Tag: viacom
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CBS is Reportedly Ready to Make an Offer to Buy/Merge With Viacom
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 the Wall Street Journal that CBS board is ready to make Viacom an offer to merge or buy Viacom. The two companies use to be one but broke up into…
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Updated: AT&T is Reportedly Running Ads For Adult Websites on DIRECTV NOW
Update #3: Today Viacom and AT&T reached back out to Cord Cutters News to say the ad run was run by Viacom. The ad has since been paused. The ad was a digital inserted ad not part of the typical live TV ad block and explains why some may have seen it and others did…
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Viacom and Tyler Perry are Launching a BET Streaming Service
Viacom is preparing to launch a streaming service for BET, called BET+, sometime this fall. According to a report from Wall Street Journal, Tyler Perry will be a financial stakeholder in BET+, as well as the creator of many of the original shows and movies that we’ll see on the new streaming service. Along with…
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CBS’s Board Will Reportedly Meet to Talk About The Viacom Merger This Week
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. A few weeks ago it was reported that CBS and Viacom would continue talks in June 2019. Now according to new reports, CBS board will meet this Friday to talk about the merger with Viacom. The…
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CBS & Viacom Will Reportedly Hold Merger Talks in June
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now according to new reports, CBS and Viacom will hold merger talks in June according to people familiar with the situation. The two companies use to be one but broke up into two companies in 2006,…
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Pluto TV Is Expanding Device Support, Launching Pluto Latino, & Launching Internationally
Today Viacom reported its second quarter fiscal 2019 earnings and made a few announcements about Pluto TV. (Note this is a 2019 fiscal quarter, not a calendar quarter.) First, it was announced that Pluto TV now averages about 16 million users on average every month. Viacom also announced that Pluto TV will be coming to…
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Nick, Nick Jr., MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, & More Are Now Live on Pluto TV
On Monday Viacom announced that they are launching 14 free channels on its newly owned Pluto TV service. Now Nick, Nick Jr., MTV, Comedy Central, and Spike are now live on Pluto TV. These new channels include BET, MTV, Comedy Central, Spike, Nick, and Nick Jr. These are not live channels but rather collections of on-demand…
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Viacom Channels Are Launching on fuboTV Today Including MTV, Comedy Central, Nickelodeon & More
Today fuboTV is adding Viacom owned channels including MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., BET, CMT, Comedy Central, VH1, Paramount Network, TeenNick and more. Later today Viacom’s nine main networks – BET, CMT, COMEDY CENTRAL, MTV, Nickelodeon, Nick Jr., Paramount Network, TV Land and VH1 – will soon be included in fuboTV’s base package, “fubo.” Other Viacom channels…
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Pluto TV Has 15 Million Monthly Users & Is Adding Major League Soccer
Yesterday at Viacom’s Newfront presentation in New York City, we got some new details about Pluto TV. One of the highlights was the fact that Pluto TV had 15 million users in March. It was also announced that Pluto TV will be adding Major League Soccer (MLS) to its lineup with details to come. Sadly,…
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Viacom Is Creating New Original Shows for YouTube, Hulu, and Facebook
Today Viacom announced that they are going to create more original programs for YouTube, Hulu, Facebook, and others. Awesomeness Brent Rivera’s Dream Vacation (AwesomenessTV YouTube Channel; Summer 2019): Join Brent Rivera and his friends as they ditch the LA grind for the vacation of a lifetime. How to Survive: A Break-Up (AwesomenessTV YouTube Channel; Summer…