The show has driven subscriber growth for JioCinema at a faster pace than many shows launched in the past, said Alok Jain, President - General Entertainment, Viacom18

Shares of ViacomCBS Inc. (VIAC) are rising over 19% in pre-market today, following the company's better-than-expected Q1 results.

ViacomCBS says first-quarter profit tumbled as the company suffered a 19 per cent decline in advertising revenue due in part to the cancellation of the NCAA "March Madness" men's basketball championship this year.

"The Spongebob Movie: Sponge on the Run" is currently due to hit theaters on August 7 — among the earliest scheduled releases in the calendar.

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The deal will combine the CBS television network, CBS News, Showtime cable networks with MTV Networks, Nickelodeon, Comedy Central and Paramount Pictures.

Elon Musk for his sheer audacity of dreaming unabashedly and then making those impossible dreams come true, says Ajit Andhare, COO, Viacom18 Studios.

MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network and TV Land are among the channels launching on YouTube TV in the coming months.

The stocks making the biggest moves in premarket trading include Raytheon, ViacomCBS, Moderna, JetBlue, and more.

YouTube TV is expanding its lineup of channels thanks to a new, multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS, announced this morning. The Google-owned streaming TV service is gaining 14 new ViacomCBS channels as a result of the deal, including news, sports, and entertainment offerings. It will also continue to carry CBS broadcast stations, CBS Sports Network, […]

YouTube TV is expanding its lineup of channels thanks to a new, multi-year distribution agreement with ViacomCBS, announced this morning. The Google-owned streaming TV service is gaining 14 new ViacomCBS channels as a result of the deal, including news, sports, and entertainment offerings. It will also continue to carry CBS broadcast stations, CBS Sports Network, […]

A new series based on actor Hilary Duff's character from "Younger" is in works at ViacomCBS. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the company is working with "Younger" creator Darren Star on the spin-off show that will see Duff returning as Kelsey Peters. The new show could be headed to Paramount Network, where the original series was slated to move for its sixth season. But the plans were shelved and the show remained in its original home on TV Land, which is owned ViacomCBS. "Younger", which started in 2015, features Sutton Foster as Liza Miller, a 40-year-old divorcee who has to manage her career in a publishing company having faked her identity as a younger woman to get her job, while her romantic and professional lives are measured against ups and comings. Duff's Kelsey Peters is a book editor at Empirical Press who befriends Liza after they start working together. The show also stars Nico Tortorella, Peter Hermann, Miriam Shor, Debi Mazar, Molly Bernard and Charles Michael

WSJ Heard on the Street's Miriam Gottfried visits Mean Street to shed light on how Viacom and CBS, since splitting into two companies in 2006, have experienced a role reversal in terms of growth. Photo: Getty Images.