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Channel 5’s Ben Frow promoted at Viacom, handed entire UK content budget
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Ben Frow as director of programmes for its…
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Viacom launches personalised MTV channel in Switzerland
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched MyMTV Music in Switzerland on Swisscom. As opposed…
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Viacom takes full control of Italian kids network Super!
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has acquired the 50% of Super Broadcast S.R.L, which owns…
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ITV Studios international boss Maria Kyriacou boards Viacom
ITV Studios’ Maria Kyriacou is joining Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN). The exec – who…
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Sales round-up: ESG scores for ‘Younger’, ‘Stripped’; BBCS starts ‘Revolutions’
Endemol strips in Spain Endemol Shine International has sold social experiment format Stripped into Spain,…
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Channel 5: Greenlight for ‘All Creatures Great And Small’; My5 adds Pluto TV
Channel 5 is adapting James Herriot’s iconic collection of stories All Creatures Great And Small…
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Viacom’s James Currell exits after 18 years
Long-time Viacom exec James Currell is departing the business. Currell – who most recently served…
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Dating formats in a social age: Why audiences are hooked on hooking up
Viacom International Studios’ head of formats Laura Burrell expounds on the prolific success of recent…
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Viacom preps K-pop series for MTV Russia
Viacom and telco MTS are partnering for a K-pop-inspired reality series for MTV Russia. The…
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Viacom rejigs Networks group
Viacom has rejigged its Viacom Media Networks group, which will see Kevin Kay, the president…
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Viacom to benefit from Disney/Fox “distraction”
Viacom CEO Bob Bakish has that the Disney/Fox merger represents a “significant positive” for the…
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Kew Media nabs VIMN exec for US sales
Kew Media Distribution (KMD), part of Kew Media Group, has appointed Viacom International Media Networks’…
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Elephant House taps ITV Studios label for creative director
Viacom International Media Networks’ (VIMN) Elephant House Studios has hired Ed Taylor, from ITV Studios…
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Viacom launches digital unit with new VP in place
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has launched Viacom Digital Studios International (VDSI), a new unit…
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VIMN hires Disney UK & Ireland director for kids
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has appointed Disney’s UK & Ireland programming director Louise Bucknole…
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Viacom’s Flamman takes on new MTV and Nick role
Peter Flamman has landed a new role at Viacom and will oversee MTV and Nickelodeon…
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Raft of Lip Sync format deals for Viacom
Viacom’s Lip Sync Battle continues to travel well, with new format and option deals for…
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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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Middle East launch for Comedy Central
Middle Eastern pay TV platform OSN has added the Comedy Central channel to its line-up. The…
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Viacom poaches Worldwide exec for strategy
Viacom has recruited Amit Arora for a newly-created strategy role within its Asian operation. Arora…
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Viacom placing BET in France
Viacom will launch a round-the-clock BET channel in France next month. The entertainment channel will…
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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…
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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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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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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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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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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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