Analysts Appreciate Viacom’s Pure Content Play; New Media, International Should Fuel Growth
On the eve of its 4Q05 and year-end earnings call, Viacom’s recent road show seems to have the desired results with at least a couple of ana… Read more »
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Son Sues Redstone For Fair Share; Could Make Life Complicated for Mogul, Viacom, CBS
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Can MTV Stay Cool And Relevant in Digital Age?
By Rafat Ali
MTV’s the cover story on BW’s latest issue, and the premise is what it has been for a few years: would you still want MTV in this age of alt… Read more »
MTV Announces “Radical” Reorganization; Creates Confusion Over Status Of Digital Group
Updated: Some reorganizations make sense … not sure that’s the case with a batch of changes coming out of MTV today. It looks like the tra… Read more »
Industry Moves: Goldfine Joins Network Live; M. Hirschorn Upped At VH1
Michael Goldfine signs on with Network Live, the joint venture between AOL, XM and AEG, as VP-production and programming. He’ll oversee all… Read more »
Friendster Sales Saga Continues; Viacom Takes A Pass
: [Staci D. Kramer] When I first heard last December from a reliable source that Viacom had made a $20 million offer for Friendster, I held… Read more »
Comedy Central’s Eight Web-Only Shows
By Rafat Ali
Comedy Central’s getting serious…eight-original-web-only-shows-serious. It is introducing its 2006 slate of new shows today for its online… Read more »
@ CES 2006: Bill Gates: Pitch Man: Vista, Urge, Media Center In The Spotlight
Work in progress: Sitting in the orchestra with Microsoft execs courtesy of a Microsoftie, who saved me from overflow oblivion when I explai… Read more »
Viacom Split Final; Two Digital Players Emerge
By Rafat Ali
Officially, the two separate companies will start trading separately tomorrow…Viacom and CBS Corporation. Check out the new CBS Corp webs… Read more »
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Viacom’s First iFilm-Acquisition Synergy: Web Junk 20
By Rafat Ali
Viacom-owned VH1 is launching the first programming initiative to result from the company’s $49 million purchase of iFilm earlier this year:… Read more »
Weekend Reading: Freston, Moonves Look Back, Forward As Viacom Split Nears
Two long pieces from Diane Mermigas about the soon-to-diverge paths of MTV and CBS. To recap, when Viacom unbundles into two separate compan… Read more »
MTV Invests $50 Million in Amp’d Mobile Service
By Rafat Ali
Is it me, or is MTV Networks the “desperate housewives” version of Fox Interactive Media? Now that MTV/Viacom lost the two big deals to Murd… Read more »
Infinity Broadcasting To Re-brand As CBS Radio (sub. req.)
The rebranding announcement is part of the series of pre-split moves being made by what will be “new” Viacom and CBS. This puts the radio gr… Read more »
MTV Urge: A Departure For Microsoft; Basis For Next Version Of Windows Media Player
The new version of the Windows Media Player being developed for MTV’s Urge will also be the next major iteration of the player. Kevin Unang… Read more »
MTV Urge: Interview, Jason Hirschhorn, Chief Digital Officer, MTV Networks
It’s not easy to be effusive and try to lower expectations at the same time but that’s the position Jason Hirschhorn, chief digital officer… Read more »
Nickelodeon Buys GoCityKids.com
By Rafat Ali
Nickelodeon, the kids-focused TV and online division of Viacom, has bought out GoCityKids, an online city directory and resource for both vi… Read more »
Industry Moves: Viacom Names M&A Chief
By Rafat Ali
The new new Viacom has appointed an M&A head: Wade Davis is the senior VP of M&As. Davis was formerly a managing director, co-head of invest… Read more »
CBS, Verizon Wireless Video Deal: A First For CBS
A variety of CBS video will start showing up on Verizon V Cast this month in the network’s first mobile content deal. Offerings include vide… Read more »
CBS To Stream NCAA BasketBall Games Free Online
By Rafat Ali
This is a major step in the world of online sports rights: CBS Corp. has tied up with NCAA to webcast most out-of-market games online…Beg… Read more »
MTV Networks Acquires GameTrailers.com
By Rafat Ali
MTV Networks has made its second acquisition in the broadband video space, after buying out iFilm: it has acquired online gaming video site… Read more »
CBS Is Looking For Video Search, Distribution Partners
Not exactly breaking news but CBS chairman Les Moonves says the company is talking to Google and Yahoo about potential video search and dist… Read more »
Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon License Shows To Hasbro’s VuGo (sub. req.)
