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ViacomCBS, Fremantle take ‘Balcony Stories’ to the world
ViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) has begun production on Balcony Stories, a series of short-form shows…
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Paramount Network, Spike & VH1 among ViacomCBS’s expanded Sky Italia deal
ViacomCBS and Sky Italia have announced a multi-year extension of their deal in Italy. The…
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Sales round-up: Dutch Spike adds UK shows, Motorsport.tv gets Greenlight deal, AMC & Atresmedia prep EspañaTV for Portugal
Netherlands-based Spike agrees DRG deal Viacom-owned Spike in the Netherlands has struck a deal with…
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Viacom’s Armstrong to oversee int’l sales
Viacom International Media Networks has handed oversight on international programme and affiliate sales to BET…
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Gardner to landscape Paramount Network
TV Land development executive Brad Gardner has landed a promotion, and will work on original…
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Viacom rebuild continues with new appointments
Bob Bakish’s restructuring of US media giant Viacom has continued with appointment of a music…
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Viacom outlines five point turnaround plan
Media giant Viacom has unveiled a five-point plan to get its business back on track,…
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Viacom moves CMT, TV Land in ents rejig
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has delivered on his promise to move the CMT and TV…
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ITV poaches US scripted exec from Endemol Shine
The US drama division of ITV Studios has hired Dwayne Shattuck as its executive VP,…
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Bakish: Comedy Central, Paramount are priorities
Bob Bakish has said Viacom must focus on expanding the international reach of the Comedy…
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Viacom channels yanked from Sony streaming net
Viacom’s cable nets are being pulled from Sony’s US cloud TV service, PlayStation Vue. The…
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Viacom launching new Spike channels
Viacom will launch Spike channels in the Netherlands and Hungary next month. The male-skewing cable…
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Viacom merging US and int’l under Bakish
Viacom’s international and US channel groups are merging into a new unit that Bob Bakish…
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Sharma, Bates upped in regional Viacom rejig
Paras Sharma and Simon Bates have gained promotions in a restructuring at Viacom International Media…
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Spike peers into The Mist with Stephen King
US cable channel Spike is to remake horror movie The Mist. The network has ordered…
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Spike, Lionsgate team with Christina Aguilera
US channel Spike, producer Lionsgate Television and singer Christina Aguilera are working up a music-themed…
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Foxtel eyes ratings spike with VIMN shows
Australian pay TV platform Foxtel has acquired a multi-title programming package from Viacom International Media…
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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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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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Spike harvests Bruckheimer drama series
US cable net Spike has ordered Harvest, a new drama about a hard-working father forced…
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Channel 5 secures Spike miniseries Tut
UK broadcaster Channel 5 has acquired Tut, the Ancient Egypt miniseries about boy-king Tutankhamun. Viacom-owned…
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Channel 5 made £12.9m loss before Viacom deal
Channel 5 made a £12.9 million (US$20.1 million) loss in its final financial results before…
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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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Electus strikes Bellator MMA deals
Electus International has secured new deals for the Bellator mixed martial arts championship with international…
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Viacom retools channels under Zarghami, Herzog
Viacom has promoted Cyma Zarghami and Doug Herzog to run its channel operations, which will…
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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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Crew member fatally shot during Cops filming
A crew member on Cops has been fatally shot while filming the long-running US reality…
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News brief: Pierce Brosnan working up Crusades drama for Spike
Pierce Brosnan is working in The Crusaders, a new original drama for Spike that will…
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French sale for tattoo competition series
French digital terrestrial channel Numero 23 has picked up tattoo competition series Ink Master. The…
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