Viacom to Buy Calif. CBS Station for $285 Mln
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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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MTV and Nickelodeon, two cable channels owned by the media conglomerate Viacom Inc., announced several deals Friday to expand their reach in China.
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Rupert Murdoch&#39;s DirecTV Group Inc. will pay $579 million to consolidate its Latin American operations with other Murdoch-controlled satellite-television businesses in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and Chile.
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Satellite television broadcast company DirecTV Group Inc. said Monday that it plans to purchase stakes in Sky Brasil, Sky Mexico and Sky Multi-Country Partners from News Corp., Liberty Media Corp. and others for $579 million in cash, as part of a reorganization of the company's Latin American operations.
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NEW YORK, Sept. 8 -- Viacom Inc., the media company that owns CBS and MTV, offered investors a financial incentive to buy shares of the Blockbuster Inc.
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LOS ANGELES  - CBS was riding high  again Thursday. "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" led the charge  by raking in more than 28 million viewers at 9 p.m.
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EchoStar Communications Corp. said on Thursday it agreed to purchase a direct broadcast satellite from a unit of Cablevision Systems Corp. for &#36;200 million.
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It&#39;s reacting to the decision by the Federal Communications Commission to fine 20 TV stations owned by CBS a record amount -- 550-thousand dollars -- over the Super Bowl halftime show.
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Entertainment company 2 Way Traffic NV said Friday it agreed to buy the global rights to "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" for 106 million pounds ($207.1 million) from Celador International.
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Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks said Friday it will buy Harmonix Music Systems Inc., a developer of music-themed video games, for $175 million in cash.
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WASHINGTON (DowJonesAP) - Viacom (VIA) plans to submit a bid to buy financial news provider MarketWatch (MKTW), according to a filing Thursday with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- NTL Inc. said late Wednesday that it has agreed to sell it broadcast business for 1.27 billion pounds ($2.46 billion) to a consortium led by Macquarie Communications Infrastructure Group.
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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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Media conglomerate says it will make an offer for 77.7% of financial news site it still doesn&#39;t own. NEW YORK  - Media conglomerate Viacom Inc.
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Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks, operator  of music and entertainment cable television channels, said it  will cut about 250 U.S. jobs to reduce costs and invest more  heavily in digital businesses and new networks.
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Twenty CBS-owned TV stations have challenged plans by federal regulators to fine them $550,000 (296,610 pounds) collectively for airing Janet Jackson&#39;s breast-baring Super Bowl performance.
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The company that owns the Wall Street Journal has agreed to pay $519 million to buy the financial news Web site CBS MarketWatch. The weekend deal, which came after an auction that included bidders like Viacom