Viacom gets new video partner
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SAN FRANCISCO  -  Days after clashing with Google's YouTube in a public spat over copyright protection, Viacom has found a new partner to air its content online.  On Tuesday, the media conglomerate said it had agreed to offer hundreds of hours of programming to Joost, an Internet video service created by the founders of Kazaa file-sharing software and eBay's Skype Internet calling. Joost is now being tested before wider release by midyear.
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The media company that owns MTV, Nickelodeon and Paramount Pictures said Wednesday that it will now advertise online through Microsoft as part of a larger deal.
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Viacom Inc.., engaged in a public copyright battle with Google Inc.'s YouTube, has agreed to offer videos to Joost, the Internet video service created by the founders of Skype and Kazaa.
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The music video business, long synonymous with MTV and more recently identified online with Yahoo Launch and AOL, is about to get even more competitive thanks to cable and Internet convergence.
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Music videos from artists like   Madonna, Red Hot Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally   available for the first time on YouTube, a popular online video   sharing site, after signing its first commercial partnership   with Warner Music Group WMG.N.
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NEW YORK  - "South Park" creators Matt Stone and Trey Parker have signed an unprecedented production deal with Viacom guaranteeing the duo a 50-50 split of ad revenue and a stand-alone Web presence as part of a three-year contract extension, according to a report published Monday in the New York Times.
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Akimbo Systems Inc., a startup that plans to deliver video over the Internet to television sets, has signed a deal for mainstream content from Time Warner Inc.'s Turner Broadcasting System.
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Viacom is wasting no time in moving on from dealing with YouTube, as the company is planning to aggressively promote new functionality on ComedyCentral.com in the coming months, and others in the future.
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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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The company makes another move to compete against video on demand.
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Microsoft has signed a five-year deal with Viacom that includes online advertising, content distribution, event promotions and games.
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In a further reach for online video, Google Inc. will begin distributing clips from MTV Networks' shows to other Web sites through its budding video service in a model that offers content creators a new source of distribution and revenue.
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Music videos from Madonna, Red Hot  Chili Peppers and Sean Paul will be legally available for the  first time on YouTube, the online video sharing site, which  signed its first commercial partnership with Warner Music Group  Corp. on Monday.
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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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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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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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The popular user-generated video sharing site YouTube will begin testing video recognition technology in conjunction with partners Time Warner Inc. and The Walt Disney Co.