Viacom Inc.
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Viacom tries to prove its relevance Marsh on Monday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 14 hours 25 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 | 18 days 19 hours 43 minutes ago
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National Amusements to sell CBS, Viacom stock - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 20 hours 44 minutes ago
BASF 3rd-quarter profit tops estimates
Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX s First Original Drama Series Pilot Tough Trade Produced by Lionsgate [Press Release]
Business Wire | 1 day 17 hours 8 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...
Viacom Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 18 days 14 hours 8 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 | 2 days 20 hours 38 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.
EPIX to Keynote Streaming Media West [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 14 hours 16 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.
Viacom's quarterly earnings rise 15% - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 18 days 15 hours 2 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 | 38 days 16 hours 1 minute 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...
Stocks in focus for Tuesday - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 19 days 8 hours 35 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 | 38 days 21 hours 8 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...
BET.com Web Series 'BUPPIES' to Premiere Tuesday November 24th [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 1 day 7 hours 16 minutes ago
...password protected site, and you will need to enter "digitalpress" to view the clips. BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming...
Viacom Announces Pricing of Secondary Offering by National Amusements [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 38 days 1 hour 43 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...
Viacom's cable networks win rights to Jackson film
Yahoo! | 4 days 16 hours 15 minutes ago
NEW YORK – Viacom Inc. says it has won exclusive rights in the U.S. to air "Michael Jackson's This Is It" on its MTV and BET cable networks starting in 2011.
CBS reiterates operating income forecast - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 18 hours 47 minutes ago
On its second-quarter earnings call, CBS Chief Executive Les Moonves said the company still expects the ad market to be better in the second half than it was in the first half of 2009. He would later make the same indication at an investor conference.
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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 |