Viacom Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

Viacom Declares Quarterly Cash Dividend

NEW YORK, Jan. 13, 2011 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --Viacom Inc. (NYSE: VIA, VIA.B) today announced that its Board of Directors has declared a quarterly cash dividend of $0.15 per share on its Class A and Class B common stock. The dividend will be payable on April 1, 2011 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 28, 2011.

About Viacom

Viacom, consisting of BET Networks, MTV Networks and Paramount Pictures, is the world's leading entertainment content company. It engages audiences on television, motion picture and digital platforms through many of the world's best known entertainment brands, including MTV, VH1, CMT, Palladia, Logo, Nickelodeon, Nick at Nite, Nick Jr., TeenNick, Nicktoons, COMEDY CENTRAL, Spike TV, TV Land, BET, CENTRIC, AddictingGames, Atom, Neopets, Shockwave and Paramount Pictures. Viacom's global reach includes approximately 170 channels and 500 digital media properties in more than 160 countries and territories.

For more information about Viacom and its businesses, visit www.viacom.com.

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

This news release contains both historical and forward-looking statements. All statements that are not statements of historical fact are, or may be deemed to be, forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements reflect the Company's current expectations concerning future results, objectives, plans and goals, and involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are difficult to predict and which may cause actual results, performance or achievements to differ. These risks, uncertainties and other factors include, among others: the public acceptance of the Company's programs, motion pictures and other entertainment content on the various platforms on which they are distributed; technological developments and their effect in the Company's markets and on consumer behavior; the impact of piracy; competition for audiences and distribution; fluctuations in the Company's results due to the timing, mix and availability of the Company's motion pictures; economic conditions generally, and in advertising and retail markets in particular; changes in the Federal communications laws and regulations; other domestic and global economic, business, competitive and/or regulatory factors affecting the Company's businesses generally; and other factors described in the Company's news releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its annual reports on Form 10-K and reports on Form 10-Q and Form 8-K. The forward-looking statements included in this document are made only as of the date of this document, and the Company does not have any obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent events or circumstances.

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CONTACT: Press: Carl Folta, Executive Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-212-258-6352, carl.folta@viacom.com, or Kelly McAndrew, Senior Vice President, Corporate Communications, +1-212-846-7455, kelly.mcandrew@viacom.com; or Investors: James Bombassei, Senior Vice President, Investor Relations, +1-212-258-6377, james.bombassei@viacom.com, or Pamela Yi, Director, Investor Relations, +1-212-846-7581, pamela.yi@viacom.com

Web Site: http://www.viacom.com

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