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Sep 30, 1985 · September 30, 1985. (FORTUNE Magazine) – $ Viacom International consolidated its position in the fast-shifting tangle of cable television by buying the half of Showtime/The Movie Channel it...
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Aug 1, 2021 · In 1984, the year after “Thriller” debuted, MTV was reaching 25.4 million households and had doubled its revenue to $109.5 million. A year later Viacom bought the network and by 1992, MTV had ...
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In November 1985, Viacom announced that it had plans to buy the remaining 69% of MTV Networks from Warner for $326 million, [8] The acquisition was completed on May 20, 1986. [9] In 1988, the company partnered with fellow Viacom subsidiary Viacom Enterprises to handle advertising sales of Superboy, a syndicated television series. [10]
Aug 27, 1985 · Viacom International, one of the nation's largest distributors of television programming and a large owner of cable-television systems, on Monday agreed to steps that will give it 100% ownership...
In 2002, Viacom's MTV Networks International bought independently run Dutch music video channel TMF, which at the time was broadcasting in Belgium and the Netherlands. In June 2004, MTVNI bought VIVA Media AG , the German equivalent to MTV.
Aug 13, 2019 · After years of on-again, off-again merger talks, broadcast giant CBS Corp. and its corporate sibling Viacom Inc. on Tuesday finally agreed to reunite in a nearly $12-billion deal that will bring...
Nov 13, 1985 · Viacom International Inc. said it intends to acquire the 34 percent of the stock of MTV Networks Inc. that it does not already own. The price would be $33.50 a share.
