Viacom is closing down the German TV music channel Viva after 25 years.
Starting January 2019, Comedy Central will expand to 24 hour programming on the channel. Comedy Central -- which is also owned by Viacom -- in Germany currently broadcasts 12 hours per day from 2 p.m. to 2 a.m., while Viva broadcasts the rest of the time.
For decades, Viva has been a springboard for German entertainers such as Stefan Raab, Heike Makatsch, Oliver Pocher, Sarah Kuttner, Minh-Khai, Tobias Schlegel and many more with broadcasts in Austria and Switzerland as well.