Viacom, Incorporated Class A (NYSE:VIA) 1515 Broadway New York, NY 10036 Phone: (212) 258-6000 Fax: http://www.viacom.com
Viacom Inc. was organized as a Delaware corporation in 2005. On December 31, 2005, the Company became a stand- alone public company in connection with separation from the former Viacom Inc. Viacom is a global entertainment content company. It engages audiences on television, motion picture, Internet, mobile and video game platforms through many of the world's entertainment brands. The Company operates through two reporting segments: Media Networks, which includes MTV Networks and BET Networks; and Filmed Entertainment. The Media Networks segment provides entertainment content for consumers in key demographics attractive to advertisers, distributors and retailers. MTV Networks reaches over 578 million households worldwide via its approximately 165 channels and multiplatform properties, which include MTV: Music Television(r), MTV2(r), mtvU(r), MTV Tr3s(r), VH1(r), VH1 Classic(tm), CMT(r): Country Music Television(tm), Logo(r), Nickelodeon(r), Nick at Nite(r), Noggin(r), The N(r), Nicktoons(r), Neopets(r) , COMEDY CENTRAL(r) , Spike TV(r) and TV Land(tm), among others. MTV Networks also has a video game business that includes the successful Rock Band(r) franchise and casual gaming websites such as Addictinggames.com and Shockwave.com. BET Networks is a provider of entertainment, music, news and public affairs television programming targeted to the African-American audience and could be seen in the United States, Canada, the Caribbean, the United Kingdom and sub-Saharan Africa. The Filmed Entertainment segment produces, finances and distributes motion pictures and other entertainment content under the Paramount Pictures(r), Paramount Vantage(tm), Paramount Classics(tm), MTV Films(r) and Nickelodeon Movies(tm) brands. This segment would also continue to release a number of pictures under the DreamWorks(tm) brand. Paramount Pictures is a producer and distributor of motion pictures and has a library consisting of approximately 3,500 motion pictures and a small number of television programs. It also distributes motion pictures and other entertainment content on DVD, television, digital and other platforms in the United States and internationally, and is expanding its presence in the games business. The Company's Media Networks businesses compete with other cable networks, the broadcast television networks and digital properties for advertising revenue, audience share and, in the case of cable networks, affiliate fees. Its Filmed Entertainment businesses compete for audiences with other major motion picture studios such as Disney, Fox, Sony Pictures, Universal and Warner Bros., as well as independent film producers. The Company's businesses are subject to and affected by regulations of U.S. federal, state and local governmental authorities, and its international operations are subject to laws and regulations of local countries and pan-national bodies such as the European Union.
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