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Google and Viacom Finally Bury the Hatchet

Convergent TV

After years of in-court bickering and appeals overturning appeals, Google and Viacom have finally decided to end their lengthy legal squabble over more than 150,000 clips on YouTube of everything [...]

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Nickelodeon’s Jim Perry Is Courting More Adult Advertisers

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Nickelodeon revealed its slate to advertisers yesterday, and while it's all squeaky-clean kids' fare (well, relatively speaking: "As you can see from the reel, bathroom humor still works," observed Nickelodeon [...]

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The Story of Kids TV Mastermind Fred Seibert

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Fred Seibert is sitting in his New York office, filled with Legos and comic books, talking enthusiastically about his first big failure.

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Viacom Sees a Softer Scatter Market in November, Recovers in December

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Viacom's Q4 earnings call included the first discussion of scatter cable prices so far, with the company reporting a 3 percent increase in the market "tempered somewhat by ratings at [...]