Joost signs deal with Viacom (UPDATED)

This just in from the Rumor bank: Joost signs deal with viacom which means potential access to shows and movies from Paramount, CBS, MTV, and Comedy Central.

Today several news sites have announced that Joost has signed a deal with Viacom about Viacom providing both Archived and new shows to the Joost platform. This is great news since Viasat controls many great contents producers.

Here is a couple of links for news about the deal:

http://www.paidcontent.org/entry/419-viacom-and-joost-sign-licensing-agreement/
http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/85566 (in German).
UPDATE:
Now there is an official Press release:
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/070220/nytu066.html?.v=82
f you look at the Viacom stock, you will notice that it raised quite a bit after this was announced.

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