Viacom’s MTV CANCELLING “Jersey Shore” and 4 Media Titans Making Waves

Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX): HBO (NYSE:TWX) plans to fight Netflix in Denmark, Sweden, Norway and Finland when it launches its own streaming video service which will start in mid-October, TechCrunch reports. The content offering should be similar to the HBO GO service in the U.S. The shares traded down $0.53 (0.88%) recently at $59.95.

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CBS Corporation (NYSE:CBS) along with AT&T (NYSE:T) U-verse TV announced the renewal of their content carriage agreements which covers retransmission consent for CBS Owned Stations, and it will continue to carry Showtime, The Smithsonian Channel, and The CBS Sports Network. Terms of the agreements have not been revealed. The shares traded up $0.24 (0.67%) recently at $36.24.

Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ:DISH): The FCC is not considering the adoption of a single standard to measure whether or not companies have obtained too much spectrum, The Hill reported last night. Currently, the agency currently uses a different set of criteria for each spectrum transaction, the publication elaborated. The shares traded up $0.15 (0.47%) recently at $31.99.

Viacom, Inc. (NYSE:VIA) MTV will cancel reality show “Jersey Shore” after its sixth season airs during the fall, according to the Wall Street Journal. The shares traded up $0.35 (0.70%) recently at $50.52.

SIRIUS XM Radio Inc. (NASDAQ:SIRI): Sirius XM CEO Mel Karmazin adopted a new 10b5-1 plan to exercise another 30 million options and to sell shares. The shares traded down $0.00 (0.20%) recently at $2.54.

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