Viacom
Summary
Viacom (NYSE: VIA) (NYSE: VIAB)(NYSE: VNV), short for "Video & Audio Communications", is a United States-based media conglomerate with interests primarily in, but not limited to, cinema and cable television. As of 2010, it is the world's fourth-largest media conglomerate, behind The Walt Disney Company, Time Warner and News Corporation.The current Viacom was created on December 31, 2005 as a spinoff from CBS Corporation, which changed its name from Viacom at the same time. CBS, not Viacom, retains control of the over-the-air broadcasting, TV production, outdoor advertising, subscription pay television (Showtime) and publishing assets (Simon & Schuster) formerly owned by the larger company.
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Twitter and Facebook are new media owners and competitors says WPP’s Sorrell
As Advertising Week kicks off WPP CEO Sir Martin Sorrell has been writing about how business must embrace the digital revolution and talking about how social networks are competitors to companies like his.
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Hollywood targets "rogue" mobile apps in war on pirated content
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Hollywood studios, which for years have waged a war against online piracy, are now going after so-called "rogue" mobile apps that use images from movies and television shows without their permission.
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It’s Dolan v. Redstone on Cable Bundling. Root For Dolan If You Pay a Cable Bill
Charles Dolan doesn’t make a terribly convincing champion of the little guy. He’s worth $3 billion, for starters. He controls a cable company, and those are about as popular with consumers as veterinarians are with dogs. In New York, he’s known primarily as the patriarch of a family that keeps giving the shaft to sports fans, most recently by letting Jeremy Lin depart the Knicks for the Houston Rockets.
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A la Carte Wars: Cablevision Sues Viacom for Bundling
In an apparent bid to set a legal precedent, Cablevision on Tuesday announced that it has filed a lawsuit against Viacom for “bundling,” the practice by which programmers force distributors to carry low-rated channels as a condition of carrying their more popular networks.
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Cablevision Sues Viacom Over Bundling of Little-Watched Channels
The cable company alleges that Viacom forces distributors to carry channels like MTV Hits and VH1 Classic, driving up monthly bills for consumers.
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Media Decoder Blog: Cablevision Sues Viacom Over Bundling of Little-Watched Channels
The cable company alleges that Viacom forces distributors to carry channels like MTV Hits and VH1 Classic, driving up monthly bills for consumers.
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Five Companies Who Might Buy Time, Inc.
Today comes word that a potential buyer is exploring the purchase of Time, Inc. from Time Warner (TWX). The Company has three main groups: News and Sports (Time Magazine, CNN Money and Sports Illustrated ), Style & Entertainment (People, InStyle and Entertainment Weekly) and Lifestyle (RealSimple, Southern Living, MyRecipes. com and others).
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New Online Privacy Rules for Children
Under new regulations, companies must obtain parental consent before collecting details that could be used to identify, contact or locate a child, including photos, videos and audio recordings.
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Ten channels awarded licences on Russia's multiplex 2
Russian telecommunications regulator, Roskomnadzor, published the names of the winners in the tender for DTT licences for country's multiplex 2. They are: Ren TV. . . (free content).
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Viacom Earnings Up 13% Despite Revenue Drop
Revenue fell more than Wall Street expected at Viacom, which owns the Paramount movie studio and several cable TV channels.
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