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Mark May is a principal and senior internet and digital media research analyst at Needham & Company, LLC, a full-service growth-company inve… Read more »
Viacom’s Profits Up As Recovery Sets In
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) reported its Q309 earnings this morning, and its profits rose to $463 million from $401 million a year earlier, beating a… Read more »
Epix Opens Access To Consumers — With A Hitch
If you jump through a few hoops you may be able to watch new premium channel Epix — for 72 hours. Online. The channel, launching Friday wi… Read more »
New Premium Net Epix Launching This Weekend, With Verizon FiOS
Hallelujah. Epix is finally launching on Oct 30. The premium movie channel, which is a JV between Paramount Pictures, MGM and and Lions Gate… Read more »
Nickelodeon Acquires Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Franchise For $60 Million
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MTV Networks’ Nickelodeon has acquired the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (TMNT) franchise, for $60 million. The bulk of the payout goes to Th… Read more »
The Beatles: Rock Band Marks First Month As Top Selling Music Video Game
In its first month on the market, The Beatles: Rock Band jumped to the top of the music video game charts. It was the top selling music vide… Read more »
Redstone Selling Nearly $1 Billion In Viacom, CBS Stock
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That was then, this is now. After the “forced” sales of $233 million in Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and CBS shares sent the stocks into a spiral last… Read more »
New Premium Net Epix Pushing To Add Distribution Partners Before Oct.30 Launch
Last month, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Phillipe Dauman confidently said he expected new premium network Epix to add more distribution partners b… Read more »
Nada Stirratt Defects From MTV To MySpace As Chief Revenue Officer
Nada Stirratt is leaving her post as EVP, Digital Advertising for MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) to take on the role of chief revenue officer at M… Read more »
Viacom May Have E-Mails Showing YouTube Knowingly Violated Copyrights
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) may be in the possession of e-mails proving that YouTube employees knowingly uploaded unauthorized videos, which could he… Read more »
MTV Minisodes Series Valemont Launches — With Cameos By Verizon
MTV Networks’ latest experiment with the minisodes format, Valemont, kicks off on-air and online Tuesday with Verizon (NYSE: VZ) cell phones… Read more »
Updated: Time Warner Cable Tries Its Own Version Of TV Everywhere; Verizon Joins In
Some more details on *Time Warner* Cable’s TV Everywhere push, announced this morning, but calling it a trial still lets the cable operator… Read more »
Industry Moves: MySpace Alum Lucas To Head BET’s Mobile Division
BET is scaling out its mobile content division, and has tapped former MySpace exec Brandon Lucas as its new VP and GM of BET Mobile. Lucas,… Read more »
Earnings Call: Viacom’s Dauman: About Done With Upfront, Epix Signs Verizon
MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is “about done” with the upfront, Viacom CEO Philipe Dauman told analysts on the company’s Q2 earnings call this mo… Read more »
Earnings: Viacom Profits Drop 32 Percent On Ad Declines; Even Rock Band Sales Disappoint
As the media slump continues, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) has been hit hard in Q2, as profits fell 32 percent to $277 million ($0.46 cents per share)… Read more »
YouTube Won’t Have To Pay Certain Damages If It Loses Copyright Case
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The latest ruling in a copyright case brought against Google (NSDQ: GOOG) and its YouTube subsidiary doesn’t move the needle much on the cor… Read more »
TV Networks Stake Their Claim To The Mobile Gaming Market
It’s not just indie companies like ngmoco or Zynga trying to grab a slice of the mobile gaming market — TV networks like *Disney*, *ESPN* a… Read more »
Paramount Considering Merging Some Or AlI Of DVD Division With Other Studios
Update: A source has confirmed that the talks are ongoing, but are preliminary (not advanced, as FT reported), and include the other studios… Read more »
MTV Games Staffs Up For The Beatles: Rock Band — And Possible Acquisitions
Just a few months after rival *Activision* brought in *Yahoo* vet Dan Rosensweig to head up its Guitar Hero division, comes news that MTV Ga… Read more »
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» CQ’s sale to rival Roll Call, part of The Economist Group, seems like a done deal. What will happen after the merger? [Politico… Read more »
MTV Networks Cuts About 50 More From Music Group
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MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA), part of Viacom, has cut about 75 50 more people, about one percent of its total employees in the U.S. Update: the… Read more »
Need To Reach Casual Gamers? MTV Says 15-Second Pre-Rolls Work Best
The debate over how much in-game ad spending will rise or fall this year continues, but it’s clear that people — and the advertisers trying… Read more »
Premium JV Movie Service Epix Launching In Private Beta Online
Epix, the high-profile premium movie JV from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), Paramount, MGM and Lionsgate, is launching online tomorrow in a private bet… Read more »
Mobile Content Bits: E! IPhone, Android; Kraft; MTV; Ringtone Recorder Pro
– E! IPhone And Android: E! Entertainment Television plans to launch a free app for the iPhone and Android platforms this week, followed by… Read more »
Gaming Vets Veevaert, Cohen To Head Jerry Bruckheimer Games
In 2007, Jerry Bruckheimer (pictured, right) announced plans to develop video games via a partnership with MTV Games. Since then, details a… Read more »
