Twitter might be making TV deals with Viacom & Comcast

If a rumored music service wasn't enough to push Twitter into the territory media, now the company might be trying to get TV content playing through the service.

Intel close to signing TV content deals with NBC, Viacom, & Time Warner

Intel is apparently making some progress on bringing content for its forthcoming pay-TV service that's expected to launch before the end of the year.

À la carte TV pricing could be a reality if Cablevision wins legal fight with Viacom

Cable TV service provider Cablevision is sick and tired of having to carry tons of channels that its subscribers don't want and, more importantly, don't want to pay for.

MTV, BET capitalize on computer crime & social media misery with #MTVhack hoax

A copycat hack hoax in the wake of actual hacks to Burger King and Jeep? Super classy, guys. Keep up the hilarious work.

Facebook marketers: Offerpop’s new tools boosting engagement 84% and loyalty 195%

What kinds of posts do well with your Facebook audience? What topics are most viral for your customers? And how can you find clones of your best fans?

Hulu renews Viacom deal, adds lots of Nickelodeon shows

Hulu has announced a new deal that will keep current Viacom TV shows parked on the streaming video service and even add some new ones.

Zeebox adds Viacom to its growing list of TV partnerships

TV enhancement startup Zeebox has just closed a deal with Viacom that brings a slew of new cable channels into its service, the startup announced today.

Viacom channels return to DirecTV at a cost of $600M more per year (update)

Satellite television service provider DirecTV has forged a deal with Viacom to bring its channels back, ending weeks of bickering between the companies and a boatload of consumer unhappiness.

Previously, DirecTV yanked the 26 Viacom channels from its lineup, which …

Viacom says there’s ‘no deal in sight’ to get channels back on DirecTV

It’s hard to distinguish who’s behaving like the bigger drama queen when it comes to the recent carriage fee dispute between DirecTV and Viacom. For the moment, DirecTV seems to be inching ahead, according to a Viacom blog post published …

With Jon Stewart back from vacation, Viacom wisely lifts its web content ban

Less than a week after yanking its cable TV shows from the web, Viacom has restored access to them, which is cause for celebration among many cord cutters and DirecTV subscribers.

Last week, satellite TV service provider DirecTV was forced …

Updated: Regardless of who wins the Viacom vs. DirecTV pissing match, consumers lose

Subscribers of DirecTV’s satellite television service are most definitely not getting their money’s worth as of today — that is, unless you just enjoy watching ultra dramatic fights between companies.

As of midnight, 26 Viacom channels went dark on DirecTV, …

New Amazon deal brings MTV, VH1, and Comedy Central to Prime Instant Video

If you’re considering an Amazon Prime subscription, you might be persuaded by Amazon’s new deal with Viacom to bring 2,000 new titles to the service.

The Viacom agreement will bring a new slate of programming to Amazon’s video offering and …

5 years later, Viacom still suing YouTube out of “principle”

A five year-old legal battle between Viacom and Google-owned YouTube over copyrighted content continues to clog up the U.S. court system because Viacom, parent company of Paramount Pictures and MTV, believes there’s an important principle at stake, president and CEO …

SOPA Opera: Anonymous targets media execs, moguls take aim at Google

The White House shook up the debate over the controversial Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) this weekend, publishing a letter that made it clear the executive branch would not back a bill without changes that addressed concerns over online censorship …

The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart takes on SOPA & the Internet

Jon Stewart, host of the popular comedy “news” program The Daily Show, is finally going to tackle SOPA, the controversial, anti-Internet piece of legislation that has every social network up in arms.

“Tomorrow night,” the host said during last …

Viacom may owe $383 million to Harmonix shareholders

Viacom Inc. may owe $383 million to former shareholders of Cambridge-based developer Harmonix Music Systems, best-known for the Rock Band series.

There are apparently a handful of legal battles going on between Viacom and shareholders over their $175 million acquisition …

Shodogg will let you pause and restart video from any device (exclusive)

There’s a series of DirecTV commercials where a TV viewer is immersed in an action scene but easily pauses and begins the scene where he left off in a different room. While that idea is easy to grasp, it’s not …

Why Facebook, Yahoo & others are celebrating LGBT Spirit Day

GLAAD (that’s the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation) is promoting Spirit Day this Thursday, Oct. 20, and encouraging folks to wear purple and display that color on their online profiles. In response, Facebook and other companies are “going purple” …

Paramount cuts out the middlemen: Offers direct streaming rentals of new Transformers film

Film studio Paramount Pictures is experimenting with a new digital distribution model for the most recently released Transformers movie.

By offering its own marketplace for customers to purchase the streaming video, Paramount’s parent company Viacom is essentially cutting out “middlemen” …