Tag: viacom
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Viacom’s CEO Talks about the Future of Pluto TV
Earlier this week Viacom announced a deal to buy Pluto TV for $340 million. This instantly raised concerns that Pluto TV would become a paid service. Viacom’s CEO Bob Bakish went on CNBC and reportedly pushed the idea of how Pluto TV as a free service is important to Viacom. “We love how (Pluto TV)…
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Viacom Just Bought Pluto TV
Today it was announced that Viacom is buying Pluto TV for $340 million in cash. This deal will give Viacom full control over Pluto TV and its future. For some time now Viacom has hinted at plans for a free streaming service now it seems that buying Pluto TV is how they will do it.…
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NickSplat a New Streaming Service From Viacom Just Launched
Want classic Nickelodeon content? Well, now thanks to AT&T’s VRV streaming service you can now access a catalog of Nickelodeon content through the VRV NickSplat channel. With the service you get a collection of content including Aahhh!!! Real Monsters, All That, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, CatDog, Clarissa Explains It All, Doug, Kenan &…
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Viacom Channels Might Be Coming Back To PlayStation Vue
For about a year now Viacom channels have been missing from PlayStation Vue. Exactly whey they got pulled is unknown but today suddenly on PlayStation Vue they have started to return. For now, though they are just in the guide with no content but it is a promising sign. Update: A&E Networks are also showing…
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Hulu & Viacom Strike a New Deal to Bring Viacom Programming Back to Hulu
Just over a year ago, Viacom pulled most of their content from Hulu. Only a handful of Viacom programming remained on Hulu and no Viacom Networks streamed on Hulu’s new live TV streaming service. Now Viacom has agreed to return to Hulu in a new streaming deal. Now shows from networks like Nickelodeon and MTV…
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Viacom’s CFO Says They Hope to Be on Hulu & YouTube TV
Just over a year ago, Viacom pulled their programming from PlayStation Vue and Hulu. According to Viacom at the time they wanted to focus on cable TV service instead of streaming services. Now it looks like Viacom is having second thoughts. This week Viacom’s CFO Wade Davis said that Viacom expects that Comedy Central, MTV,…
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Viacom is selling MTV Campus Networks to Cheddar
Today Cheddar Inc. and Viacom announced a deal to sell MTV Networks on Campus to Cheddar. MTV Networks Campus offers news and entertainment piped into 1,600 college campuses across the U.S. The network will be renamed CheddarU and will feature content from the company’s flagship financial-news streaming service and segments from Cheddar Big News. Cheddar says…
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A CBS & Viacom Merger Now Looks More Likely
CBS and Viacom have for months now been in talks to once again merge. The two companies use to be one but broke up into two companies in 2006, at the request of both boards. It is important to remember that both Viacom and CBS have the same controlling family: the Redstone family. Now it…
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Cord Cutting This Week #20 – Hidden Cable Fees, Sling TV Outage, CBS Viacom, & More
Join Cord Cutters News every Friday as we take a look back at some of the biggest Cord Cutting Stories from the past week. Now, remember these are my opinions on them not a in-depth look at each story. If you would like to learn more about each story check out the links below. Today we…
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Report: CBS Plans to Merge With Viacom In a All Stock Deal
For a few months now we have heard that CBS and Viacom have been in talks for a possible merger. Now Reuters is reported that CBS plans to make an all stock offer to merge with Viacom bellow current market rates. According to reports Viacom and CBS hope to have a deal in place before…