Variety: Viacom International and Murdoch-owned Sky Italy have strengthened their Italo ties, adding two new branded channels, Teen Nick and MTV Next, following a key free-to-air deal. The Viacom pay-TV content boost on Sky follows Sky Italy’s purchase from Viacom of free-to-air channel MTV Italia. The Viacom/Sky partnership will aim to boost their joint on-demand offer with the expected launch in 2016 of Nickelodeon and MTV branded apps in Italy.