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NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) today announced that Philippe Dauman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Viacom, will participate in a question-and-answer session at the Deutsche Bank 2011 Media and Telecommunications Conference on Monday, March 7, 2011, at approximately 1:00pm (ET). A live webcast of Mr. Dauman's question-and-answer session will be available to the general public through a link on the Investor Relations homepage of...
LOS ANGELES, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), and EXTREME MUSIC, the production music arm of Sony/ATV, today announced the launch of HYPE PRODUCTION MUSIC: a newly created, first-of-its-kind hybrid music production and licensing partnership fueled by the very best new and emerging independent talent. Hype Production Music will empower MTV and Extreme to contract directly with unsigned artists and creatively help them produce new music with...
NEW YORK, March 1, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced the results to date for the previously announced cash tender offer for a portion of its outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "2016 Notes") and an increase in the aggregate principal amount of 2016 Notes sought thereunder from up to $500,000,000, as previously announced, to $576,488,000 (thereby amending the Tender Cap as previously defined in the Offer to Purchase (defined below)). All...
NEW YORK, Feb. 28, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced the reference yield, the total consideration and the tender offer consideration for the previously announced cash tender offer for up to $500 million of its outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "2016 Notes"). The tender offer is scheduled to expire at midnight on March 14, 2011, unless the tender offer is extended or terminated. The terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth...
NEW YORK, Feb. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced that it will commence a cash tender offer for up to $500 million of its outstanding 6.25% Senior Notes due 2016 (the "2016 Notes"). The tender offer is scheduled to expire at midnight on March 14, 2011, unless the offer is extended or terminated. The terms and conditions of the tender offer are set forth in an Offer to Purchase dated February 14, 2011 (the "Offer to Purchase") and related...
NEW YORK, Feb. 3, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Fiscal Year 2011 Results Quarter Ended December 31, B/(W) ------------ ----- 2010 vs. (in millions, except per share amounts) 2010 2009 2009 --------------------------------------- ----...
LOS ANGELES and NEW YORK, Feb. 2, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Hulu and Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) today announced a new content partnership that will return "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The Colbert Report" to Hulu.com and bring many popular TV shows from Viacom's media networks, including Comedy Central, MTV, BET, VH1, Spike TV, and TV Land to the Hulu Plus subscription service. Under the agreement, current full episodes and clips of "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" and "The...
NEW YORK, Jan. 21, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Last night's episode of "Jersey Shore" was MTV's most-watched series telecast in the network's history, garnering 8.9 million total viewers and beating last week's record of 8.6 million total viewers. "Jersey Shore" airs on MTV, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) on Thursdays at 10pm ET/PT. Additional points below: The 1/20/11 episode of "Jersey Shore" was MTV's most watched series telecast ever, topping the previous record (1/13/11) by...
NEW YORK, Jan. 19, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B) announced today that it has appointed Robert Bakish to the newly created position of President and CEO of Viacom International Media Networks. Mr. Bakish was previously President of MTV Networks International. In his new role, he will oversee Viacom's Media Networks properties that operate outside the U.S., including MTV Networks International, as well as BET Networks' international channels and...
NEW YORK, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- MTV, a division of Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA and VIA.B), announced today that its ground-breaking series "Skins" debuted with a 3.4 P12-34 rating and drew the most P12-34 viewers for a show launch in the network's history. MTV's newest scripted series drew 3.26 million total viewers and 2.7 million viewers in its core demo. The show premiered at 10pm on Monday, January 17. "Skins" bowed to a higher P12-34 rating than the launches of competitive...
