Viacom Inc.
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Viacom tries to prove its relevance Marsh on Monday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 20 days 23 hours 59 minutes ago
A new book from Ken Auletta should soothe investor worries about the search giant's immediate prospects. But what comes after that?
Viacom profit rises to $463 million - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 5 hours 17 minutes ago
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National Amusements to sell CBS, Viacom stock - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 41 days 6 hours 18 minutes ago
BASF 3rd-quarter profit tops estimates
Viacom Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 20 days 23 hours 42 minutes ago
...3 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. today reported a 14% increase...subsequent events or circumstances. VIACOM INC. CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF EARNINGS...Diluted 608.6 619.3 607.9 630.1 VIACOM INC. CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS (Unaudited...
EPIX Movies Delivered in HD via Akamai [Press Release]
Business Wire | 5 days 6 hours 12 minutes ago
Akamai Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ: AKAM), the leader in powering video, dynamic transactions and enterprise applications online, today announced that EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, has chosen Akamai as the company’s launch provider to deliver and manage its full length High Definition (HD) movies.
Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX s First Original Drama Series Pilot Tough Trade Produced by Lionsgate [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 2 hours 42 minutes ago
Acclaimed actor and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Sam Shepard is set to star in Lionsgate’s “Tough Trade,” the first original series pilot for EPIXTM, the new multi-platform entertainment service from Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), its Paramount Pictures unit, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. (MGM) and Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF) which launched October 30, 2009. With a creative team led by executive producer and showrunner Jenji Kohan (“Weeds”), the pilot was written by creator/co-executive...
EPIX to Keynote Streaming Media West [Press Release]
Business Wire | 4 days 23 hours 50 minutes ago
Emil Rensing, chief digital officer at EPIX, the next generation premium entertainment service from Viacom, Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and MGM, will give the keynote presentation at the 2009 Streaming Media West show on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009.
EPIX Serves up a Thanksgiving Feast of Fury [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 1 hour 42 minutes ago
EPIX™ is celebrating the Thanksgiving holiday weekend with a nonstop action movie marathon that is sure to make cinema-loving adrenaline junkies give thanks. Plus, viewers can come back for seconds anytime and watch all the movies and awesome studio bonus extras with exclusive access to EpixHD.com.
COMEDY CENTRAL Records(R) to Release George Lopez's 'Tall, Dark & Chicano' CD on Tuesday, December 15 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 hours 42 minutes ago
...trademark of, Comedy Partners, a wholly-owned division of VIACOM Inc.'s MTV Networks. COMEDY CENTRAL's Internet address...comedycentral.com/press MTV Networks, a division of Viacom , is one of the world's leading creators of entertainment...
Viacom's quarterly earnings rise 15% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 36 minutes ago
On an adjusted basis, earnings in the latest period would have totaled 69 cents a share.
Viacom Announces Secondary Offering by National Amusements [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 41 days 1 hour 35 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. today announced that National Amusements, Inc. (NAI) intends...number of shares of Viacom's Class B common...subsidiary, NAIRI, Inc., approximately 46.8 million shares of Viacom voting Class A common...
CENTRIC PRESENTS: 2009 SOUL TRAIN AWARDS Show Brings Viewers Soul-Stirring Tributes and Star-Studded Performances on Sunday, November 29 at 9:00 PM* [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 hours 39 minutes ago
...Peter Griffith, and Anthony Maddox are the executive producers of the network telecast. BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming...
Stocks in focus for Tuesday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 21 days 18 hours 9 minutes ago
Viacom /quotes/comstock/13*!via/quotes/nls/via (VIA 29.78, +0.60, +2.06%) is likely to report third-quarter earnings of 56 cents a share, according to analysts polled by FactSet.
Announcement from National Amusements [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 6 hours 42 minutes ago
National Amusements, Inc. (“NAI”) announced today that with the one-time underwritten sale of a portion of CBS Corporation stock and Viacom Inc. stock owned by NAI, and with the anticipated sales of certain noncore assets, NAI will be in a position to pay off all of its existing creditors in full. The share sales and the asset divestitures will enable NAI not only to retain control of both CBS and Viacom but also to retain full ownership of all of its theater assets in the UK and Brazil and i...
Viacom Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering by National Amusements [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 40 days 11 hours 17 minutes ago
...14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. today announced the pricing of an...offering of 19,382,945 shares of Viacom's Class B common stock offered by National Amusements, Inc. (NAI). The offering was priced...
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Company Overview
| Company: | Viacom Inc. |
|---|---|
| Industry: | Media |
| Website: | http://www.viacom.com |
Viacom might not be a household name, but its famous entertainment brands are welcomed into most living rooms on a daily basis. The company is a leading media conglomerate with an extensive portfolio of cable TV and film production assets. Its MTV Networks unit runs such cable networks as Comedy Central, Nickelodeon, and the family of MTV channels (MTV, MTV2, VH1). Viacom also owns Black Entertainment Television, which airs programming on BET, BET Gospel, and BET Hip Hop. In the film business, Viacom operates through Paramount Pictures, which includes imprints Paramount Pictures and Paramount Vantage. Chairman Sumner Redstone controls a majority of Viacom through his National Amusements movie theater chain.
Key Numbers
| Sales in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 14,625 (2008) |
|---|---|
| One-year % Growth in Sales | 9.0 (2008) |
| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 1,873 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Net Income | 1.9 (2008) |
| Number of Employees | 11,500 (2008) |
| One-year % Growth in Number of Employees | -12.2 (2008) |
| Fiscal Year-End | December |
