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The season premiere of MTV’s “The Real World: Brooklyn” launched Wednesday night, improving its ratings compared to last season among viewers 12-34 for the network. The 21st season opener scored a 2.3 rating among viewers 12-34, ranking as the No. 1 cable show in the demographic for the 10 p.m. hour...
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Time Warner Cable’s decision to pay Viacom more to carry networks including MTV and Nickelodeon demonstrates that when programmers and cable operators fight over money, it’s the pipeline that feels the pinch first and faces more downside risk. Viacom last week threatened to pull its 19 channels off Time...
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Viacom and Time Warner Cable have reached an agreement in principle that ends the threat of Viacom channels, including MTV, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, being pulled from the cable operator's systems, a Viacom spokeswoman said. The agreement was reached just after midnight Eastern Time, when Time...
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Time Warner Cable says Viacom, which is threatening to pull signals for 19 cable networks from the operator’s system, is seeking $39 million more annually in the companies’ fee dispute . Viacom plans to remove its channels—including Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and MTV—from Time Warner Cable at midnight...
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Viacom is threatening to pull its networks, including Nickelodeon and MTV, off of Time Warner Cable tomorrow if the companies don't reach an agreement on fees for the channels. Viacom is readying advertisements featuring characters from its channels, including SpongeBob SquarePants from Nickelodeon...
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MTV plans to expand the amount of original programming on the network by launching a two-hour block of original programming on Sundays at 9 p.m. The network also is looking to air original shows at 9 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays starting in the first quarter. MTV’s ratings were down last year, and the...
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Since the beginning of TV, music programming has been an integral part of the success of the medium, from “Your Hit Parade” to “American Bandstand,” “The Ed Sullivan Show” and “Soul Train,” and finally to MTV, a network initially predicated on marketing music in short-form video bits 24/7. Music Programming...
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The Democrats are returning to Washington. Now MTV is trying to take back its place in the sun at the presidential inauguration. Sixteen years ago, MTV’s Rock ’n’ Roll Inaugural Ball for Bill Clinton—featuring the Eagles, Don Henley and U2, among other performers—became one of the year’s hottest inauguration...
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MTV will replace Tila Tequila with bisexual twin sisters Rikki and Vikki for the third season of “A Shot of Love,” premiering Dec. 9. Renamed “A Double Shot at Love,” the reality competition series will feature 12 straight guys and 12 lesbians vying for the affections of the “Ikki Twins.” “A Double Shot...
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MTV is close to reviving "Beauty and the Geek," the Ashton Kutcher-Fox 21 reality show that most recently aired on the CW. Negotiations are underway for MTV to air six episodes of what's being called "Beauty and the Geek: Celebrity," according to people familiar with the talks...
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Stephen K. Friedman has been named general manager of MTV, MTV Networks announced Thursday. Mr. Friedman will continue to oversee mtvU, of which he was general manager. He also will be responsible for MTV.com, MTV2, MTV Tr3s, MTV Hits and MTV Jams. Van Toffler, president of MTV Networks Music and Logo...
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Viacom said the weakening economy helped cut its net earnings by 37% in the third quarter. The company, which owns MTV Networks, said net earnings were $401 million, or 65 cents a share, down from $641 million, or 96 cents a share, in the year-earlier quarter. Revenues edged up 4% to $3.4 billion. “The...
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MTV’s hi-def channel Palladia has acquired the U.S. TV rights to air highlights from the “Peace One Day Supported by Ben & Jerry’s” concert Oct. 18 at 9 p.m. The concert, which took place at the Royal Albert Hall in London on Sept. 21, commemorates the international Peace Day as inspired by Jeremy...
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Summer is usually a strong season for cable networks, but this year several networks endured a rocky third quarter. With cable drawing viewers away from the broadcast networks, most quarters end with a long list of cable networks touting new ratings records. But during the third quarter this year, G4...
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Viacom said it expects lower earnings growth than it had forecast earlier in the year. The company, which owns cable networks including MTV, VH1, BET, Comedy Central and Nickelodeon, said its earnings growth for the year will be in the mid-single to low-double digits for the 2008. Earlier this year,...