Standoff (TV series) Standoff is an American drama series that premiered on the Fox network on September 5, 2006. Created by Craig Silverstein, the series focused on an FBI Crisis Negotiation Unit whose members negotiated hostage situations and shared relationships.
Viacom Inc. (known professionally as Viacom (/ËvaÉªÉkÉm/ VY-É-kom) and stylized as vÄ±acom or b_viacom in YouTube) is an American media conglomerate with interests primarily in cinema and cable television.
Viacom maintains that the proposed increase would bring DirecTV's rates up to today's market prices -- though the satellite company makes up a fifth of Viacom's audience, the previous deal with DirecTV accounted for just 5% of the media giant's subscriber revenue, Viacom said.