Entries in 'viacom' (32)
Now Viacom sues former Harmonix shareholders
Viacom is taking ex-shareholders of Rock Band developer Harmonix to court, following a lawsuit filed against the firm itself last year.
'No fee' for Harmonix buyout
Media giant Viacom sold Rock Band developer Harmonix for a nominal fee, an unconfirmed report has claimed.
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Harmonix suing owners Viacom
Harmonix founders Alex Rigopulos and Eran Egozny are leading a lawsuit from a number of the developer's former shareholders against current owners Viacom.
Activision silent over Harmonix buyout
Activision has spoken of its love for Rock Band developer Harmonix but refused to speak about a possible acquisition.
Viacom: 'Console game business requires skills we don't have'
MTV Games parent Viacom says it doesn’t the expertise needed to create big-budget, successful console games.
Harmonix unaffected by Viacom sell-off
Rock Band developer Harmonix is still hard at work on Rock Band 3 and Dance Central despite uncertainty over its future.
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Unhappy Viacom to sell off Harmonix
Just four years after it bought the studio for an amazing $175m, Viacom has said it wants to sell off music game studio Harmonix.
Activision ‘should acquire’ Rock Band
Publisher Activision’s only chance of prospering in the music genre is to attempt to acquire the Rock Band IP from MTV owner Viacom, one US analyst has claimed.
MTV: ‘Dance Central is the first true dancing game’
Forget Dance Dance Revolution and Just Dance, because Dance Central is the industry’s first ‘true’ game of
its genre.
Rock Band downloads hit 75m
Looking at Rock band’s boxed retail sales really is only half the story – Harmonix owner MTV has confirmed that over 75m purchases have been made through the game’s in-game ...
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David Walker joins MTV
MTV Games has confirmed that appointment of David Walker as its new international sales director of the international sales team.
Viacom reports strong quarter
MTV owner Viacom’s operating income for the quarter ending June 30th 2010 climbed 35 per cent to $794m Revenues were relatively flat year-on-year, up from $3.299bn last year to $3.301bn. ...
Viacom seeking Rock Band refund
With falling sales of Rock Band blamed for a three per cent year-on-year decline in sales for Harmonix owner Viacom, the company has said that it wants a partial refund ...
Has EA given up on Rock Band?
Conspicuous by its absence in EA’s forward planning for the financial year ahead was any mention of the once golden franchise that is Rock Band, leading to speculation that the ...
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US: Beatles pips Guitar Hero
Numbers from US mag Advertising Age claim that The Beatles: Rock Band outsold rival Guitar Hero 5 in North America in 2009, thanks in part, the publication claims, to Viacom’s ...
Beatles: Rock Band sales hit 1.7m
Global sales of MTV’s The Beatles: Rock Band now stand at 1.7m, four months after it was first released on September 9th 2009.
Guitar Hero sales up year-on-year
Viacom’s luke-warm analysis of its Rock band franchise earlier this week added fuel to the fire of those questioning the long-term viability of the music game franchise – making the ...
Economics of Rock Band are “improving”
The owner of MTV and developer Harmonix has stated that the financial outlook for its Rock Band series is rosier than it once was – though Viacom does admit that ...
Nickelodeon buys TMNT rights
Viacom’s global kids entertainment network Nickelodeon has paid £5.9m to capture the worldwide rights to the popular Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles brand from The Mirage Group.
Viacom: Beatles sales ‘terrific’
Despite charting at number four in the UK Charts this week behind fierce rival Guitar Hero 5, EA’s The Beatles: Rock Band has so far exceeded the sales expectations ...
Rock Band slump troubles Viacom
MTV parent company Viacom has revealed declines across the board for Q2 2009, with the losses in its media department pinned squarely on lower-than-expected sales of music series Rock Band.
Viacom cuts 850 jobs
Viacom is to cut seven per cent of its workforce as part of a major global restructuring.
