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

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

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.

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.

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 International Media Networks (VIMN) will launch Comedy Central Extra in six Central and East European markets tomorrow (August 1).
The dispute that saw 17 Viacom-owned channels withdrawn from the US satellite platform DirecTV has been settled.
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