The 5 Biggest Issues Facing Viacom Now That Philippe Dauman Is Out as CEO
Viacom's infighting is finally over. Now it's time for the company's real work to begin. After months of battling over the future of Viacom, Sumner Redstone has officially prevailed over [...]
TV Bosses Say Ratings Won’t Stop Being Awful Anytime Soon
Now is the winter of our discontent, made that much colder by the absence of the ad dollars that everyone in the TV world swore would come back in scatter.
What Did TV CEOs Tell Investors About the Weak Ad Market?
Now that second-quarter earnings are over for the media sector, we can finally take a good look at what senior media company executives actually said on calls to investors when [...]
Viacom Sees a Softer Scatter Market in November, Recovers in December
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 [...]
Time Warner Cable, Viacom Ink New Carriage Deal
Five years ago, a nasty carriage feud between Time Warner Cable and Viacom brought Dora the Explorer to tears.
MTV Networks Come Back With Stronger Ad Sales Than Last Year
Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman was upbeat on Wednesday's earnings call, and had reason to be: the network's fortunes on the ad sales front at MTV Networks, which has had a [...]