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Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman said its Epix movie service retained the rights to two top box office champs - The Avengers and The Hunger Games - which could influence its upcoming renewal talks with subscription VOD service Netflix.

As noted in a recent "Media Decoder" item , former MTV and Viacom head honcho Tom Freston 's current efforts at USC Cinema School are not the first time he has been involved with Afghanistan.

Office leasing activity in Manhattan so far this quarter has beaten the volume tallied from the first quarter of 2012, Crain's reported, citing Jones Lang LaSalle data.

A New York Federal Court recently slowed down the Internet's reappropriation of intellectual property by ruling YouTube may be liable for copyright infringement.

This is the group of companies who raised their dividend during the week: Cato Corp A Joel Greenblatt owns 7,488 shares as of 03/31/2012, a decrease of 76.83% of from the previous quarter.

Before he became famous in the media world as the chief executive of MTV, and then its parent, Viacom, Tom Freston had a less glorious career as the proprietor of a clothing company based in Afghanistan.

In this April 14, 2012 file photo, Viacom CEO Philippe Dauman arrives to the TV Land Awards 10th Anniversary in New York.

The inventory, meaning the number of available apartments for sale in Manhattan, keeps shrinking.

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Viacom Inc. will become a component of the NASDAQ-100 Index and the NASDAQ-100 Equal Weighted Index prior to market open on Wednesday, May 30, 2012.

EXCLUSIVE : VH1 is stepping into the reality music competition arena with 60-Minute Superstar , a new series in development.

Continuing its commitment to Times Square, Viacom Inc. has signed a lease renewal with SL Green Realty Corp.

Mary Scotti has been named vice president of business affairs for WE tv. Based in New York, Scotti will oversee negotiations for the network's rights related to original productions, marketing, business development and talent deals.

Complete Coverage: Cable Show 2012 Boston - Nickelodeon's recent ratings falloff, fueled in part by Netflix viewing of the kids' network, could be the catalyst that pushes programmers away from over-the-top providers, UBS cable analyst John Hodulik said at a panel discussion at The Cable Show Monday.

Another record has fallen in Manhattan's residential market. Last week a 30-room spread on top of one of the city's top buildings, 740 Park Ave., fetched $52.5 million, according to The New York Times .

Box office weekend results revealed that just about every movie tanked except for Walt Disney Studio's A Marvel's The Avengers.

Corin Nelson has been named executive producer of Sony Pictures Television's Queen Latifah , which the studio is developing for a fall 2013 launch.

MUMBAI: When Ram Gopal Varma makes a film, one is a bit sceptical. He has not made a sensible film in a long time after all! When you go to a movie expecting nothing, you do usually come out happier than if you expected a masterpiece.

Time Warner Cable has selected Motorola Mobility's SecureMedia digital rights management system to encrypt linear and on-demand TV programming for delivery across a slew of devices.

Viacom says it will now offer all of its programming to TWC subscribers for in-home viewing on tablets and other devices.