CBS Broadcasting Inc.
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TVNewsCheck - FCC Slots Ownership Review Panels
TVNewsCheck | 32 days 1 hour 36 minutes ago
The FCC is kicking off its legally mandated review of broadcasting ownership restrictions with a series of three, half-day "workshops" or panels Nov. 2-4 at the agency's Washington offices.
TVNewsCheck - MFM Sets CFO Speakers For Nov. 17 Media Seminar
TVNewsCheck | 32 days 45 minutes ago
Stuart Diamond, CFO of GroupM North America, Harry Hawks, EVP & CFO Hearst Television Inc., Kevin Lavan, CFO for ParadyszMatera and Thomas H. Peck, CFO of Daily News-U.S. News & World Report will participate in the "CFO — Financial Perspectives" session at the Media Outlook 2010 seminar being organized by Media Financial Management Association (MFM) and its BCCA subsidiary.
TVNewsCheck - Dow Climbs 132, Nasdaq Finishes Up 15
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 18 hours 7 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — Investors encouraged by a good batch of earnings reports and forecasts jumped back into stocks after a two-day slide.
TVNewsCheck - Baker Names Ex-Dish Lawyer To Staff
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 17 hours 15 minutes ago
FCC Commissioner Meredith Atwell Baker has hired a Washington lawyer from the Dish Network to be her legal aide on broadcasting and cable matters.
comScore Media Metrix Ranks Top 50 U.S. Web Properties for September 2009 [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 37 days 13 hours 12 minutes ago
...FirstCall/ -- comScore, Inc. , a leader in measuring...11 Apple Inc. 59,986 36 Bank of...12 CBS Interactive 58,035 37...Digital 49,984 42 AT&T, Inc. 23,428...23 Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG) - Potential...
TVNewsCheck - FCC To Craft 'Net Neutrality' Rules
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 20 hours 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON (AP) — Federal regulators took an important step Thursday toward prohibiting broadband providers from favoring or discriminating against certain kinds of Internet traffic.
TVNewsCheck - Ad Market Isn't As Scary As You May Think
TVNewsCheck | 24 days 3 hours 43 minutes ago
This is the season for ghosts, ghouls and things that go bump in the night. It's gotten pretty scary this week, particularly if you are in the media industry. Take the discussions about repurposing the spectrum for OTA broadcasting to meet consumer demand for wireless Internet. Then there are the debates over the Internet's ability to supplant subscription video with "over the top" applications and the continuing talk of the demise of advertising support for linear television.
TVNewsCheck - Cutbacks Now Could Hurt Stations Later
TVNewsCheck | 39 days 20 hours 54 minutes ago
Cutbacks that television stations are making in response to the recession could have long-term effects on the business, especially when it comes to available equipment and relationships with suppliers, a panel of industry executives said Wednesday.
TVNewsCheck - TV's Latest High-Tech Tool: HD Weather
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 22 hours 37 minutes ago
It's almost a given that any new weather graphics system purchased by a TV station will be HD or at least HD ready, even though the station may be many months or years from upgrading its newscast to HD.
TVNewsCheck - Media General 3Q TV Revenue Falls 20%
TVNewsCheck | 33 days 2 hours 20 minutes ago
Media General Inc. today reported broadcast TV revenues of $63.4 million in the third quarter ended Sept. 27, a decrease of 20% from the year-earlier quarter.
Sinclair Commences Tender Offers for Company's 3.0% and 4.875% Convertible Notes; Enters into Memorandum of Understanding with Cunningham [Press Release]
PRNewswire | 45 days 19 hours 26 minutes ago
...P. Morgan Securities Inc. is acting as Dealer...P. Morgan Securities Inc. at (800) 245-8812...Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., one of the largest...diversified television broadcasting companies, currently...and includes FOX, ABC, CBS, NBC, MNT and CW affiliates...
TVNewsCheck - CEA Says Consumer Confidence Rose In October
TVNewsCheck | 26 days 21 hours 33 minutes ago
Consumer confidence in the overall economy improved, while confidence in technology and consumer electronics fell slightly in October, according to the latest figures from the Consumer Electronics Association and CNET.
TVNewsCheck - News Orgs Plagues By False Starts
TVNewsCheck | 28 days 4 hours 11 minutes ago
NEW YORK (AP) — A balloon racing across the Colorado sky without a 6-year-old boy inside. A major lobbyist not changing its position on climate change. A shootout with terrorists on the Potomac River that never happened.
TVNewsCheck - WNUV Installs Rohde & Schwarz Mobile DTV Gear
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 20 hours 10 minutes ago
Rohde & Schwarz today announced the successful installation of what it called the industry's first fully-compliant ATSC mobile DTV multiplexer and exciter for the new A/153 mobile DTV standard at Sinclair Broadcast Group's WNUV Baltimore.
TVNewsCheck - White Sox' Guillen Joins Fox's World Series Crew
TVNewsCheck | 31 days 4 hours 41 minutes ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen will join Fox Sports as an analyst for the World Series. He will have pregame and postgame duties.
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Company Overview
| Company: | CBS Broadcasting Inc. |
|---|---|
| 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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| Net Income in U.S. Dollars (mil.) | 0 () |
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| Number of Employees | 0 (0) |
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| Fiscal Year-End | December |