Sony bought CBS Records Group, which consisted of Columbia Records, Epic Records and other CBS labels in 1988 and Columbia Pictures Entertainment ( Columbia Pictures, TriStar Pictures and others ) in 1989.

In 1999, Viacom bought out United Television's interests, and handed responsibility for the start-up network to the newly acquired CBS unit, which Viacom bought in 1999 – an ironic confluence of events as Paramount had once invested in CBS, and Viacom had once been the syndication arm of CBS as well.

A few months before, Viacom bought CBS, thus creating CBS-UPN duopolies in Philadelphia ( KYW-TV and WPSG ), Boston ( WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV ), Miami ( WFOR-TV and WBFS-TV ), Dallas / Fort Worth ( KTVT and KTXA ), Detroit ( WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV ), and Pittsburgh ( KDKA-TV and WNPA ).

** CBS sells the New York Yankees for $ 10 million to a 12-person syndicate led by George Steinbrenner ( 3. 2 million dollars less than CBS bought the Yankees for ).

The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995 and eventually adopted the name of the company it had bought to become CBS Corporation.

By September 1928, Paley bought out the Louchenheim share of CBS and became its majority owner with 51 % of the business.

This opposition by CBS softened after Sony, a DAT manufacturer, bought CBS Records in January 1988.

In 2005, Viacom and CBS announced its intention to split up only six years after Viacom bought the network and its television assets.

Originally bought by CBS, the program was first broadcast on UPN during January 1996, and soon became the most watched show broadcast on the television network.

After closing in 1983, the rights to the label's entire back catalogue were bought out by CBS, Adam Ant's then-current label, to secure permanent control of the Ants ' recording history with Do It.

The back catalogue is now owned by Sony Music Entertainment who bought out CBS in 1987.

CBS had bought a television manufacturer in April, and in September 1951, production began on the only CBS-Columbia color television model, with the first color sets reaching retail stores on September 28.

Only 200 sets had been shipped, and only 100 sold, when CBS discontinued its color television system on October 20, 1951, ostensibly by request of the National Production Authority for the duration of the Korean War, and bought back all the CBS color sets it could to prevent lawsuits by disappointed customers.

Davis was very impressed with the band's performance and bought their contract from Warner Bros. Their debut album on CBS / Columbia Records, Last Days and Time, featured mostly original material, but Bailey had recommended that the band cover the Pete Seeger song " Where Have All the Flowers Gone?

As more people bought monochrome sets, it was increasingly unlikely that CBS could achieve any success with its incompatible system.

Orion's interest in Filmways stemmed from the company's library of 500 films ( largely inherited from American International Pictures, which Filmways had bought a few years before ) as well as its distribution operation and its library of well-remembered TV shows from the late 1960s, such as Green Acres, Mister Ed and The Addams Family ( two other Filmways productions, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction were owned by CBS ).

Paley was a man who valued style and taste, and in 1929, once he had his affiliates happy and his company's creditworthiness on the mend, he relocated his concern to sleek, new 485 Madison Avenue, the " heart of the advertising community, right where Paley wanted his company to be " and where CBS would stay until its move to Black Rock in 1965.

The chemistry between Somers and Reilly prompted Goodson-Todman and CBS to hire them as regular panelists ; Somers, who occupied the top center seat, remained on the show until 1982, while Reilly ( top right ) continued appearing through the 1983 – 1984 and 1990 – 1991 revivals, with a brief break from 1974 – 1975 when Gary Burghoff, Nipsey Russell, and Rip Taylor substituted for him.

We've never had a pleasanter experience on our show with a big name than we've had with you .... You're thoroughly all right "— a remark that could either be interpreted as a " ringing endorsement " that " legitimized the singer with an adult audience " or as " a somewhat hypocritical statement considering what the CBS censors had just done to his performance on that show.

Remington Rand employees, Harold E. Sweeney ( left ) and J. Presper Eckert ( center ) demonstrate the U. S. Census Bureau's UNIVAC for CBS reporter Walter Cronkite ( right ).

Copyright proponents such as Sumner M. Redstone of the Progress and Freedom Foundation, majority owner of CBS Corporation, Viacom, MTV Networks, and BET, argue that copyright drives the economy by compelling creativity, and is a fundamental right for both creators and consumers.

Among the PTC's largest campaigns for FCC complaints was over the 2004 Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show in which co-performer Justin Timberlake caused the brief exposure of lead performer Janet Jackson's right breast, leading the CBS network that carried the halftime show to be fined $ 550, 000 by the FCC.

CBS is not shown outside the Americas on a channel in its own right.

In this CBS publicity photo of Arthur Godfrey Time, vocalist Patti Clayton is seen at the far right and Godfrey sits in the foreground.

The program broadcasts on CBS, usually at 10: 30 AM ET, right after CBS News Sunday Morning.

CBS then scheduled Falcon Crest at 10 p. m. on Friday nights, right after Dallas.

Later, their record deal with CBS Records fell through because Steve quotes lyrics from " Let's Run Over Lionel Ritchie with a Tank " to Clive Davis, who was sitting right under a giant autographed picture of Richie.

