Tag: CBS
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CBS Is Reorganizing Their Film Division with a Focus on Streaming
Over the last year, CBS has been doubling down on streaming with deals to bring their channels to streaming services and now a new focus on movies streaming online. Last week Variety reported that CBS is folding its Films Division into their larger Entertainment Group. This move will happen over the course of 2019 and…
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CBS Starts Cracking Down on Kodi Add-Ons
For years now, Kodi add-ons have offered access to CBS content both the free CBS services like CBS Sports and official CBS feeds. Now CBS has started to crack down on third-party Kodi add-ons with a series of takedown requests, according to a report from Torrentfreak. CBS has asked Kodi repositories to remove third-party Kodi…
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Your Local ABC, CBS, FOX, & NBC Station May Have a New Owner Today as Gray & Raycom Merge
Last week Gray Television closed their deal to buy Raycom Media and has become the third-largest owner of broadcast TV stations. With this deal, the new company will own 142 full-power television stations in 92 markets. The deal is worth $3.46 billion, and Wells Fargo financed $2.525 billion of the deal. “Today we announce the…
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CBS Launches Their First Local Version of CBSN
For some time now, we have known that CBS planned to launch local versions of CBSN. These local versions would include a mix of national and local news streamed online. Now the first of these networks has gone live: CBSN New York. This network is dedicated to New York City and partners with WCBS and…
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CBS is Selling Television City For $750 Million
Today CBS announced that they have agreed to sell their landmark Television City property and sound state to Hackman Capital Partners for $750 million. Television City currently is the home to a growing number of popular shows including THE LATE LATE SHOW with JAMES CORDEN, THE PRICE IS RIGHT, THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS and THE BOLD AND…
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Entertainment Tonight Is Launching a FREE 24/7 Streaming Service
Love celebrity news? Entertainment Tonight (ET) has long been a leader in covering the world of entertainment and celebrity news. Now they are launching a 24/7 live streaming channel called ET Live. CBS, the parent company behind Entertainment Tonight, is building ET Live in the shadow of their popular CBS News service and the new…
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fuboTV Just Added 17 New CBS Locals
Today fuboTV announced that they have added 17 new CBS locals bringing the total number of live locals on fuboTV to 516. This includes: FOX coverage in 94% of U.S. households, including 50 of the top 50 and 147 total DMAs (112 stations plus network feeds in 35 additional markets). CBS coverage in 82% of U.S.…
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CBS All Access Is Adding More Star Trek Shows in October
Recently CBS announced that this fall they will be releasing a set of standalone Star Trek episodes called Short Treks. These 10- to 15-minute episodes will focus on key characters from Star Trek: Discovery and the Star Trek Universe as a whole and will be available exclusively on CBS All Access. “Each episode will deliver closed-ended…
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fuboTV Adds 8 New CBS, FOX, & NBC Locals
Yesterday fuboTV announced that they have added 8 new locals. This includes 4 CBS locals, 1 FOX local, and 3 NBC Locals. With these new locals, fuboTV now has 486 live locals. Right now fuboTV has: FOX coverage in 93% of U.S. households, including 50 of the top 50 and 146 total DMAs (111 stations plus…
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Hulu is Adding More Nextstar Owned CBS Affiliates
Over the last week Cord Cutters News has received several reports of NextStar Owned CBS Affiliates going live on Hulu. Next Star owns 171 affiliates across the United States including 47 CBS owned or operated stations. You can find a full list of affiliates owned by NextStar HERE. Have you noticed any new affiliates on Hulu’s live…