CBS : REACHES CONTENT CARRIAGE AGREEMENT RENEWAL WITH SONY’S PLAYSTATION™VUE
January 22, 2018 at 11:34 am EST
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NEW YORK, N.Y. - Jan. 22, 2018 - CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) has reached a new agreement with Sony Interactive Entertainment's PlayStation™Vue (NYSE: SNE) for continued carriage of CBS-owned stations and CBS affiliates across the country. In addition, the deal includes continued carriage of SHOWTIME, CBS Sports Network, CBSN and Pop on PlayStation Vue, Sony's over-the-top television streaming service. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.
'We are very pleased to extend our partnership with PlayStation Vue,' said Ray Hopkins, President, Television Networks Distribution, CBS Corporation. 'The renewal of this agreement for various CBS networks enables us to continue to bring CBS' world-class content to the audiences we share.'
The agreement includes continued carriage of CBS on PlayStation Vue in New York (WCBS), Los Angeles (KCBS), Chicago (WBBM), Philadelphia (KYW), Dallas (KTVT), San Francisco (KPIX), Boston (WBZ), Detroit (WWJ), Minneapolis (WCCO), Miami (WFOR), Denver (KCNC), Sacramento (KOVR), Pittsburgh (KDKA) and Baltimore (WJZ) and other markets across the country.
PlayStation Vue is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment.
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CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company that creates and distributes industry-leading content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. The Company has businesses with origins that date back to the dawn of the broadcasting age as well as new ventures that operate on the leading edge of media. CBS owns the most-watched television network in the U.S. and one of the world's largest libraries of entertainment content, making its brand - 'the Eye' - one of the most-recognized in business. The Company's operations span virtually every field of media and entertainment, including cable, publishing, local TV, film, and interactive and socially responsible media. CBS' businesses include CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS Television Distribution, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Interactive, CBS Films, Showtime Networks, CBS Sports Network, Pop (a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Lionsgate), Network Ten Australia, Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations, and CBS EcoMedia. For more information, go to www.cbscorporation.com.
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