Tag: CBS
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CBS & Viacom Reportedly Set an August 8th Deadline For Merger Talks
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now it has been reported by CNBC that CBS and Viacom have agreed to an August 8th deadline for their merger talks. This does not mean a deal will be reached but it sounds like one…
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CBS is Reportedly Ready to Make an Offer to Buy/Merge With Viacom
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now it has been reported by the Wall Street Journal that CBS board is ready to make Viacom an offer to merge or buy Viacom. The two companies use to be one but broke up into…
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CBS is Launching a FREE Lifestyle Streaming Service With Martha Stewart & Emeril Lagasse
Today CBS announced a new free Lifestyle streaming service in partnership with Dabl. This partnership will feature content from Martha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse. “The strength of our distribution and ad sales teams, combined with our O&O station group and the depth of our library, provides us with a lot of opportunities to mine in…
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CBS’s Board Will Reportedly Meet to Talk About The Viacom Merger This Week
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. A few weeks ago it was reported that CBS and Viacom would continue talks in June 2019. Now according to new reports, CBS board will meet this Friday to talk about the merger with Viacom. The…
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TEGNA Renews Its Partnership With CBS All Access
Today CBS and TEGNA announced a deal to keep TEGNA owned stations on CBS All Access. This means not only will you be able to watch CBS network programming with CBS All Access but also be able to live stream TEGNA owned stations. “TEGNA is a valued and longtime CBS partner,” said Ray Hopkins, President,…
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CBS & Viacom Will Reportedly Hold Merger Talks in June
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge. Now according to new reports, CBS and Viacom will hold merger talks in June according to people familiar with the situation. The two companies use to be one but broke up into two companies in 2006,…
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CBS News Has One Million Daily Streams as Free Ad-Supported News Services Grow
Over the last 20 years, news has increasingly been put behind the paywall of cable TV. Now the news is once again becoming free, and for CBS it is paying off. Recently CBS announced that their free 24/7 news service CBS News is averaging one million daily streams. Now others have noticed the growth of…
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CBS Teams Up With Amazon For International Streaming of Patrick Stewart’s New Star Trek Show
Today CBS and Amazon announced a deal to stream Patrick Stewart’s new Star Trek show internationally. Inside the United States CBS All Access will have rights but outside CBS All Access areas the new Star Trek show will stream on Amazon Prime. This is a big win for Amazon as in the past Netflix had…
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Deal Alert: CBS All Access is Having a Special Limited Time Only 30-Day Free Trial
Been thinking about trying CBS All Access? Right now CBS All-Access has over 10,000 episodes on demand including original programming like Twilight Zone and Star Trek Discovery. New episodes are added the next day and in a growing list of areas, you also get a live stream of your local CBS affiliate. Currently, CBS All-Access is…
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CBS’s Board is Reportedly Looking At Making An Offer to Merge With Viacom
CBS and Viacom have for over a year now been in on and off talks to once again merge according to a report from Fox Business. The two companies use to be one but broke up into two companies in 2006, at the request of both boards. It is important to remember that both Viacom…