New rejection for Viacom in YouTube copyright battle

YouTube on Pocket TV

A US federal court has again rejected claims by Viacom that Google’s YouTube had posted content from the media giant without its permission.

Viacom appoints Toncheva in Moscow

Petia Toncheva

Nickelodeon and Viacom Consumer Products (NVCP) has named Petia Toncheva as senior licensing manager for Russia and CIS.

MTV Russia to close

MTV Russia

MTV Russia is to disappear from the airwaves on June 1 next year, with its place taken over by a new youth, information and entertainment-based channel named Pyatnitsa.

Viacom will remain Europe’s revenue leader

European channel revenues by source

Total revenues for Europe’s top pay-TV channels will reach $4.24 billion (€3.2 billion) in 2012, according to a new report by Digital TV Research. The TV Channel Revenues in Europe report expects this figure to grow by $1.04 billion to reach $5.28 billion by 2017.

Balmont to head Viacom in Moscow

Viacom International Media Networks has appointed Elena Balmont to the position of General Manager, Russia & CIS.

Hulu signs pacts with Viacom and BBC

MIPCOM 2012 – Cannes. Hulu and Viacom have announced an expansion of their content partnership that will bring Nickelodeon programming to the Hulu Plus service.

MTV is Europe’s top distributed channel

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MTV is carried by more European operators than any other channel, according to a new report from Digital TV Research. However, the TV Channel Distribution in Europe report points out that several other channels are close behind.

Viacom expands CEE footprint

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Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) will launch Comedy Central Extra in six Central and East European markets tomorrow (August 1).

DirectTV and Viacom reach agreement

The dispute that saw 17 Viacom-owned channels withdrawn from the US satellite platform DirecTV has been settled.

Viacom inks Russian cable deal

Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN) has entered into an agreement with National Cable Networks (NCN), Russia’s largest cable operator.