NATIONAL AMUSEMENTS AGAIN UPS VIACOM <VIA> BID
Viacom International Inc said <National
Amusements Inc> has again raised the value of its offer for
Viacom's publicly held stock.
    The company said the special committee of its board plans
to meet later today to consider this offer and the one
submitted March one by <MCV Holdings Inc>.
    A spokeswoman was unable to say if the committee met as
planned yesterday.
    Viacom said National Amusements' Arsenal Holdings Inc
subsidiary has raised the amount of cash it is offering for
each Viacom share by 75 cts to 42.75 dlrs while the value of
the fraction of a share of exchangeable Arsenal Holdings
preferred to be included was raised 25 cts to 7.75 dlrs.
    National Amusements already owns 19.6 pct of Viacom's stock.
 Reuter
