Viacom, which owns MTV, Nickelodeon and Comedy Central, has bought Channel 5 for £450m. Viacom president and CEO Philippe Dauman said: "The acquisition of Channel 5 accelerates Viacom's strategy in ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Viacom is buying Britain’s Channel 5 Broadcasting Ltd. for 450 million euros (about $757 million), increasing its investment in U.K-produced content. The media company said Thursday ...

(Reuters) - British media baron Richard Desmond will announce that he is selling free-to-air TV broadcaster Channel 5 to U.S.-based Viacom Inc for up to 450 million pounds ($760 million), The Guardian ...

April 30 (Reuters) - U.S.-based Viacom Inc said on Thursday it would buy British TV broadcaster Channel 5 from media baron Richard Desmond for $760 million (450 million pounds) as a keystone to ...

LONDON — Viacom has won the bidding for U.K. free-to-air TV net Channel 5, buying the broadcaster from entrepreneur Richard Desmond‘s Northern & Shell Media Group for £450 million ($757 million).

Channel 5 has unveiled a major rebrand as it aims to reflect the different identities of its numerous TV channels and explain to both viewers and advertisers the "breadth" of content it airs. The ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Viacom and DirecTV fought a bruising bout over fees to a draw Friday and agreed to a long-term deal that ended a 10-day channel blackout. Their new deal restored MTV, Comedy Central ...