They’ve been negotiating a multi-billion-dollar deal for some of the most widely viewed channels in the cable universe. But according to DirecTV, the sticking point in its ongoing carriage impasse ...

April 30 (Reuters) - U.S.-based Viacom Inc said on Thursday it would buy British TV broadcaster Channel 5 from media baron Richard Desmond for $760 million (450 million pounds) as a keystone to ...

This morning’s end to the 10-day standoff between DirecTV and Viacom isn’t just notable for putting some of the most widely viewed TV channels back on one of the biggest pay TV services. It also marks ...

The latest dispute between a programmer and pay TV operator went right up to the midnight wire — and then straight over the cliff as 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV. And, as usual, no matter ...

CNN - Across the nation, millions of DirecTV subscribers are waking up this morning to discover they no longer have access to some of their favorite channels. Starting just before midnight Tuesday ...

For Viacom, the future of television has an increasingly online sheen. The media conglomerate is bringing a slew of content from its flagship cable networks to Viacom-owned Pluto TV — launching 14 ...

Today we learned that Viacom is threatening to pull their channels (Comedy Central, MTV) off TWC on January 1st if they do not agree to pay up. Would you leave TWC if ...

LONDON — Viacom has won the bidding for U.K. free-to-air TV net Channel 5, buying the broadcaster from entrepreneur Richard Desmond‘s Northern & Shell Media Group for £450 million ($757 million).

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout. Their new deal restored MTV, Comedy Central ...