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- Is retrans cash viable? Moonves eyes pay for CBS, UPN stations after Viacom divides.(FINANCE)
- Viacom Inc.'s CBS Television Network is likely to seek cash for carriage from cable operators for retransmission consent in the years following the media company's planned division into two separate operating units, company officials told analysts Viacom Inc.'s CBS Television Network is likely...
- Research articles 2005-04-25
- Moonves urges broadcast solidarity; says that networks need to work together to stop erosion to cable.(Leslie Moonves of CBS)(Cover Story)
- Says that networks need to work together to stop erosion to cable CBS's Leslie Moonves to the broadcast networks: Stop picking on each other and start figuring out a way to keep viewers tuned in to broadcast--not cable--networks. ...
- Research articles 1996-09-30
- Network heads find reward in risk. (broadcasters foresee intense competition in 1996-97 television season)(includes related article on resignation of ABC Entertainment Senior Vice President Michael Rosenfeld)
- Facing launch of new season, executives agree that bold programing is key to success against cable competition A mid worries of cable encroachment, as well as major-league competition on Wednesday and Saturday, the race for the prime time pen ...
- Research articles 1996-09-16
- ViaSlow vs. ViaGrow: Sumner Redstone fine-tunes his plan to split Viacom.(MONEY TALKS)
- As Viacom divvies up its assets into two companies, a single piece has turned up as foster child: Showtime Networks Inc. Why is Viacom CEO Sumner Redstone taking billion-dollar cable network Showtime from cable czar Tom Freston and handing it ...
- Research articles 2005-05-09
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- Moonves: CBS wants retrans cash: 'we're tired of not getting paid properly,' Viacom co-COO tells his shareholders.(Leslie Moonves )
- Viacom Inc. co-chief operating officer Leslie Moonves said once again last week the CBS Television Network would seek cash for carriage in future, especially if the planned split of Viacom's cable and broadcast networks goes ahead as planned. ...
- Research articles 2005-06-13
- Earnings Call: Tweeting CBS: Moonves: Improvement 'Very Steady, Very Real'
- From my live Twitter coverage sdkstl of the CBS (NYSE: CBS) earnings call featuring Chairman Sumner Redstone and CEO Leslie Moonves, outgoing CFO Fred Reynolds, incoming CFO Joe Ianniello: ยป Moonves: improvement has been very steady, very real. ... Q2 better than Q1, Q3 better than Q2. Signs of...
- External links 2009-08-06
- CBS CEO Moonves: In 'Constant Conversations' With Oprah
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- CBS Corp.'s top executive said the company is "in dialogue" with daytime-TV queen Oprah Winfrey about the status of her long-running syndicated program, amidst speculation that the talk-show host could move her show to a cable start-up she has been working on with Discovery Communications. "We...
- News items 2009-11-06
- Props to Moonves and CBS.(The Robins Report)(Leslie Moonves)(Editorial)
- We're still recovering from the B&C Hall of Fame soiree at the Waldorf-Astoria. And through the haze of a wonderful night, I keep coming back to the remarks of one of this year's honorees, Les Moonves. Showman supreme, the Viacom co-president and CBS chairman was his...
- Research articles 2004-11-15
- A New Dan: The Odds (Broadcasting and Cable)
- There are two things to keep in mind as eyes turn to Rather's replacement. First, the choice must be blessed by CBS Chairman Leslie Moonves . The Viacom co-president is known for involving himself in casting decisions, from sitcoms to reality shows. Second, Moonves likes stars. ...
- Research articles 2004-11-29
- Redstone Firmly Backs 2 Viacoms; Chairman 'Personally Committed' to Split; Moonves Mulls CBS Retrans Fee.(Deals)
- Byline: Jay Sherman Viacom Chairman and CEO Sumner Redstone said last week he is "personally committed'' to splitting his media empire into two companies and repeated his promise that Viacom would make a decision on a breakup sometime in the second quarter. ...
- Research articles 2005-04-25
- Nbc And Cbs Throw Down Gauntlet To Affiliates
- NBC CEO Robert Wright and CBS TV CEO Leslie Moonves made it clear in N.Y.C. March 24 that, if affiliates don't cooperate in changing TV's "business model," their networks won't hesitate to move their programming from over-air TV stations to cable. "We have to change the business model," Wright...
- Research articles 1999-03-29
- CBS and YouTube Strike Strategic Content and Advertising Partnership
- YouTube, Inc. and CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A) and (NYSE: CBS) have struck a strategic content and advertising partnership announced today by Leslie Moonves, President and CEO of CBS Corporation and Chad Hurley, CEO and Co-Founder of YouTube. The deal calls for the CBS Television Network, its premium television service provider,...
- Research articles 2006-10-09
- UBS Media Week Kicks Off With Comcast, NBCU, Viacom, WaPo And More
- Just in case you haven’t heard enough about Comcast’s deal with GE to buy control of NBC Universal (NYSE: GE), the sell job continues bright and early Monday morning in New York at the 37th Annual UBS Global Media and Communications Conference. I’ll be there throughout the crowded three...
- External links 2009-12-07
- Hit man: McPherson churned out winning shows at Touchstone. Can he rescue ABC?(Top of the Week)
- Steve McPherson is a network samurai--an aggressive, competitive, passionate executive. And he now joins a tiny fraternity, led by Leslie Moonves, CBS chairman and CEO, and Jeff Zucker, NBC Entertainment, News and Cable President. Both define succe Steve McPherson is a network samurai--an aggressive,...
- Research articles 2004-04-26
- Broadcast Networks Face Identity Crisis
- NEW YORK (AdAge.com) -- NBC or TNT? While TV-industry suits and ad buyers will tell you a vast difference exists between the two, it's all the same to a kid channel-surfing his way up and down the cable box. Now even the biggest proponents of broadcast TV have begun to...
- News items 2009-08-07
- CBS sees signs of advertising revival
- US media groups are ending one of the worst years for advertising with talk of a recovery as three groups offered some optimism for next year.CBS said the fourth quarter was better than the preceding three quarters, buoyed by higher prices paid for advertising time sold closer to when...
- External links 2009-12-08
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- CBS signed new long-term contract extension with CBS TV CEO Leslie Moonves and named him to board, ending speculation that he would move to Warner Bros. to replace departing Robert Daly and Terry Semel. Terms weren't disclosed, but Moonves said extension is for about 5 years. Deal is...
- Research articles 1999-08-02
- Viacom cablers young at heart.(Spotlight)
- HOLLYWOOD While CBS' Leslie Moonves predicts dominance in next month's upfronts, Viacom's cable kids Comedy Central, MTV and Spike are bringing home the straight A's here and now. Between the three younger-skewing cable nets, conglom captured the top nine programs in cable...
- Research articles 2004-04-19
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