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Comedy Central greenlights toon
US cable channel Comedy Central has okayed an urbam coming-of-age animated comedy series, Legends of…
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BET poaches Fox Searchlight’s Mashariki
BET Networks has poached Fox Searchlight programmer Zola Mashariki to work with programming president Stephen…
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Comedy Central, C5 remaking Impractical Jokers
Viacom-owned Comedy Central UK and Channel 5 have jointly ordered a local version of US…
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TV2 bags Spike series
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired a number of Spike series from Viacom International Media…
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Viacom restructure costs $785m
The continuing restructuring of Viacom will cost the US-based media giant US$785 million. The company…
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Sweeney joins Netflix board
Former Disney-ABC Television president Anne Sweeney has joined the board of streaming service Netflix. Sweeney…
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ITV Studios to take MIPTV to 10,000 BC
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch reality format 10,000 BC at MIPTV next month. The…
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Spike gets Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy for UK launch
Viacom will launch Spike in the UK on April 15 and has picked up several…
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Viacom appoints int’l COO
The international arm of US media giant Viacom has appointed Jose Tolosa COO. Tolosa replaces…
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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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Sony launches PlayStation Vue cloud TV service
Sony has launched its new cloud-based TV service, PlayStation Vue, in the US cities of…
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Big Brother gets three season UK order
Channel 5 has committed to another three years of iconic reality show Big Brother. The…
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MTV hands Dolgen reality role amid restructure
Viacom network MTV is merging its east and west coast development teams under veteran reality…
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Guru hires Nick’s Marcus
Canada’s Guru Studio has poached Rachel Marcus from Nickelodeon. Reporting to Guru’s executive VP, Mary…
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HBO, Viacom join content programme
Cable Europe has introduced a new form of associate membership for content providers, with Viacom…
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Kanal 11 has Ex on the Beach with MTV
Discovery Networks Sweden has inked a format deal with Viacom International Media Networks and will…
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Buyers Briefing: Steve Regan, MTV UK
Name: Steve Regan Title: VP of commissioning and production, MTV UK & International Steve Regan…
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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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TV Land president exits Viacom
Viacom’s US cable channel TV Land is saying goodbye to its long-serving president, Larry Jones,…
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MTV boss leaving to set up content firm
MTV president Van Toffler is leaving Viacom to set up a new content business, Below…
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Moonves: CBS doesn’t need merger
Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…
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Endemol Shine hires China boss, Asia CEO exits
Endemol Shine Group has recruited Viacom’s William Tan to run its China operation and confirmed…
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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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Moonves eyes CBS buy-out
CBS Corp.’s CEO Les Moonves has been linked with a buy-out of the US broadcaster,…
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Seven tracks down Channel 5’s Suspects
Seven Network in Australia has acquired British procedural Suspects, which goes out on Viacom’s UK…
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Raine eyes media investment with Freston hire
Global merchant bank The Raine Group has hired former Viacom CEO Tom Freston as its…
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Viacom CEO Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
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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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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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Moonves gets prodco deal in contract renewal
Les Moonves will remain as president and CEO of US broadcast group CBS Corp. until…