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Comedy Central greenlights toon
US cable channel Comedy Central has okayed an urbam coming-of-age animated comedy series, Legends of…
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BET poaches Fox Searchlight’s Mashariki
BET Networks has poached Fox Searchlight programmer Zola Mashariki to work with programming president Stephen…
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Comedy Central, C5 remaking Impractical Jokers
Viacom-owned Comedy Central UK and Channel 5 have jointly ordered a local version of US…
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TV2 bags Spike series
Norwegian commercial broadcaster TV2 has acquired a number of Spike series from Viacom International Media…
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Viacom restructure costs $785m
The continuing restructuring of Viacom will cost the US-based media giant US$785 million. The company…
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Sweeney joins Netflix board
Former Disney-ABC Television president Anne Sweeney has joined the board of streaming service Netflix. Sweeney…
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ITV Studios to take MIPTV to 10,000 BC
ITV Studios Global Entertainment will launch reality format 10,000 BC at MIPTV next month. The…
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Spike gets Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy for UK launch
Viacom will launch Spike in the UK on April 15 and has picked up several…
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Viacom appoints int’l COO
The international arm of US media giant Viacom has appointed Jose Tolosa COO. Tolosa replaces…
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MTV UK boss to rebrand Channel 5
MTV UK general manager Kerry Taylor has been given a new role within Viacom and…