Viacom Starts Blockbuster Exchange Offer
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Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N: Quote, Profile, Research) has begun a share exchange offer to split off its Blockbuster Inc. (BBI.N: Quote, Profile, Research) unit and put the video rental chain
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Blockbuster Inc. is in talks  to buy movie download service Movielink, including long-term  contracts with Hollywood's major studios to supply films and TV  shows, for under $50 million in cash and stock, a source  familiar with the situation said on Thursday.
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Blockbuster Inc. , the largest U.S. video rental chain, on Tuesday unveiled plans to launch a &#36;1 billion hostile bid for Hollywood Entertainment Corp.  if the smaller rival kept spurning its advances.
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Blockbuster (BBI) will present its $11.50-a-share offer for Hollywood Entertainment (HLYW) directly to shareholders if the two companies do not advance toward a friendly transaction.
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Viacom Inc. confirmed Thursday that it plans to bid for the part of MarketWatch that it doesn&#39;t already own. Viacom, which holds a 22.
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Blockbuster (BBI:NYSE - news - research) Thursday has made a bid to buy its chief rival, Hollywood Entertainment (HLYW:Nasdaq - news - research), a move that would extend its position as the largest movie rental chain.
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Viacom Inc's MTV Networks Group has signed deals to make videos available on five online video services and Comcast Corp's broadband site, as the company aims to increase its presence on the Web.
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DOTHAN, Ala. - Video rental chain Movie Gallery Inc. on Friday said it has made an offer to acquire Hollywood Entertainment Corp., countering a $700 million takeover proposed last week by Blockbuster Inc.
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Right to privacy? No doubt emboldened by Carl Icahn&#39;s interest in the matter, Blockbuster (nyse: BBI - news - people ) said it may approach Hollywood Entertainment (nasdaq: HLYW - news - people ) investors directly with an offer.
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Movie Gallery Inc. said Friday it has offered to buy rival movie rental chain Hollywood Entertainment Corp. for an undisclosed sum, one week after Blockbuster Inc.
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Viacom is looking to dump Blockbuster, but that doesn't mean that you should elect to do the same.
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The battle for video and DVD rentals heated up this week as Blockbuster indicated it would seek to buy out rival Hollywood video and would do so by hostile takeover if necessary.
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DALLAS-Blockbuster Inc. plans to launch an $11.50 per share, cash tender offer to shareholders for Hollywood Entertainment next month in the latest move to acquire its largest competitor.
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Blockbuster Inc. BBI.N, the largest  U.S. video rental chain, on Thursday said it has contacted  Hollywood Entertainment Corp. HLYW.O about acquiring its top  rival for $700 million.
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Viacom said today that it expects to make a bid for MarketWatch Inc., according to a US Securities and Exchange Commission filing.
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Viacom Inc said on Wednesday it has  selected Microsoft Corp. as its Internet advertising partner in  a five-year agreement initially valued at an estimated $500  million that involves online games, shows and movies.
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Blockbuster Inc. is offering lower-priced plans for online movie rentals as it competes with Netflix Inc. in a market that it said could grow 43 percent this year.