Dish Network has made an agreement to add HD feeds for several of MTV Networks’ and BET Networks’ channels to its roster. CMT, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Spike TV and VH1 now are available in HD at no additional cost to Dish customers with the Classic Bronze 100 HD and above package. Classic Silver...
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MTV Networks is in conversations with a number of online distribution partners to expand the reach of its programming online, the company said during a panel at the South by Southwest Interactive Festival in Austin, Texas. MTV already has distribution deals with sites including MSN, Fancast, AOL, Joost...
Former MTV President Christina Norman has been named CEO of Oprah Winfrey’s new cable network, OWN, which is a joint venture with Discovery Communications. Ms. Norman, who left MTV last year, will start her new job Feb. 17. She’ll be based in Los Angeles. OWN’s previously named top executives, Robin...
AT&T has agreed to a new carriage deal with Viacom’s MTV Networks and BET Networks that expands content distribution across AT&T’s television and wireless platforms. The deal also puts content from five Viacom networks on AT&T CruiseCast, an in-car entertainment service scheduled to launch...
Hank Close, president of ad sales for MTV Networks, is leaving the company at the end of the year. In a memo, MTVN CEO Judy McGrath said it was Mr. Close’s decision to leave when his contract expires. Mr. Close will not be replaced. Instead, the three senior ad sales executives will report directly to...
Mobile video technology firm Transpera has inked deals to deliver cell phone video and dynamic targeted ads on phones for MTV Networks, Discovery Communications, AccuWeather, Travel Channel and Next New Networks. MTV already uses Transpera’s tools for VH1 and for its site Gametrailers.com, with Comedy...
MTV Networks’ high-definition music channel MHD will change its name to Palladia effective Sept. 1. “It’s a bigger, more distinct name for a channel that has grown in size as well as satisfaction among music HD fans,” said Tom Calderone, the executive VP/general manager of VH1 who oversees Palladia....
Cablevision will add new content from MTV Networks to the on-demand offerings available to its digital customers. The new titles, culled from MTV, MTV2, VH1, VH1 Classic and CMT, includes both music videos and original programming such as "From G's to Gents," "Brooke Knows Best"...