Viacom Inc.

Sam Shepard to Star in EPIX s First Original Drama Series Pilot Tough Trade Produced by Lionsgate [Press Release]
Business Wire | 21 hours 47 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 Movies Delivered in HD via Akamai [Press Release]
Business Wire | 2 days 1 hour 17 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 | 1 day 18 hours 55 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 Reports Third Quarter 2009 Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 17 days 18 hours 47 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...

BET.com Web Series 'BUPPIES' to Premiere Tuesday November 24th [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 11 hours 55 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 Secondary Offering by National Amusements [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 37 days 20 hours 40 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...

Announcement from National Amusements [Press Release]
Business Wire | 38 days 1 hour 47 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 | 37 days 6 hours 22 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...

BET.com Launches Its First Web Series 'BUPPIES' Starring Tatyana Ali on Tuesday November 24th [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 2 days 10 hours 28 minutes ago
...was most recently been seen in the San DiegoMusical Theater production of Dreamgirls BET Networks, a division of Viacom Inc. , is the nation's leading provider of quality entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming...