LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout. Their new deal restored MTV, Comedy Central ...
DirecTV subscribers may be missing some of their favorite channels after an ongoing contract dispute with media company Viacom caused the cable giant to pull some popular channels from the dish ...
Dish Network's parent company, EchoStar Communications Corp., and Viacom Inc. agreed early yesterday to end a dispute that for two days left millions of Dish satellite-television subscribers without ...
They’ve been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal for some of the most widely viewed channels in the cable universe. But according to DirecTV, the sticking point in its ongoing carriage impasse ...
The latest dispute between a programmer and pay TV operator went right up to the midnight wire — and then straight over the cliff as 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV. more And, as usual, no ...
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) -- DirecTV and Viacom Inc. say they have settled a dispute that will bring shows such as those featuring the cartoon character Sponge Bob and the comedian Jon Stewart back to ...
Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN), a unit of Viacom Inc. (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), is comprised of many of the world’s most popular multimedia entertainment brands, including MTV, Nickelodeon, ...
ImOn Communications will soon begin phasing out 15 channels of programming from Viacom Networks after deciding it cannot accept the company's financial terms to continue carrying its programming. In a ...
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Cable TV company Cablevision sued Viacom, arguing that the operator of pay-TV networks like Nickelodeon, MTV and Comedy Central is “illegally forcing” it to carry and pay for 14 ...
Cablevision Systems Corp. filed an antitrust lawsuit Tuesday against Viacom Inc., saying that Viacom forced it to pay for 14 cable networks it did not want. The suit said the extra channels were ...