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Viacom International Media Networks
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Viacom names Lynn replacement in UK, CEE
Viacom has named James Currell as executive VP and managing director for the UK, northern…
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Viacom names Levy global COO
Viacom’s worldwide entertainment arm has named Sarah Levy as its COO. Levy will oversee operations…
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TBI Kids: Year in Review
Undeniably, 2016 was the year digital platforms established themselves as key kids entertainment market gamechangers….
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Viacom pays $345m for Telefe
US media giant Viacom has confirmed it is buying Telefe, paying US$345 million for Argentinian…
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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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Bakish ‘set for interim Viacom CEO role’
Viacom’s international president and CEO, Bob Bakish, is set to be named interim chief executive…
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MTV creates ‘first live-stream-to-TV’ format
MTV Australia claims it will be the first channel to produce and broadcast a ‘live-stream-to-TV’…
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Ex-Viacom, Sonar exec takes on Big role
Former Viacom and Sonar distribution exec Debbie Back has joined New York’s Big Media to…
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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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French net has Ex on the Beach
French channel NRJ12 has ordered a local version of Viacom dating format Ex on the…
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Viacom nets set for TVPlayer SVOD service
Viacom International Media Networks is placing three of its key pay TV channels on the…
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Spike, Channel 5 win ‘bidding war’ for BattleBots
Viacom networks Spike UK and Channel 5 will broadcast the ABC mech combat format BattleBots…
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Viacom makes 100-country direct-to-consumer BET
Viacom is launching BET as a direct-to-consumer streaming service in 100 countries. BET Play is…
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Nick picks Valentine for live-action
Nickelodeon’s international arm has hired producer Charly Valentine to become senior director, live-action production and…
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Viacom Play Plex apps hit Asia
Viacom’s mobile app suite, Viacom Play Plex, is to debut in Asia for the first…
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Chinese SVOD net grabs Nick awards show
China’s LeEco is bringing the Nickelodeon Kids Choice Awards into the territory for the first…
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Viacom plots further int’l digital expansion
Viacom has witnessed double-digit viewer growth across two of its UK platforms – MTV.co.uk and…
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Plans drawn for Lat Am Lip Sync Battle
Comedy Central Latin America and TV Azteca are to coproduce a 13x60mins version of Lip…
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Nick hires NBCU exec for UK post
Nickelodeon has hired NBCUniversal International’s director of programming in the UK. James Newton is joining…
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Viacom snatches Channel 5 rights from DRG
Viacom International Media Networks has taken on rights to UK terrestrial Channel 5’s in-house production…
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Viacom bringing Car Crash Couples to Cannes
Viacom International Media Networks is launching UK-originated dating format Car Crash Couples at MIPTV. The…
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Endemol Beyond, Viacom launch German Icon
Endemol Beyond Germany and Viacom International Media Networks Northern Europe have partnered to launch a…
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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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Paramount Channel launches in Italy
Viacom’s Paramount Channel is launching in Italy. The Viacom International Media Networks channel, which is…
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Viacom keeps up Lip Sync momentum
Viacom’s popular entertainment format Lip Sync Battle has sold to six new territories. Season one…
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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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McCann exits Nick UK, new GM installed
Tina McCann is exiting Nickelodeon UK as part of a “management handover” that sees VP,…
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BET teams with ‘Afro American Netflix’ in France
Viacom’s African and African-American culture and entertainment channel BET will launch on SVOD in France…
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News brief: Chinese VOD net add Turtles
Chinese on-demand video site Tencent has acquired seasons one and two of Viacom’s Tenage Mutant…
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Nick re-ups TF1 deal, sells 1000hrs to China
Viacom International Media Networks sealed a pair of major Nickelodeon content deals at MIPCOM last…