Tag: viacom
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CBS & Viacom Will Reportedly Announce a Merger on Monday
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now Fox Business is reporting that CBS and Viacom plan to announce a merger on Monday. (Always remember these things have a way of being delayed at the last minute. This would mean the two companies…
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Pluto TV Hits 18 Million Active Users in July as Growth Continues
Today Viacom announced its 3rd quarter 2019 earnings. In that earnings report, Viacom announced that Pluto TV now has 18 million active users in July 2019 up 50% from one year ago. When Viacom purchased Pluto TV in Janurary it had just 12 million subscribers. (Note: April through June is the 2nd quarter no the…
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CBS & Viacom’s Merger Announcement is Reportedly Delayed as Talks Continue
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Recently it was reported that the two companies had put an August 8th deadline for a deal to be finished and announced. Now though it is being reported that no announcement will be made tomorrow. One…
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Viacom Now Owns Rights to Garfield & U.S. Acres Worldwide
Today Viacom announced that it has purchased rights to Paws, Inc. a company who owns the global intellectual property rights to Garfield and U.S. Acres. Viacom says owning Garfield is part of Nickelodeon’s strategy to be the home for the biggest franchises kids and families love, and it expands Nickelodeon’s growing portfolio of influential properties. Viacom…
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Pluto TV Is Adding 10 New Channels Including Comedy Central Roast & TV Land Drama
Today, Pluto TV announced that they are adding 10 new Viacom channels in August: MTV VMA, CMT Cheer, Comedy Central Roast, TV Land Sitcoms, TV Land Drama, MTV Wild ‘N Out, MTV Ridiculousness, MTV The Challenge, MTV Cribs, and Are You The One?. “With this new slate of Viacom channels, Pluto TV continues to deliver on the…
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CBS & Viacom Have Reportedly Agreed to Merge
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now it has been reported by CNBC that CBS and Viacom have agreed to a leadership deal to make Viacom’s CEO the new leader of a combined company. This deal will need to go through a…
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Pluto TV Adds a 24/7 Dora Channel Getting You Ready For The New Dora Movie
Today Pluto TV added a new 24/7 Dora TV channel playing non-stop Dora the Explorer episodes. This channel launches a few weeks before the new Dora movie launches on August 9th 2019. It seems that Viacom is hoping to use Pluto TV to help promote the new movie. This may be a templet for how…
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CBS & Viacom Reportedly Set an August 8th Deadline For Merger Talks
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now it has been reported by CNBC that CBS and Viacom have agreed to an August 8th deadline for their merger talks. This does not mean a deal will be reached but it sounds like one…
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Viacom Promotes John Curbishley to Oversee Viacom’s New Business Unit within Viacom’s Distribution and Business Development Team
This week Cord Cutters News had an opportunity to talk with John Curbishley, the newly promoted EVP of Distribution Strategy, Operations, and New Business at Viacom. Curbishley is now responsible for identifying distribution opportunities with new and emerging business, like streaming. Curbishley will oversee Viacom’s efforts with subscription streaming services, ad-supported streaming services, and traditional…
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Viacom Officially Announces a New BET+ Streaming Service
Recently we learned that Viacom was working on a streaming service based on the BET network. Today Viacom officially announced BET+ in partnership with Tyler Perry. The service will launch this fall and be commercial free. “African Americans are the leading consumers of streaming services, with higher SVOD adoption rates than other consumers, which is…