the networks' headquarters are located in new york city and london. other international offices are located in são paulo, berlin, stockholm, amsterdam, warsaw, madrid, milan, mumbai, paris, singapore, budapest and sydney amongst others. its first international offices opened in the late 1980s in london and amsterdam with the launch of mtv europe. it was created from a rebrand of viacom's mtv networks, which included mtv, bet, vh1 and nickelodeon, to include comedy central. robert bakish has been president of vimn since 2011, having held various roles at viacom since 1997.