Showtime Networks is the subsidiary of media conglomerate CBS Corporation that oversees the company's premium cable television channels, including its flagship service Showtime.  SNI managed the CBS, Robert Redford and NBC Universal joint venture Sundance Channel until 2008, when it was sold to Rainbow Media (now AMC Networks).

Showtime Networks

Simon & Schuster is  a subsidiary of CBS Corporation, is an American publishing company founded in New York City in 1924 by Richard Simon and Max Schuster. As of 2016, Simon & Schuster publishes 2,000 titles annually under 35 different imprints.

Simon & Schuster

Westinghouse Licensing  is a Delaware General Corporation Law organized subsidiary that was founded in 1998 by Westinghouse-CBS (the renamed "original Westinghouse" and predecessor of the current CBS Corporation) in managing the intellectual property assets relating to the Westinghouse trademarks produced from 1886 until 1996.

Westinghouse Licensing

CBS Corporation is an American mass media corporation focused on commercial broadcasting, publishing, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. The president, chief executive and executive chairman of the company is Leslie Moonves. Sumner Redstone, owner of National Amusements, controls CBS by way of his majority ownership of the company's Class A voting stock; he also serves as chairman emeritus.

CBS Corporation

Paramount Global operates as a mass media company, which creates and distributes content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. It operates its business through the following segments: Entertainment, Cable Networks, Publishing, and Local Media. The Entertainment segment is composed of the CBS Television Network, CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Interactive, and CBS Films, as well as the company's digital streaming services, CBS All Access and CBSN. The Cable Networks segment includes Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, and Smithsonian Networks. The Publishing segment manages Simon & Schuster's consumer book publishing business with imprints such as Simon & Schuster, Pocket Books, Scribner, and Atria Books. The Local Media segment handles CBS Television Stations and CBS Local Digital Media, with revenues generated primarily from advertising sales and retransmission fees. The company was founded by Sumner Murray Redstone in 1986 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

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CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) reported a second-quarter earnings beat after the close on Thursday.

CBS Reports Q2 Earnings Beat

CBS Corp. CBS, +3.33% increased earnings and revenue in the second quarter, as the company reportedly worked on a merger with Viacom Inc.

CBS grew earnings and sales amid talk of Viacom merger

AT&T

CBS and AT&T signed a new multi-year content carriage agreement, ending a 20 day-long blackout that began when the previous, seven-year deal expired last month. As a result of the contract dispute and after months of negotiations over retransmission fees, CBS stations went dark for more than 6.5 million DirecTV, DirecTV Now and AT&T U-verse.

CBS, AT&T sign multi-year contract, ending blackout

A dispute over rates had triggered a nearly three-week blackout of CBS offerings in cities across the US

AT&T, CBS end blackout with deal over payment rates for CBS channels

CBS Corp  and AT&T Inc  renewed their contract on Thursday, ending a 20 day-long blackout that began when the companies' previous, seven-year deal expired at 2:00 a.m. EST on July 19.

CBS and AT&T renew contract, ending 20 day-long blackout

Viacom

CBS and Viacom likely won't reach a merger agreement in time for CBS's earnings release on Thursday. The companies originally planned to have a deal by August 8.

CBS, Viacom merger deal won't be announced Thursday as originally expected

CBS is seeing favorable earnings estimate revision activity and has a positive Zacks Earnings ESP heading into earnings season.

Why CBS Might Surprise This Earnings Season

Do you know who Bob Bakish is? Rumors are that he will head up whatever media giant might be created by the re-pairing of CBS and Viacom assets.

If CBS Merges With Viacom, This Person Looks To Be the New CEO

CBS Corp's (CBS) second-quarter 2019 results are likely to benefit from content slate across OTT services - CBS All Access and Showtime.

Factors to Consider Ahead of CBS Corp's (CBS) Q2 Earnings

Nexstar Media Group

CBS Corp  said on Tuesday it reached a multi-year agreement with Nexstar Media Group Inc  to renew CBS network affiliations for Nexstar stations.

CBS, Nexstar to renew affiliation agreement in multi-year deal

The Viacom-CBS marriage is essentially a done deal - inevitable amidst the current tide of media and entertainment mega-M&A (AT&T/Time Warner, Disney/Fox, Comcast/Sky). Both companies need scale now and need to accelerate their chances of survival in our tech-transformed media world.

Viacom & CBS - A Smart, Practical Marriage Of Necessity

A merged CBS-Viacom would put Viacom CEO Bob Bakish at the head of the table, according to reports. CBS acting CEO Joe Ianniello would be offered a job overseeing all of the combined network’s branded assets, the Wall Street Journal reported.

CBS-Viacom merger would put Bob Bakish in charge: reports

CBS Corp  and sister company Viacom Inc  have reached a working agreement on the combined company's leadership team, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday, citing sources familiar with the matter.

CBS, Viacom reach working agreement on combined company's leadership team: WSJ

CBS Corp. CBS, -0.45% and Viacom Inc. VIAB, -0.47% have agreed on the executive team to lead a combined company if they merge, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal on Friday.

CBS, Viacom reach agreement on exec team to lead merged company

CBS (CBS) doesn't possess the right combination of the two key ingredients for a likely earnings beat in its upcoming report. Get prepared with the key expectations.

CBS (CBS) Reports Next Week: Wall Street Expects Earnings Growth

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ABC, CBS, Fox, NBC sue small streaming-TV startup Locast

Altice USA

Cable provider will continue to offer CBS stations to its Optimum and Suddenlink customers.

CBS strikes deal with Altice as DirecTV, AT&T blackout continues

CBS Corp. CBS, +0.19% said Monday that it has reached a content carriage deal with Altice USA Inc.

CBS enters content carriage agreement for Altice's Optimum, Suddenlink cable TV services

Even combining CBS and Viacom would result in a $30 billion minnow in competition with Walt Disney, Comcast, and the Cloud Czars dominating the new world of streaming.
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CBS Stock: Broadcasting Circling the Drain

CBS and AT&T failed to renew their contact, resulting in millions of DirecTV subscribers losing access to CBS programming.

CBS stations go dark for DirecTV customers amid contract dispute with AT&T

A dispute over rates means TV viewers in cities across the US can't watch CBS offerings.

CBS channels get blackout on DirecTV and other AT&T services

CBS Corp  said on Saturday AT&T Inc  has removed CBS's television stations from the channels of DIRECTV, DIRECTV NOW and AT&T U-verse TV customers.

AT&T drops CBS channels from its cable systems

CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) said Tuesday it continues to negotiate “resolutely and in good faith” but warned that so far it has been unable to reach an agreement to keep its programming on various cable and satellite services owned by AT&T Inc.

CBS Warns That DirectTV, U-Verse Might Drop Network If Deal Isn't Reached By July 19

The on-again-off-again reports of CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS) acquiring its sister company Viacom, Inc.

Bank Of America Revisits CBS-Viacom Merger Reports

Both companies report earnings on Aug. 8, so the CBS and Viacom boards have set that as a natural deadline to agree to a merger.

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