Viacom to license content to Joost: WSJ
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. is  expected to announce a licensing deal with Joost, a new  Internet service that specializes in commercial video content,  the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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(InfoWorld) - Joost, theÂ online TV serviceÂ developed by the founders of Internet telephone company Skype, has struck a licensing deal with Viacom International. A spokeswoman for Joost's public relations firm confirmed the deal and said additional details would become available on Tuesday. The deal should help Joost coexist peacefully with content producers rather than operating at odds with them. YouTube, the popular online video sharing site thatÂ Google boughtÂ last year, continues to run afoul of content owners that are unhappy to see their copyright content displayed on YouTube without proper licensing. In early February, Viacom asked YouTube toÂ remove over 100,000 clipsÂ from the site. In a statement, the media giant said that it had become clear that YouTube was unwilling to come to a fair agreement to make Viacom content available on YouTube. Viacom also blamed YouTube's inability to deliver filtering tools that would prevent unauthorized content from appearing on the site. In addition, Viacom complained at the time that Google and YouTube were retaining all the revenue generated from presenting content without sharing it with the people who created it. Joost, formerly known as The Venice Project, continues to accept beta users. The service allows customers to watch television programs on their computers. Rather than streaming the content from a central server farm, Joost works in a peer-to-peer fashion, with users serving as a network that shares content among users.
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NEW YORK  - Joost, the Web site that  distributes TV and video fare through peer-to-peer technology,  is getting a little cozier with the TV business through a new  partnership with VH1.
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Warner Music Group Corp. will be the first record company to let users of YouTube Inc.'s website download and manipulate copyrighted music and videos in exchange for a portion of advertising revenue.
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Two Internet entrepreneurs say their rebel and lawsuit-tinged past led to development of Joost, partnering with New York-based Viacom.  The reason we're doing this is because of our history, Janus Friis told The New York Times. We know how these things work.
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Viacom Inc.  agreed to sell its Famous Music publishing business to Sony/ATV Music Publishing for about $370 million, the Wall Street Journal reported on its Web site on Wednesday.
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MTV Networks owners Viacom Inc. said  it &quot;welcomes&quot; the opportunity to license its content to Apple  Inc. after the iPod maker signed a deal with top online video  distributor YouTube.
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N)  said on  Wednesday it has agreed a deal to sell its Famous Music  Publishing unit to Sony/ATV Music Publishing.
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Users of the new video service Joost will be able to see free clips from MTV, Paramount and BET.
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Viacom Inc., the parent company of television network CBS, on Thursday said it had agreed to purchase, KOVR-TV, a CBS affiliate station in Sacramento, California, subject to regulatory approval.
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NEW YORK, Nov 4  - Media-entertainment giant Viacom Inc. expects to make a bid for financial newsgroup MarketWatch Inc., according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing disclosed Thursday.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc. agreed Tuesday to license television shows and movies to Joost, the new online video distribution channel launched by the founders of Kazaa and Skype.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.  is expected to announce a licensing deal with Joost, a new Internet service that specializes in commercial video content, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday.
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Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to distribute and license its copyrighted songs and other material through online video trendsetter YouTube Inc., marking another significant step in the entertainment industry's migration to the Internet.
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Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.  (VIAb.N) said on Monday it may sell its music publishing  business, which includes music from contemporary hit artists  Eminem and Shakira.
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News Corp. will probably end subscription fees at WSJ.com and will open the MySpace social-networking website to developers in a push to add readers and advertisers, chairman Rupert Murdoch said.
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SAN FRANCISCO -- Warner Music Group Corp. has agreed to distribute and license its copyrighted songs and other material through online video trendsetter YouTube Inc., marking another significant step in the entertainment industry's migration to the Internet.