Yahoo! FinanceFinance Home - My Yahoo - Yahoo! - Help 

Sunday, January 3, 2010, 10:46AM ET - U.S. Markets Closed. Dow Down 1.14% Nasdaq Down 0.97%
Viacom, Inc. (VIA-B)On Dec 31: 29.73  Down 0.17 (0.57%)  
MORE ON VIA-B
Quotes
Charts
News & Info
Company
HereProfile
Analyst Coverage
Ownership
Financials

ProfileGet Profile for:
Viacom, Inc.
1515 Broadway
New York, NY 10036
United States - Map
Phone: 212-258-6000
Web Site: http://www.viacom.com

DETAILS 
Index Membership:S&P 500
S&P 1500 Super Comp
Sector:Services
Industry:CATV Systems
Full Time Employees:11,500

BUSINESS SUMMARY 
Viacom Inc. operates as an entertainment content company principally in the United States and Europe. It operates in two segments, Media Networks and Filmed Entertainment. The Media Networks segment provides entertainment content to advertisers, distributors, and retailers across various distribution platforms, including television, the Internet, mobile devices, video games, and various consumer products. It serves through MTV Networks with approximately 165 channels and multiplatform properties, which primarily include MTV: Music Television, MTV2, mtvU, MTV Tr3s, VH1, VH1 Classic, CMT: Country Music Television, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Noggin, The N, Nicktoons, Neopets, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, and TV Land. This segment operates approximately 400 digital media properties, including Web sites, WAP sites, broadband services, and virtual worlds worldwide. It also offers entertainment, music, news, and public affairs television programming to the African-American audience through its BET Networks. In addition, this segment engages in video game business, which includes Rock Band franchise and casual gaming Web sites, such as Addictinggames.com and Shockwave.com. The Filmed Entertainment segment produces, finances, and distributes motion pictures and other entertainment content. It produces and distributes motion pictures under the Paramount Pictures, Paramount Vantage, Paramount Classics, MTV Films, and Nickelodeon Movies brands. This segment also involves in selling DVDs and other products relating to the motion pictures and other programming. In addition, it acquires films for distribution and has presence in the games business. The company is headquartered in New York, New York.
Key Statistics

COMPANY WEBSITES 
  • Home Page
  • Search Yahoo! for:
    More on Viacom, Inc.


    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE 
    Viacom, Inc.'s Corporate Governance Quotient (CGQ®) as of 1-Dec-09 is better than 8% of S&P 500 companies and 76.7% of Media companies.
    Brought to you by Institutional Shareholder Services.

    KEY EXECUTIVES 
     PayExercised
    Dr. Sumner M. Redstone , 86
    Founder and Exec. Chairman
    $ 5.19M $ 0
    Mr. Philippe P. Dauman , 55
    Chief Exec. Officer, Pres
    $ 10.39M $ 0
    Mr. Thomas E. Dooley , 53
    Chief Financial Officer, Chief Admin. Officer, Sr. Exec. VP
    $ 8.31M $ 0
    Mr. Michael D. Fricklas , 49
    Exec. VP, Sec. and Gen. Counsel
    $ 2.44M $ 0
    Ms. Denise White , 56
    Exec. VP of HR & Admin.
    $ 1.18M $ 0
    Dollar amounts are as of 31-Dec-08 and compensation values are for the last fiscal year ending on that date. "Pay" is salary, bonuses, etc. "Exercised" is the value of options exercised during the fiscal year.


    Add to My Portfolio Add to Portfolio    Set Alert Set Alert    Email to a Friend Email to a Friend
    Get Profile for Another Symbol: Symbol Lookup
    Annual ReportsSector Analysis