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- Viacom Inc.
- Country : United States
- City: New York
- State: New York - NY
- Address: 1515 Broadway
- Zipcode: 10036
- Category: Fortune 1000 Companies
- Description: Viacom has its eye on synergy. One of the world's largest media companies, Viacom spans movies, television, radio, and the Internet. It owns BET (Black Entertainment Television), CBS, Paramount Pictures, the United Paramount Network (UPN), MTV Networks (MTV, VH1, Nickelodeon), Showtime Networks, and Comedy Central (50%), and produces and syndicates TV shows through Paramount Television and CBS Enterprises. Viacom also owns 39 TV stations, publisher Simon & Schuster, 81% of Blockbuster (the #1 video rental chain), and has dozens of Internet holdings. The company also owns Infinity Broadcasting (some 185 radio stations). CEO Sumner Redstone controls 68% of the firm through his National Amusements theater chain.
- Products: Entertainment