Facing a shrinking cable TV landscape and unable to compete with SVOD behemoths, Viacom CEO Bob Bakish charts a different course than Netflix, Disney and other deep-pocketed rivals with Pluto TV ...

Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) (NASDAQ: VIAB) recently announced that it would be acquiring streaming service Pluto TV. Viacom is plunking down $340 million in cash to get its hands on the entire operation ...

Viacom Inc., which owns such prominent cable channels as Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon, is plunging into the fast-growing world of streaming. On Tuesday, the cable television giant said it ...

CBS and Viacom are again talking about a merger — a media marriage that would accelerate the consolidation of content creators. The resulting merger could have repercussions for TV lovers ...

Viacom’s current court action could well spark a spirited debate over the massive media consolidation that resulted from repeal of fin-syn. Opponents such as the Caucus for TV Producers ...

Now, Viacom’s kid-focused cable network has pivoted in the opposite direction: supplying the streaming giant with new film and TV series, including a SpongeBob SquarePants spinoff, in a Nov. 13 ...

As CBS and Viacom put the pieces back together again and rejoin after nearly 15 years apart, it also means that the former Paramount TV studio assets will be back in the same family as Paramount ...

In addition to CBS TV Studios, at the 2006 split CBS Corp. also kept the broadcast network, CBS, and pay cable network, Showtime, while Viacom also got the suite of basic cable networks, led by ...

DirecTV and Viacom have averted a blackout that would have removed channels such as BET and Comedy Central from the pay-TV service. The contract between DirecTV parent AT&T and Viacom expired at ...

To be called the CBS Corporation, it will combine the CBS and UPN broadcast networks, Viacom Television Stations Group, Infinity Broadcasting, Viacom Outdoor, as well as Showtime, Simon & Schuster ...

Viacom is to roll out its ad-supported video streaming service Pluto TV internationally after its $340M acquisition closed earlier this month. James Currell, President of Viacom International ...

Viacom is buying Pluto TV, a free video streaming TV service, for $340 million in cash. The company calls it another way to build its direct-to-consumer business. Viacom is the owner of MTV ...