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Viacom Inc. – ‘10-Q’ for 12/31/18 – ‘EX-101.DEF’

On:  Tuesday, 2/5/19, at 11:17am ET   ·   For:  12/31/18   ·   Accession #:  1339947-19-13   ·   File #:  1-32686

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  As Of               Filer                 Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size

 2/05/19  Viacom Inc.                       10-Q       12/31/18   80:5.7M

Quarterly Report   —   Form 10-Q   —   Sect. 13 / 15(d) – SEA’34
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: 10-Q        Quarterly Report                                    HTML    460K 
 2: EX-10.1     Material Contract                                   HTML     64K 
 3: EX-31.1     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     29K 
 4: EX-31.2     Certification -- §302 - SOA'02                      HTML     28K 
 5: EX-32.1     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     24K 
 6: EX-32.2     Certification -- §906 - SOA'02                      HTML     23K 
13: R1          Document entity information                         HTML     48K 
14: R2          Consolidated Statements of Earnings (Unaudited)     HTML    140K 
15: R3          Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income     HTML     55K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
16: R4          Consolidated Balance Sheets (Unaudited)             HTML    132K 
17: R5          Consolidated Balance Sheet (Parenthetical)          HTML     34K 
                (Unaudited)                                                      
18: R6          Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows (Unaudited)   HTML    102K 
19: R7          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     HTML     64K 
                (Unaudited) Statement                                            
20: R8          CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     HTML     27K 
                (Unaudited) Statement of Stockholders Equity                     
                Parenthetical                                                    
21: R9          Basis of Presentation (Note)                        HTML     74K 
22: R10         Inventory                                           HTML     49K 
23: R11         Debt                                                HTML     64K 
24: R12         Pension Benefits                                    HTML     33K 
25: R13         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest                  HTML     37K 
26: R14         Commitments and Contingencies                       HTML     26K 
27: R15         Revenues (Notes)                                    HTML     34K 
28: R16         Restructuring                                       HTML     73K 
29: R17         Income Taxes                                        HTML     27K 
30: R18         Earnings Per Share                                  HTML     34K 
31: R19         Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information        HTML     33K 
32: R20         Fair Value Measurements                             HTML     29K 
33: R21         Reportable Segments (Disclosure)                    HTML     86K 
34: R22         Related Party Transactions                          HTML     74K 
35: R23         Subsequent Event (Notes)                            HTML     24K 
36: R24         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation         HTML     36K 
                (Policies)                                                       
37: R25         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation -       HTML     34K 
                Table 1 - (Tables)                                               
38: R26         Basis of Presentation Basis of Presentation -       HTML     34K 
                Table 2 - (Tables)                                               
39: R27         Inventory (Tables)                                  HTML     49K 
40: R28         Debt (Tables)                                       HTML     59K 
41: R29         Pension Benefits (Tables)                           HTML     33K 
42: R30         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Tables)         HTML     35K 
43: R31         Restructuring, related costs and programming        HTML     51K 
                charges (Tables)                                                 
44: R32         Severance liability (Tables)                        HTML     44K 
45: R33         Earnings Per Share (Tables)                         HTML     33K 
46: R34         Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information        HTML     29K 
                (Tables)                                                         
47: R35         Reportable Segments (Tables)                        HTML     90K 
48: R36         Related Party Transactions (Tables)                 HTML     69K 
49: R37         Basis of Presentation (Details)                     HTML     53K 
50: R38         Basis of Presentation Statement of Earnings Effect  HTML     64K 
                Under Previous Revenue Recognition Guidance                      
                (Details)                                                        
51: R39         Basis of Presentation Balance Sheet Effect Under    HTML     61K 
                Previous Revenue Recognition Guidance (Details)                  
52: R40         Inventory (Details)                                 HTML     59K 
53: R41         Debt Schedule (Details)                             HTML     89K 
54: R42         Debt Narrative (Details)                            HTML     42K 
55: R43         Credit Facility Narrative (Details)                 HTML     31K 
56: R44         Pension Benefits (Details)                          HTML     33K 
57: R45         Redeemable Noncontrolling Interest (Details)        HTML     34K 
58: R46         Commitments and Contingencies (Details)             HTML     23K 
59: R47         Revenues Contract Balances (Details)                HTML     38K 
60: R48         Revenues Performance Obligations Satisfied in       HTML     26K 
                Previous Periods (Details)                                       
61: R49         Revenues Future Performance Obligations (Details)   HTML     26K 
62: R50         Restructuring Reserve by Type (Details)             HTML     58K 
63: R51         Severance Reserve Rollforward (Details)             HTML     37K 
64: R52         Restructuring Narrative (Details)                   HTML     48K 
65: R53         Income Taxes (Details)                              HTML     34K 
66: R54         Earnings Per Share (Details)                        HTML     33K 
67: R55         Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information        HTML     27K 
                (Details)                                                        
68: R56         Supplemental Cash Flow and Other Information        HTML     39K 
                Narrative (Details)                                              
69: R57         Fair Value Measurements (Details)                   HTML     44K 
70: R58         Reportable Segments - Narrative (Details)           HTML     23K 
71: R59         Reportable Segments - Revenues by Segment           HTML     31K 
                (Details)                                                        
72: R60         Reportable Segments - Adjusted Operating Income     HTML     64K 
                (Details)                                                        
73: R61         Reportable Segments - Total Assets (Details)        HTML     31K 
74: R62         Reportable Segments - Revenues by Component         HTML     46K 
                (Details)                                                        
75: R63         Related Party Transactions Narrative (Details)      HTML     34K 
76: R64         Related Party Transactions (Details)                HTML     63K 
77: R65         Subsequent Event (Details)                          HTML     23K 
79: XML         IDEA XML File -- Filing Summary                      XML    139K 
78: EXCEL       IDEA Workbook of Financial Reports                  XLSX     74K 
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11: EX-101.LAB  XBRL Labels -- viab-20181231_lab                     XML   1.36M 
12: EX-101.PRE  XBRL Presentations -- viab-20181231_pre              XML    811K 
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