In markets that did air The Doctors, the ratings were further eroded by the hit game show Family Feud on ABC and the first half of The Young and The Restless, which had already become a major phenomenon in its own right, in certain time zones on CBS.

A week later, NBC bought from Warner Bros. TV the right to show the TV series on their network for a near-record license fee in a bidding war with CBS.

Although Chancellor was a respected, well-spoken journalist and noted author in his own right, his broadcast ratings were eclipsed by Walter Cronkite in the 1970s, when CBS Evening News had become the most popular of the three network weeknight broadcasts.

Enver Mamedov ( right ), the editor of Russian Life | The USSR magazine, presents it to the CBS audience ( 1957 )

In an interview with CBS Sports ' Pete Prisco on how the knee injury had affected his play, Jackson said " I never felt right.

WJXT retained rights to Jacksonville Jaguars preseason games for one additional year following the switch, despite AFC football games being moved to WTEV due to national broadcast rights held by CBS and a contract stipulation that reserved the Jaguars the right to move local broadcasts of preseason games and other Jaguars programs to another station if WJXT changed its network affiliation.

At the conclusion of the game, the network will end its coverage right away and air 60 Minutes in its entirety ( however, on the West Coast, because the actual end of the live games is much earlier in the afternoon in comparison to the Eastern and Central time zones, 60 Minutes is always able to start at its normal start time of 7 pm Pacific Time, leaving affiliates free to broadcast local news, the CBS Evening News, and other local or syndicated programming leading up to 60 Minutes ).

As a consolation prize, CBS Sports gave Scully the " B " team assignment and the right to call the NFC Championship Game on CBS Television with Hank Stram.

Enver Mamedov ( right ) presents the USSR magazine on the CBS ( 1957 )

When the TV contracts were renewed near the end of the season, Fox retained the National Football Conference package, CBS took over the American Football Conference package and ESPN won the right to televise all of the Sunday night games.

A section of the studio's exterior, covered in white walls and adorned with the CBS Eye logo ( and also bearing the message shown at right ), was featured in promos for the show that aired in early December 2011.

The Beverly Hillbillies is an American situation comedy originally broadcast for nine seasons on CBS from 1962 to 1971, starring Buddy Ebsen, Irene Ryan, Donna Douglas, and Max Baer, Jr.

In 1978, America was introduced to competitive cheerleading by the first broadcast of Collegiate Cheerleading Championships on CBS.

In a similar vein, CBS-backed iWon. com gave away $ 10 million to a lucky contestant on an April 15, 2000 half-hour primetime special that was broadcast on CBS.

Debuting in June 1948, the show was broadcast from CBS Studio 50, at 1697 Broadway ( at 53rd Street ) in New York City, which in 1967 was renamed the Ed Sullivan Theater ( and is now the home of the Late Show with David Letterman ).

Playhouse 90 broadcast " A Sound of Different Drummers " on CBS in 1957.

In 1947, Marx was chosen to host a radio quiz program You Bet Your Life broadcast by ABC and then CBS, before moving over to NBC radio and television in 1950.

* Hitler: The Rise of Evil, a 2003 TV miniseries broadcast by CBS

Martin & Lewis made many appearances on early live television, their first on the June 20, 1948 debut broadcast of Toast of the Town with Ed Sullivan on the CBS TV Network ( later The Ed Sullivan Show ).

Despite the HD remastering, CBS chose to deliver the broadcast syndication package in Standard Definition ( SD TV ).

CBS Television Distribution currently holds rights to the series ; it is ( as of 2011 ) currently broadcast on CBS. com's video archives and is not broadcast on any linear channel but is currently available via Netflix streaming ( as of November 2011.

* 1963 – CBS Evening News becomes U. S. network television's first half-hour weeknight news broadcast, when the show is lengthened from 15 to 30 minutes.

It also is the only Super Bowl to have been simulcast in the United States by two networks: NBC had the rights to nationally televise AFL games while CBS held the rights to broadcast NFL games ; it was decided that both networks could televise the game.

The game was televised in the United States by CBS, with Ray Scott handling the play-by-play duties and color commentators Pat Summerall and Jack Kemp in the broadcast booth.

Super Bowl IV was broadcast in the United States by CBS with play-by-play announcer Jack Buck and color commentators Pat Summerall and Frank Gifford.

The game was broadcast in the United States by CBS with play-by-play announcer Ray Scott and color commentator Pat Summerall.

The game, the first Super Bowl to be played in prime time, was broadcast in the United States by CBS with play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator Tom Brookshier.

The national radio broadcast of Super Bowl XIII was carried by the CBS Radio Network, with Jack Buck and Hank Stram calling the action.

The game was televised in the United States by CBS and featured the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator John Madden ( the latter making his Super Bowl debut as a broadcaster ).

NBC's national Nielsen rating of 48. 6 was the second-highest for a Super Bowl broadcast, trailing only the 49. 1 garnered by Super Bowl XVI on CBS the year before.

The game was broadcast in the United States by CBS and featured the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator John Madden.

The game was broadcast in the United States by CBS and featured the broadcast team of play-by-play announcer Pat Summerall and color commentator John Madden.