friedman exits
US cable channel MTV has a new president following the exit of previous incumbent Stephen…
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Vivendi relaunches Watchever with SVOD ‘channels’
Watchever is being relaunched with a raft of international content companies launching channel-type offerings on…
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Viacom reveals global SVOD service
Viacom has unveiled Viacom Play Plex, a suite of mobile TV apps that will offer…
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NBC poaches Lionsgate drama exec
US broadcast network NBC has poached Cara Dellaverson from Lionsgate Entertainment to become its senior…
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Turner alumnus joins Viacom North Europe
Former Turner Broadcasting System EMEA senior VP and COO Pete Flamman has joined Viacom International…
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Turner poaches Viacom’s Brookman for UK
Turner Broadcasting System poached Viacom International Media Networks’s Vanessa Brookman to become VP, content and…
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All3, Undercover Boss chief form reality prodco
All3Media America has formally brought Undercover Boss showrunner Chris Carlson into the fold. Carlson will…
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UK set for a Lip Sync Battle
UK commercial broadcaster Channel 5 has ordered a local version of Lip Sync Battle, the…
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Viacom adds M&A expert to ranks
US media giant Viacom has appointed a mergers and acquisitions specialist to its ranks. Alex…
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YouTube poaches MTV programming chief
MTV’s president of programming in the US, Susanne Daniels, is set to join YouTube to…
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VH1 chief exits as McCarthy steps up
Viacom’s VH1 has a new boss in the shape of Chris McCarthy after president Tom…
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CBS’s Zoo opens around the world
James Patterson’s CBS drama Zoo has sold to international broadcasters around the world. Sky 1…
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Offman upped in Viacom UK shake up
Jill Offman (left) has been appointed the head of MTV in the UK, adding management…
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MTV’s Lip Sync heads to China streaming
Chinese streaming platform Sohu has ordered a local version of hit Spike show Lip Sync…
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FremantleMedia Italy hires Viacom exec
FremantleMedia Italy has hired Viacom executive Filippo Madella to become its director of branded entertainment….
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C More appoints programming chief
Sweden-based content group C More Entertainment has appointed Bo Thörnwall to the post of director…
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MTV orders int’l social series
MTV has ordered Say it in Song, a new international series from Tony DiSanto’s ITV…
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Amazon ‘dropping Viacom reality shows’
Amazon will remove numerous Viacom reality series from its US Prime Instant Video service, according…
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C5 job losses as Sky and Viacom renew deal
Sky and Viacom International Media Networks have renewed the deal that sees a raft of…
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Tom Forman – why you need me if you want to crack the US
The meeting always goes the same way. On one side, you’ve got me and my…