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10-Q Watch: Liberty Media Squeaked Appeal Of Pro-Diller Ruling In Under Wire - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 11 May 2008 09:13 PM PST

Buried in the 10-Q discussion of legal proceedings, confirmation from Liberty Media (NSDQ: LINTA) that it filed an appeal with Delaware Chancery Court May 7 over the March 28 ruling…

Broadband Content Bits: SNL Political; Entertainment Rights; MTVN;; CSG-National Lampoon - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sun 11 May 2008 05:41 PM PST

-- NBCU launches Saturday Night Live politics minisite: SNL still doesn’t have a real contender for Obama impressions but it does have ”SNL Politics”, newly launched with all the usual…

Industry Moves: Aegis Media; Facebook; MTV; Tribune - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Sun 11 May 2008 04:54 PM PST

-- Aegis Media: Mainardo de Nardis has stepped down from his role as CEO and will be succeeded by Jerry Buhlmann, who also joins the board June 2. Buhlmann has…

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@ MTV Upfront: Jon Stewart On The Big Ad Show: ‘I Thought We Don’t Do These Anymore’ - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 08 May 2008 01:06 PM PST

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) is bringing out as many diverse stars as possible for what is nevertheless considered a more scaled down upfront presentation this year. Justin Timberlake, Samuel…

Earnings: Liberty Interactive Up 10 Percent; IAC Resolution ‘Possible’; Starz-Viacom Competition - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Thu 08 May 2008 12:04 PM PST

Maybe it’s just the time of day but looking at Liberty Media’s (NSDQ: LINTA) Q1 earnings and listening to the call is making my head hurt. While thorn-in-the-side Barry Diller…

Music Bits: Grand Theft Auto’s Easy Button; WMG’s Dynamic-Pricing Test; Sony BMG-EMI-Amazon - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 06 May 2008 08:45 AM PST

Music and games have proven a potent combo, particularly when it comes to download sales. Last week, Viacom (NYSE: VIA) announced 1Q earnings considerably boosted by the holiday ‘07 release…

Earnings: Viacom Call: Ad Revs Up 8 Percent; $100 Million Max Investment In JV; Social Media Deals? - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 02 May 2008 05:57 AM PST

Quarters like this only increase Sumner Redstone’s love for Viacom (NYSE: VIA) CEO Philippe Dauman: “It’s always great to start the day off with great news… I constantly think what…

Earnings: Viacom Q1 Revs Up 15 Percent; Tops Estimates; Rock Band Drives Media Growth - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Fri 02 May 2008 05:07 AM PST

Another solid quarter from Viacom (NYSE: VIA), which continues to out perform. The parent of Rock Band (and a little network called MTV) announced Q1 revs of $3.1 billion, 15…

@ EconSM: MTVN’s Social Media Challenge: Growing Digital Revenues - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Tue 29 Apr 2008 10:26 AM PST

Alluding to Viacom’s (NYSE: VIA) decision to pass on buying MySpace, Staci D. Kramer, co-editor/EVP for paidContent parent ContentNext Media, asked a panel of MTV Network executives about missed opportunities…

Blockbuster In Talks To Take stake in New Premium CableCo; Wants Digital Rights: Report - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Mon 28 Apr 2008 10:28 PM PST

So Blockbuster (NYSE: BBI) is desperate for a deal, any deal, any which way: after its strange proposal to buy CircuitCity (which will have a tough time going through) comes…

Studio JV: Former Showtime Exec Could Head Planned Premium Pay Service For Viacom-MGM-Lionsgate - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Tue 22 Apr 2008 02:02 PM PST

This is beginning to sound like a plot for a premium channel series about rivalry in the entertainment biz ... Showtime vet Mark Greenberg could wind up running the studio…

Filings Watch: $20.6 Million For Viacom Chief Dauman - 0 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Sun 20 Apr 2008 06:56 PM PST

Viacom (NYSE: VIA) was a rarity in 2007: a major media company whose stock rose. It wasn’t by much, mind you—from $41.01 to $43.98—but still impressive compared to its peers.…

Studio JV: Interview: Philippe Dauman, CEO, Viacom: ‘Distribution Both Linear And Online’ - 0 Comments
Posted By Staci D. Kramer - Sun 20 Apr 2008 04:00 PM PST

