Verizon and Viacom renewed their FiOS carriage agreement,...

Verizon and Viacom renewed their FiOS carriage agreement, the companies said in a news release Wednesday (http://bit.ly/1E5tCA0). Under the deal, FiOS will carry 25 of Viacom’s networks, including BET, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon and VH1, and Viacom’s joint venture services Aapka Colors and Epix, the release said. The deal also grants Verizon national rights to distribute Viacom content to Verizon Wireless customers, the release said. The deal will also allow FiOS customers to access all of Viacom’s networks on-demand and live, both at home and on mobile devices, using the FiOS Mobile app, it said. Verizon FiOS will also enable “dynamic ad insertion in all Viacom TV Everywhere and VOD content,” they said.