Effective today,add Time Warner’s Cartoon Network and Viacom’s Nickelodeon to the on-demand download rolls. The two networks will provide ha… Read more »
Viacom:Very Much Underinvested Online
By Rafat Ali
So says Viacom patriach and outgoing CEO Sumner Redstone, in an undreadably long interview in HR. “In the Internet, frankly, we are very muc… Read more »
NBC In 99-Cent VOD Pact With DirecTV; So Does CBS With Comcast
By Rafat Ali
Updated: read below: Two major deals in the VOD space:
– NBC-DirecTV: This is a biggie for satellite TV, and hopefully opening-of-mind for… Read more »
Viacom To Buy CSTV For $325 Million
By Rafat Ali
Viacom is buying College Sports Television Networks (CSTV), for $325 million. CSTV is a network of college TV channels and more importantly… Read more »
Mixed Results, Small Gains, Shareholder Overtures On the 3Q05 Earnings Agenda
A little dated because it previews the Viacom earningds announced Tuesday but a good overview of the media and entertainment earnings landsc… Read more »
Earnings: Cable, Entertainment Lead Viacom’s Last United 3Q To 10-Percent Rev Hike
Updated to include earnings call: Given the spate of reports, we may have to declare this Viacom Tuesday. In what likely will be the last ea… Read more »
Report: Viacom May Acquire CSTV
Updated: Viacom’s CBS Broadcasting is in talks to acquire College Sports Television Networks for as much as $500 million, according to Bloom… Read more »
Industry Moves: Bob Flood Leaves Optimedia For MTV Networks
Busy times for MTV Networks … MediaDailyNews reports that Bob Flood is leaving his post as EVP-director of national electronic media at Pu… Read more »
Industry Moves: MTV To Appoint Michael Wolf As COO
By Rafat Ali
The other Michael Wolf…the media strategist and managing partner in McKinsey. MTV Networks, about to be spun off into a new company from p… Read more »
Industry Moves: Andrew Heyward Out As President, CBS News; Sean McManus To Oversee News And Sports
Sean McManus, president of CBS Sports since 1996, adds president of CBS News to his portfolio Nov. 7 following the long-rumored departure of… Read more »
Comedy Central’s MotherLoad To Launch Nov 1
By Rafat Ali
Comedy Central has released some more details of its upcoming broadband video service called Motherload (we reported on it here first)..it w… Read more »
Its Official: Viacom-MTV Acquires iFilm For $49 Million
By Rafat Ali
As we reported first last month, Viacom and its division MTV Networks has bought out online video site iFilm, for about $49 million. The sit… Read more »
Viacom-iFilm Deal To Close This Week
By Rafat Ali
Viacom, which is close to buying online video site iFilm (a story we broke in Sept), is expected to close the deal this week. Shareholders (… Read more »
MTVu Uber Usability Update
This is what I call executive attention to details. Jason Hirschhorn, MTV’s SVP-digital music and media, noticed my comment about not being… Read more »
MTV Networks’ Broadband Rollout Continues With MTVU Uber
MTV Networks is touting mtvU Uber as its first channel distributed in its entirety over broadband; MTVN’s other broadband sites offer pieces… Read more »
Motherload: Comedy Central’s New Broadband Service
By Rafat Ali
Yes, that’s what it is called, according to an SEC filing detailing Viacom’s split into “New Viacom: and CBS Corp: “New Viacom also plans to… Read more »
Verizon Continues To Add Must-Have Programming To FiOS With MTV-BET Deal
Verizon adds MTV Networks and BET to the FiOS lineup with a wide-ranging deal announced today. That’s 27-plus channels including Comedy Cent… Read more »
Traditional Media Companies Answer Internet Wake-Up Call — After Sleeping In
After hitting the snooze bar one time too many, traditional media companies are waking to a game of catch-up with entry fees in the billions… Read more »
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