Tag: viacom
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Investors Have Growing Concern about Viacom’s Anti-Cord Cutting Stance
Earlier this year Viacom took a hard anti-cord cutting stance. It pulled its popular stations MTV, Spike TV, Comedy Central, and others from services such as Hulu and PlayStation Vue. It also decided not to strike deals with newcomers such as YouTube TV. Now that seems to be coming back to bite it as the…
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To Counter Cord Cutting Viacom Is Trying to Buy HGTV, The Food Network, & More
It looks like Viacom’s new plan to fight cord cutting is to buy up every channel it can get. According to the USA Today it is making a $10.6 billion offer to acquire Scripps Networks. This would give Viacom ownership of HGTV, The Food Network, The Travel Channel, and more. However, Viacom is not the…
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In the Face of Cord Cutting HGTV, Food Network, & More Go Up For Sale
It looks like the pressure of cord cutting is growing and smaller networks such as Scripps Networks are starting to look for a way out. This week it was reported by The Wall Street Journal that both Discovery and Viacom are in talks to buy Scripps Networks. It seems that Discovery and Viacom are trying…
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Sling TV Adds Replay to All Viacom Channels
Sling TV at launch made a big push about their 72-hour replay feature. This feature allowed you to re-watch any episode you missed within 72 hours after its launch. Now with the launch of their new DVR, that feature has not received a lot of attention until today. Today, Sling TV added the ability to…
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Discovery’s CEO Pushes for $8 No Sports Bundle
Over the last few months the talk of a sports-free option for cable and streaming services has picked up some big backers. Mainly A&E, AMC, Viacom, and Discovery. The talk had been about a $20 bundle with no sports or news. Now it seems that is not low enough for David Zaslav, the CEO of…
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Viacom CEO Opens Up About Its Planned Sports-Free Service
Over the last few weeks there has been a lot of talk about a possible sports- and news-free streaming service. Discovery, Viacom, and AMC are all behind this effort. They all also do not own any sports or news channels, which allows them to make more per channel because they wouldn’t have to split the…
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Discovery’s CEO Wants a $10 Sports FREE Skinny Bundle
Sports maybe some of the most popular service on TV but there are many viewers who would happily do without sports. Now it seems Discovery’s CEO is joining a push by Viacom & AMC to offer a streaming service with no sports channels. “Sports is hyper-extended here,” Zaslav said in his company’s quarterly earnings call.…
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Viacom is Continuing to Doom Itself to Irrelevance in The Age of Cord Cutting
Viacom was once a very cord cutting friendly service with deals with Hulu, Sling, DIRECTV NOW, and PlayStation Vue. Now Viacom seems to be running away from cord cutters as quickly as it can. Viacom pulled its channels from Sony’s PlayStation Vue and shortly after that it pulled its shows from Hulu. Now Viacom has…
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Viacom’s CEO is No Fan of Cord Cutting
It’s no secret that Viacom is no fan of cord cutting services such as Hulu or PlayStation Vue. Recently it pulled its channels from both services and has decided against adding its channels to YouTube TV. Now once again Viacom, which owns channels such as Spike, BET, CMT, Comedy Central, and Nickelodeon, is pushing back against…
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Viacom Has a Plan to Fight Cord Cutting… Make Commercials More Enjoyable
Viacom, with its focus on young viewers and no live TV networks, has been hit heavily by cord cutting. Now it seems Viacom thinks if it can make its ads more enjoyable that will turn around its struggling network. So will that mean fewer commercials? “We’re examining the idea of fewer commercials, but what I’ll…