CBS will soon offer a combined CBS All Access, Showtime package to subscribers, CEO Les Moonves announced May 4 on the company's fiscal call. “Starting next week, we will begin o... More
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CBS to Offer All Access, Showtime Combined Streaming Package (HMM)
CBS’s Streaming Service CBS All Access Gains Movies (TechCrunch)
CBS has quietly expanded the scope of its streaming and on-demand TV service, its own competitor of sorts to Hulu, to now include movies. The lineup at launch is fairly small with ... More
CBS News Renews Licensing Agreement with Wazee Digital (MESA)
CBS News and Wazee Digital today announced the renewal of their long-standing agreement in which Wazee Digital will continue to manage and represent CBS News’ valuable archive fo... More
CBS Offers ‘Total Content’ Viewership Measure as Upfront Market Looms (Variety)
CBS, which has long touted itself as America’s most-watched TV network, wants advertisers and others to give it credit for other viewing experiences as well. With TV’s annua... More
Moonves: CBS on Pace for 8 Million Combined Subs for ‘All Access,’ Showtime OTT (HMM)
CBS continues to herald rollout of separate over-the-top video services, CBS All Access and Showtime OTT. Speaking Feb. 15 on the company's fourth-quarter (ended Dec. 31, 2016) fis... More
CBS Buys Bankrupt Sports Video Site Scout Media for $9.5 Million (Variety)
CBS has agreed to acquire the assets of Scout Media, a multichannel sports video network, for $9.5 million after submitting the only bid for the bankrupt company. Scout.com will be... More
CBS Flexing Linear TV Muscle to Promote All Access Original ‘The Good Fight’ (Fierce Cable)
CBS is leveraging its massive broadcast network to help new digital series "The Good Fight" get off to a strong start. While other SVODs like Netflix rely a lot on word-of-mouth fo... More
Hulu Reaches Deal with CBS for Live-Streaming Content (Wall Street Journal)
Hulu struck a deal to license CBS Corp.’s broadcast network and cable channels for its forthcoming live-streaming service, adding to its lineup ahead of a highly anticipated laun... More
Plans for CBS, Viacom Merger Called Off After Redstones Pull Support (Forbes)
This morning, Sumner and Shari Redstone, the CEO and president of the holding company National Amusements, respectively, withdrew September’s proposal to merge the company’s tw... More
CBS CEO: Company’s in Negotiations with AT&T Over DirecTV Now
CBS is “in discussions” with AT&T about taking part in the new DirecTV Now streaming television service that was recently announced, CBS CEO and president Leslie Moonves said D... More
CBS Will Live-Stream NFL Games on its ‘All Access’ SVOD Service (Variety)
CBS has secured a deal to live-stream its package of Sunday afternoon and Thursday-night NFL games on its subscription-video-on-demand service, a major coup that puts some of the m... More
Over-the-Top Services Gives CBS a Revenue Boost in Q3 (MESA)
The CBS All Access and Showtime over-the-top (OTT) streaming services provided CBS with another lift in the third quarter, ended Sept. 30, helping both its entertainment and cable ... More
Moonves: Total Audience Measurement to Be Used in Upfront (B&C)
CBS CEO Les Moonves said he expected Nielsen's Total Audience Measurement to be a big part of the negotiations in nexat year's upfront. Speaking during CBS’ earnings call Thursda... More
CBS Signs on for Google Streaming Service — and More Networks are Expected to Follow (L.A. Times)
Google is closer to launching its own video streaming service, which would offer big-budget network TV programming without a cable or satellite subscription. According executives ... More
‘CBS All Access’ Joins PS4 Platform (HMM)
CBS Oct. 11 announced the availability of subscription streaming service CBS All Access on Sony Interactive Entertainment’s PlayStation 4 video game console. With two monthly sub... More
Ad Buyers Are Bullish on Possible Viacom-CBS Reunion (WSJ)
As Viacom Inc. and CBS Corp. explore a merger that would reunite the two media companies after more than a decade, media buyers who control a large portion of their ad revenues are... More
CBS CEO: Company’s Open To Acquiring Small Film Production Companies (MESA)
CBS has only a small footprint in the film industry, with its CBS Films production division, but the company is open to acquiring other small movie production companies to increase... More
CBS Adds Commercial-Free Option to OTT Service (AdAge)
CBS is introducing a commercial-free option for its direct-to-consumer service. For $9.99 a month, CBS All Access subscribers will be able to watch on-demand content sans commercia... More
CBS COO: Company’s Open To New ‘Skinny’ Bundles, M&As… If They Make Sense
CBS remains open to making its networks part of new “skinny,” over-the-top (OTT) bundles, as long as the “terms and conditions” make sense for the company, according to CBS... More
CBS Might Be Next Step in Hulu’s Live Dance Card (B&C)
With Time Warner paying $583 million to become a part-owner of Hulu, all eyes turned to the Eye. Owned by 21st Century Fox, Walt Disney Co. and Comcast in addition to Time Warner, ... More