AFI BLOG: Media and Technology

The Wall Street Journal
Cable and satellite-TV operators gave an icy reception to plans by three movie companies for the launch of a new pay-television channel next year, indicating that the new channel may have a tough time angling its way into homes.
Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. and Lions Gate Entertainment Corp. Sunday announced [...]

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What This Man Has Planned for an Encore - Advertising Age
Viacom Chief Philippe Dauman Met a Lofty Digital Revenue Goal. Now He Has the Scale to Do It Again
At the beginning of 2007, Viacom President-CEO Philippe Dauman publicly set an ambitious benchmark for the year: double his company’s digital revenue to $500 million. That’s a [...]

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Viacom Shows Off New Baby, Babunga - Red Herring
The Nickelodeon unit of Sumner Redstone’s Viacom, best known for bringing the world SpongeBob SquarePants, Jimmy Neutron, and iCarly, Monday said it has acquired Babunga, a network of parenting web sites based in the Netherlands.
Babunga’s sites, including BabyNamesWorld.com and wikiparenting.com, have been incorporated into ParentsConnect.com, a parenting [...]

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Microsoft Signs Online Ad, Content Deal With Viacom; Value Of Agreement Pegged At $500 Million - paidContent.org
Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) has signed a five-year deal with Viacom (NYSE: VIA) covering on ad serving, content distribution, event promotions and games. The agreement marks the software company’s latest effort to build its ad business since its $6 billion [...]

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Viacom Looks for a Web Kick - The Wall Street Journal
In an experiment that tests consumer appetite for online movies, Viacom Inc.’s Paramount Pictures movie, “Jackass 2.5,” is skipping traditional theatrical release in favor of online distribution.
The movie, from Paramount and MTV New Media, is the second sequel in a franchise based on the [...]

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Nielsen to Be Video Cop - The Wall Street Journal
For years, media and technology companies have been ensnarled in a battle over online piracy.
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