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The original phase of Viacom Inc. [a] (derived from "Video & Audio Communications") was an American mass media and entertainment conglomerate based in New York City.
The second phase of Viacom Inc. ( / ˈvaɪəkɒm / ⓘ VY-ə-kom or / ˈviːəkɒm / VEE-ə-kom; a portmanteau of Video & Audio Communications), was an American multinational mass media and entertainment conglomerate with interests primarily in film and television.
This article is about the original incarnation of Viacom. For the current 2005-present incarnation which was formerly Viacom, see Paramount Global. For other uses, see Viacom (disambiguation).
On December 31, 2005, American mass media company Viacom split into two companies: the second CBS Corporation, its successor (the first being a short lived rename of Westinghouse Electric) which holds the namesake flagship channel Columbia Broadcasting System, CBS News, CBS Sports, Showtime Networks, UPN (Replaced by the CW, co-owned by ...
Aug 8, 2024 · Viacom, American communications and media conglomerate that was once one of the largest in the United States. It owned radio and television stations and cable television programming services and systems. The company underwent various mergers, notably forming ViacomCBS (later Paramount Global) with CBS Corporation in 2019.
Viacom was a distributor of CBS television series throughout the 1970s and 1980s, and also distributed syndicated television programs. The company went under Sumner Redstone's control in 1987 through his cinema chain company National Amusements.
Aug 19, 2019 · Viacom (originally named CBS Films) was created as a syndication company by CBS in 1952 and spun off in 1971 because of a now-defunct law barring networks from owning syndicators.
