Tag: Viacom

Second-quarter net earnings at Viacom rose by 42 percent to $363 million on revenues of $3 billion, 6 percent lower than the year-ago period.

Viacom is launching its four flagship networks on Pluto TV’s channel lineup and new original digital content across Facebook, Snap, Twitter and YouTube.

Viacom, Ellen Digital Network and Corus Entertainment have joined the Global Video Measurement Alliance (GVMA), a joint effort to establish new digital video measurement standards, starting with social video.

Viacom has inked a deal with T-Mobile to bring linear channels and on-demand content to the telco's upcoming video service.

Viacom and fuboTV have entered into an agreement that will extend the former’s global portfolio of entertainment brands to the latter’s live TV streaming service.

Net profit at Viacom in Q1 fell from $537 million in the year-ago period to $321 million on revenues that were up 4 percent to $3.1 billion.

Viacom is acquiring the free streaming platform Pluto TV, which delivers more than 100 channels and a raft of on-demand content, for $340 million in cash.

Double-digit gains at Paramount helped to lift Viacom's fourth-quarter revenues by 5 percent to $3.5 billion.

MTV has hired Lars Silberbauer, a former LEGO executive, as senior VP for Viacom’s MTV Digital Studios.

Viacom's third-quarter revenues fell by 4 percent to $3.2 billion, with net profit down by 25 percent in the period to $511 million.