Viacom Inc has made the importance of its international properties prominent and noteworthy by appointing new and first ever president and chief executive of Viacom International Media Networks.
The company itself is home to the cable networks like MTV and the movie studio Paramount Pictures reported this Wednesday that they are appointing Robert Bakish to the designation for its first time. So Bakish would now be entrusted to keep all the international media properties of the company, which also include the MTV and BET Networks, along with some other branches of Paramount branded networks in overall 160 countries. And he will be reporting his duty/efforts to the Viacom Chief Executive Philippe Dauman.