Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on Wednesday said it would buy Internet video and games company Atom Entertainment Inc. for $200 million amid a rush by big media companies to compete with upstart online video leader YouTube.com.

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A distribution deal has been announced between Google and MTV parent Viacom. Viacom is expected to provide video clips and commercials for syndication the member web site's of Google's AdSense networks. The revenue from ads will be split among Viacom, Google and the Web site. Google will also...

Google Inc., the world's largest search engine has entered into a partnership with Viacom to provide video clips to Web sites that will form part of Google's AdSense Network. Under the partnership, the three firms, Google, Viacom and Adsense, will split any revenues to be derived from the tie-in...

Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks (VIAb.N) has agreed to distribute clips from its cable networks over Google Inc.'s advertising network, in a test of what could become a new economic model for Web-based video delivery, the companies said on Sunday.

The Motley Fool - "Social networking" is certainly the buzz phrase these days, isn't it? And the undeniable icon of the whole movement is News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS - News) MySpace. That doesn't mean that Rupert Murdoch is going to keep all the hip fun for himself -- Viacom (NYSE: VIA - News) and its MTV asset intend on exploiting the zeitgeist.

Reuters - Viacom Inc.'s MTV Networks on Thursday said it has begun selling more of its shows at Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes digital media store.

Reuters - Film studio Paramount Pictures and parent Viacom Inc. are considering whether to consolidate sister companies MTV Films and Nickelodeon Movies under Paramount, a spokeswoman said on Tuesday.

Reuters - MTV Networks Chief Digital Officer Jason Hirschhorn has left Viacom Inc.'s youth-oriented entertainment unit to pursue his own venture, a company spokesman said on Wednesday.

Shaveta Bansal - AHN Contributor New York , NY ( AHN) – Viacom reported a profit of $ 317.2 million for the first quarter as compared to $350.3 million reported last year for corresponding period. High Interest cost was the main culprit in the lowering of the profits. For comparison...

Reuters - Cable network and movie studio owner Viacom Inc. (VIAb.N) on Thursday reported lower first-quarter earnings due to higher interest rate expense.

AP - CBS Corp. reported lower net first-quarter earnings Wednesday, reflecting the company's split with Viacom Inc. at the beginning of the year. Otherwise, earnings were flat as strong results in TV and outdoor advertising were offset by continued weakness in radio.

Reuters - Viacom Inc. is wagering big in the digital space with its acquisition Monday of the game-related online community site Xfire.

Reuters - Viacom Inc. on Monday said it will buy Xfire, an online games technology company, for $102 million in a bid to dominate the youth market on the Internet as it has on television.

AP - Viacom Inc., the entertainment conglomerate that owns MTV and VH1, on Monday said it would buy an online video gaming company called Xfire Inc. for $102 million in cash.

Reuters - Viacom Inc. executive chairman Sumner Redstone has come to the defense of Viacom's Paramount studio chief, caught up in the Hollywood wire-tap scandal involving celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, according to a report published on Sunday.

Reuters - Viacom Inc. executive chairman Sumner Redstone has come to the defense of Viacom's Paramount studio chief, caught up in the Hollywood wire-tap scandal involving celebrity sleuth Anthony Pellicano, according to a report published on Sunday.

Reuters - Sumner Redstone earned almost $24.5 million last year in his capacity as chairman and controlling shareholder of Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp., the companies said in their proxy statements filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Joanna Wypior - AHN Staff Reporter Los Angeles, CA (AHN) - Paramount Pictures announces plans to sell the film library of DreamWorks LLC, which it has recently required, to a group headed by billionaire George Soros for $900 million. The deal was announced by Paramount parent company, Viacom....

Denise Royal - AHN Staff Writer New York, NY (AHN) - Billionaire investor George Soros and partner Steven Mnuchin agreed to buy Viacom Inc.'s DreamWorks LLC film library for $900 million, gaining rights to movies including ``Gladiator'' and ``Saving Private Ryan.'' The portfolio includes...