CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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TVNewsCheck - TV Retailer QVC Joins 'Black Friday' Frenzy
TVNewsCheck | 15 hours 46 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Television retailer QVC has made aggressive plans to keep shoppers watching - instead of mall-hopping - on Black Friday, an event it has traditionally ignored.
NETGEAR Introduces Digital Entertainer Live, Compact All-in-One Set-top Box for Playing Home Media and Streaming Internet Video on HDTVs [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 76 days 16 hours 54 minutes ago
...NETGEAR(R), Inc. , a worldwide provider...Netflix(R) and CBS, through free software...Demand, BBC iPlayer, CBS, NFL, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. and more...1995 for NETGEAR, Inc.: This press...prnewswire.com NETGEAR, Inc. CONTACT: U...
TVNewsCheck - Rohde & Schwarz, CRC Create SFN Test Bed
TVNewsCheck | 33 days 12 hours 8 minutes ago
Rohde & Schwarz, a transmitter and test equipment vendor, is teaming up with Moseley Broadcast and the Communications Research Centre Canada (CRC) to test digital ATSC fixed and mobile signals on a single frequency network.
TVNewsCheck - Ross Video Names Sharp Mid-Atlantic Sales Mgr.
TVNewsCheck | 33 days 11 hours 33 minutes ago
Ross Video today announced that Mark Sharp was named regional sales manager for its mid-Atlantic USA region.
Research and Markets: By 2014, 84 Percent of All Pay-TV Net Additions Will Come From Emerging Markets According to this Latest Research Report [Press Release]
Business Wire | 41 days 13 hours 47 minutes ago
Research and Markets(http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/dfc148/paytv_video_on_de) has announced the addition of the "Pay-TV Video on Demand in Emerging Markets - Service Provider Strategies, Business Models and Five-year Adoption Forecasts" report to their offering.
Sinclair Names Peter Paisley General Manager of KGAN-TV in Cedar Rapids, Iowa [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 98 days 13 hours 25 minutes ago
...Broadcast Group, Inc. announced that Mr...Manager for KGAN-TV (CBS 2) in Cedar Rapids...will help to make CBS 2 and FOX 28 premiere...brands in the FOX and CBS Networks, and we...years of sales and broadcasting experience. During...Convergence Technologies, Inc.; NBC Television...
comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for October 2009 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 4 days 3 hours 14 minutes ago
...A-Bear Workshop, Inc. with 2 million visitors...and Celebrate Express Inc. (4.3 million visitors...12 CBS Interactive 59,086 37...13 Apple Inc. 58,622 38 Superpages...Media - 67,098 33.9 Broadcasting Potential Reach Group...
Nielsen Huddles With Clients On TV-Internet Measurement
Multichannel News | 38 days 13 hours 10 minutes ago
Firm Seeks Input On Incorporating TV Everywhere' Into C3 Ratings
TVNewsCheck - Oprah Underscores Importance Of Retrans
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 11 hours 6 minutes ago
Well, at least Oprah had the courtesy to give the story to WABC New York, the top station in the string of more than 200 that have helped make her a multi-billionaire over the past 24 years.
Rogers Reports Third Quarter 2009 Financial and Operating Results [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 27 days 13 hours 30 minutes ago
Third Quarter Adjusted Operating Profit up 15% as Revenue Grows to Over $3 Billion; Wireless Network and Cable Operations Revenue Both up by 7% Helping Drive Adjusted Operating Profit Growth of 22% and 8%, Respectively; Wireless Delivers Strong Subscriber Growth and Reduced Postpaid Churn While Wireless Data Revenue Growth Accelerates to 46%; Cable Drives Continued Margin Expansion and Healthy Growth in Cash ...
UPDATE: Powell To Be Among AOL Directors After Spinoff
Wall Street Journal, The | 28 days 2 hours 14 minutes ago
(Adds context and details throughout.) By Nat Worden Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--AOL unveiled a cast of eight media, technology and financial veterans--including former Federal Communications Commission Chairman Michael Powell--who have agreed to sit on its board of directors after the Internet company is spun off from Time Warner Inc. (TWX) in a deal expected before year end.
TVNewsCheck - Winfrey: Prayer, Thought Influenced Exit
TVNewsCheck | 3 days 9 hours 35 minutes ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Holding back tears, Oprah Winfrey told her studio audience Friday that she would end her show in 2011 after a quarter-century on the air, saying prayer and careful thought led her to her decision.
TVNewsCheck - KENS Adds Jeff Vaughn As Evening Anchor
TVNewsCheck | 5 days 9 hours 40 minutes ago
Belo's CBS affiliate KENS San Antonio, Texas (DMA 37) has chosen Jeff Vaughn to succeed Chris Marrou as the station's evening news anchor. Vaughn will begin anchoring KENS Eyewitness News at 5, 6 and 10 on Jan. 4.
TVNewsCheck - DirecTV To Name PepsiCo Exec as CEO
TVNewsCheck | 5 days 9 hours 10 minutes ago
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - DirecTV Group Inc. is naming the vice chairman of PepsiCo Inc. as its chief executive.
TVNewsCheck - Modulation Sciences Names Swerdlin President
TVNewsCheck | 5 days 4 hours 41 minutes ago
Somerset, N.J.-based Modulation Sciences Inc., a manufacturer of broadcast equipment, Wednesday announced the promotion of its executive vice president, Hallie Swerdlin, to president.
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Company Overview
| Company: | CBS Broadcasting Inc. |
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| Industry: | Television Cable, Pay & Broadcast Networks |
| Website: | http://www.cbs.com |
The forensic evidence shows this company is tops in the TV ratings. A unit of CBS Corporation, CBS Broadcasting operates the CBS Television Network, the #1 watched broadcast network in the US. Its top shows include CSI: Crime Scene Investigation and its two spin-offs, as well as NCIS and a host of prime time comedy shows. The network boasts more than 200 affiliate stations around the nation. CBS Broadcasting also oversees 50%-owned The CW Network (a joint venture with Time Warner's Warner Bros. Entertainment) and production and distribution operations including CBS Television Distribution Group. In addition, CBS owns and operates about 30 TV stations across the country.
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| Fiscal Year-End | December |