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Viacom International Media Networks
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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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Pre-market Lip Sync deals for Viacom
Viacom International Media Networks has shopped its entertainment format Lip Sync Battle to a raft…
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MIPJr Hot Pick: Harvey Beaks
From C.H. Greenblatt, the creator of Cartoon Network’s Chowder and a writer on SpongeBob SquarePants,…
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Legendary poaches Viacom sales exec
The TV division of US indie studio Legendary has hired Marco Arabit as its vice…
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Another BBCWW Asia exec defects to Viacom
Pierre Cheung has been hired as Viacom’s China chief, joining from BBC Worldwide and reporting…
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Aussie pay TV content spend nears A$800m
Australian pay TV content investment hit A$796 million (US$560.1 million) in 2014/15, new figures show….
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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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Turtles, Dora spread in Lat Am, Europe
Viacom International Media Networks properties Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Dora the Explorer: Into the…
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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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Viacom pays $153m for Indian nets stake
Viacom has paid 9.4 billion rupees (US$153 million) for a 50% stake in Indian regional…
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Reed MIDEM plots MIPCancun expansion
Event organiser Reed MIDEM is planning on an expanded second edition of Latin American-focused market…
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Caroline Beaton: Why niche is the new normal
In an increasingly fragmented TV landscape, should broadcasters and producers focus more on niche formats…
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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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Comedy Central Africa will Deal With it
Comedy Central Africa has acquired celebrity prank show Deal With it from Israeli distributor Keshet…
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Viacom names Lat Am top team
Viacom International Media Networks Americas has made three senior appointments across its portfolio of channels….
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Viacom poaches BBCWW exec for Asian sales
Viacom International Media Networks has recruited June Yeoh from BBC Worldwide to run programme sales…
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Viacom replaces Blink channel with Paramount
Viacom International Media Networks has withdrawn Blink!, the channel that started out as a JV with…
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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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Televisa buys 500 hours of Nickelodeon fare
Mexican TV giant Televisa has acquired a 496-hour package of content from Viacom kids channel…
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Buyers Briefing: Jules Borkent, Nickelodeon
Name: Jules Borkent Title: senior VP, global acquisitions and international programming, Nickelodeon, Viacom International Media…
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MTV targets mobile-mad millennials with OTT app
Millennial-skewed network MTV is launching an international OTT programming app for mobile phones. MTV Play…
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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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Nick Russia buys Media I.M. toon
Nickelodeon in Russia has bought Studio Atria toon Robodz from fledgling animation distributor Media I.M….
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MTV to repeat Channel 5’s Big Brother
In another sign of the synergies between Viacom’s UK channels bouquet TV channels following the…
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Viacom names Fox’s Imata as Japan GM
Viacom International Media Networks has hired Susumu Imata as its general manager in Japan following…
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Comedy Central UK adapts comedy format
Comedy Central UK has commissioned a local version of comedy format Drunk History. Following a…
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News brief: Asian nets buy Nick toon series
Broadcasters across Asia have acquired Nickelodeon animated programming. The deals include Philippines free TV channel…
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Viacom launching new kids channel in France
Viacom International Media Networks is launching 4Teen, a new kids and teens cable net, in…
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Gazzolo bags VIMN Americas top job
Viacom International Media Networks’ COO Pierluigi Gazzolo has been named president of the US media…