One sign that a company is ultra serious about a new venture: when the CEO of a major media company does press calls on a Sunday afternoon. Viacom (NYSE: VIA)…

MTV’s Rock Band Video Game Preps Full Album Download Sales - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Fri 18 Apr 2008 10:11 AM PST

Having proved that it can sell individual song downloads in the millions after only five months in operation, MTVN’s (NYSE: VIA) Rock Band video game will begin selling full-length albums…

Industry Moves: Viacom; Oxygen; Ascent Media; IODA - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Mon 14 Apr 2008 05:44 PM PST

-- Viacom: MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) and BET have promoted Melody Tan to SVP for strategy and business operations in the Content Distribution and Marketing unit. Tan previously served as…

Broadband Content Bits: NBCU; Yahoo; Adobe-Viacom; Paramount-VooZoo - 1 Comment
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Fri 04 Apr 2008 04:40 PM PST

-- *NBCU* to offer original webisodes of its primetime shows: NBC Digital Entertainment will release original web content based on its existing primetime shows this July, Variety reports.. The webisodes,…

Nickelodeon Expands Virtual Worlds; ‘Hybrid’ Choice of Ad-Support, Paid Subs Coming In ‘09 - 4 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 03 Apr 2008 04:46 AM PST

As Nickelodeon continues its gaming and virtual world expansion, we have some more details about the three virtual world sites now in development and plans to introduce a choice of…

Paramount Pictures Is Making A Play In Games - 1 Comment
Posted By Tricia Duryee - Fri 28 Mar 2008 09:45 AM PST

Paramount Pictures said this year it will be expanding its interactive department to publish video games, focusing in particular on casual, handheld and mobile games, according to Variety. The studio,…

SouthParkStudios.com Relaunches With Free Full-Length Episodes - 0 Comments
Posted By Amanda Natividad - Wed 26 Mar 2008 10:04 AM PST

South Park fans can binge on 12 seasons worth of Kenny and the gang—free of charge and, for now, free of ads now ad-supported, courtesy of the latest remake of…

Forbes Plans 400-Member Financial Ad Network; Viacom Forming Ad Nets For Music, Male Lifestyle - 1 Comment
Posted By David Kaplan - Sun 23 Mar 2008 08:28 PM PST

Forbes Inc. has ambitious plans for an ad network with about 400 financial blogs as members, according to AP. The financial news media company is expected to release more details…

Interview: Steve Youngwood, EVP, Digital Media, MTVN Kids And Family: 1,600 Games For ‘08 - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Thu 20 Mar 2008 08:44 AM PST

Earlier this week, Nickelodeon said that it was developing 600 new games. Now the MTVN (NYSE: VIA) unit is clarifying things a bit: it will host 1,600 new games across…

Nickelodeon’s Game Plan: 600 Casual Games Being Developed; 185 Games Planned For Nick.com Alone - 0 Comments
Posted By David Kaplan - Mon 17 Mar 2008 02:32 PM PST

MTV Networks’ (NYSE: VIA) Nickelodeon is readying the first of 600 casual games that will be introduced across its collection of websites, NYT reports. The games are part of the…

John Sykes Leaving MTV Networks; His Broadband Projects Went Nowhere - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Thu 13 Mar 2008 01:01 AM PST

We missed this earlier: John Sykes, one of the original executives who launched MTV more than 25 years ago, is leaving the company, to pursue other options. He had been…

Guitar Hero: Gibson Asserts Patent Claims; Viacom’s Harmonix Negotiating Higher Royalties - 2 Comments
Posted By Joseph Weisenthal - Wed 12 Mar 2008 12:59 PM PST

As if you needed any more evidence that Guitar Hero had made it big: Guitar company Gibson has accused the game’s maker, Activision (NSDQ: ATVI), of violating a 1999 patent…

10-K Watch: RealNetwork’s Call/Put Rights With Rhapsody America JV With MTVN - 0 Comments
Posted By Rafat Ali - Sun 02 Mar 2008 02:55 PM PST

RealNetworks (NSDQ: RNWK) filed its 10-K annual report last week with SEC, and some numbers on the layoffs it did in relation to its WiderThan acquisitions, and some layoffs in…