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Les Moonves
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CBS offers Moonves’ $20m severance to anti-harassment groups
CBS Corporation will disburse a pledged $20m to 18 organisations to support eliminating sexual harassment…
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Frontrunners emerge for top job at CBS
Frontrunners are emerging in the search for a leader at CBS, following the departure of…
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CBS to make below-market bid for Viacom
CBS is set to make an all-stock offer for Viacom that prices the US company…
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Viacom & CBS formally exploring new merger proposal
Viacom and CBS are once again formally dating – with exploratory boards created at both…
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Ten creditors choose CBS over Murdoch
CBS Corp will be the next owner of Australia’s Network after creditors accepted its offer….
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CBS All Access takes global SVOD route
CBS’s SVOD service, CBS All Access, is headed to the global market. The service will…
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CBS & Imagine enter strategic four-year deal
CBS Corporation and Imagine Television Studios have entered into a four-year co-financing and first-look agreement…
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CBS rejigs entertainment as Geller exits
US broadcaster CBS has upped Kelly Kahl to president of entertainment and drafted in The…
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CBS ents chief takes leave after heart attack
CBS Entertainment president Glenn Geller is to take medical leave after suffering a heart attack,…
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CBS chief: Viacom merger ‘must be attractive’
CBS Corp. will only recombine with Viacom “if it looks rights and is structured properly”,…
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Bakish ‘set for interim Viacom CEO role’
Viacom’s international president and CEO, Bob Bakish, is set to be named interim chief executive…
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CBS rehires exec to launch unscripted studios unit
CBS has re-hired Ghen Maynard for the second time, this time to launch an unscripted…
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Viacom, CBS explore merger
Viacom and CBS have formed special committees to explore combining the two companies. National Amusements,…
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Redstones push for Viacom-CBS merger
The majority shareholder of Viacom and CBS has urged the US media giants to re-merge….
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TBI DISTRIBUTOR SURVEY 2016: SVOD boom, stacking issues?
Netflix and its streaming counterparts have shaken up the traditional TV market in an unprecedented…
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CBS CEO: Netflix ‘is not eating the world’
Netflix is not “eating the world” and has helped to drive up the price of…
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Viacom ‘will keep Paramount’
Viacom is no longer looking actively to sell as stake in Paramount Pictures, according to…
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CBS ups Lanzone to top digital post
US broadcaster CBS has promoted the CEO of its interactive unit to become chief digital…
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Analysts assess Dauman, Moonves appointments
Analysts have predicted Viacom will likely to remain on the same strategic course after the…
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Dauman named Viacom executive chairman
Philippe Dauman has been named executive chairman of US media giant Viacom, an appointment that…
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CBS eyes ad-free SVOD, defends ‘boring TV’
US broadcaster CBS is planning a non-ad version of its subscription video service CBS All…
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Moonves: Apple, CBS close to streaming deal
CBS Corp. is close to agreeing a programming deal that would likely see shows such…
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Amazon extends CBS summer series pact
Amazon Prime Instant Video has taken exclusive US streaming rights to broadcast network CBS’s next…
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Showtime confirms OTT service
CBS-owned US broadcaster Showtime is set to launch a stand-alone streaming service in an effort…
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Moonves ‘approached’ Time Warner over merger
CBS CEO Les Moonves had talks with Time Warner chief executive Jeff Bewkes last year…
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Schwartz upped as Wisnia exits CBS-Lionsgate net
Brad Schwartz has been named president of US cable channel Pop, with business development chief…
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Moonves: CBS doesn’t need merger
Les Moonves has appeared to pour cold water on speculation US broadcast network CBS may…
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Telefonica SVOD service buys CBS dramas
The new subscription on-demand service of Spanish telco Telefonica has close a multi-year rights agreement…
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Moonves eyes CBS buy-out
CBS Corp.’s CEO Les Moonves has been linked with a buy-out of the US broadcaster,…
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Viacom CEO Dauman extends contract
Philippe Dauman has extended his contract as president and CEO of US media giant Viacom…
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