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 makes its money on its television networks, including Nickelodeon. Revenue rose 1% to $2.39 billion, helped by its international networks, which remain strong.

Electronics giant Sony Corp. now has rights to nearly two dozen Viacom television networks -- including BET, Comedy Central, MTV and Nickelodeon -- to include in its upcoming cloud-based TV service.

Viacom countered that its proposed increase totals "a couple of pennies per day per subscriber." Disputes between media companies and cable or satellite TV providers have become increasingly ...

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 ...

ViacomCBS will also have around 750 TV series that have either been ordered or are in production. On the production side, the exec said Viacom and CBS in the last 12 months had jointly spent $13 ...

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 ...

ROME – Viacom is expanding its footprint in Italy’s free-to-air TV market as part of a broader plan to build scale and become a major Italian TV player. Viacom International Media Networks has ...

Viacom is bucking the trend of launching new premium subscription-based entertainment offerings with its bid to acquire Pluto TV for $340 million in cash. Launched in 2013, Pluto TV has built a ...

Viacom will have exclusive licensing rights on the TV programming as well as exclusive distribution rights to Perry’s short-form video content. Additionally, the pact gives Paramount Pictures ...