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This article is about the pay TV channel. For other uses, see Showtime (disambiguation). Showtime is a subscription television brand used by a number of channels and platforms around the world, but primarily refers to a group of channels in the United States. Showtime may refer to: In television and film: Showtime, a premium subscription television brand Showtime Networks, a division of CBS which owns the Showtime brand Showtime Around the World, worldwide stations using this brand, including: Showtime Arabia Showtime Australia Showtime Scandinavia Showtime (film), 2002 action/comedy film Showtime (M*A...
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Showtime primarily shows motion pictures as well as some original programming and occasional boxing matches. Showtime, originally a service of Viacom, went on the air on July 1, 1976, first shown on a local cable system in Dublin, California. On March 7, 1978, it expanded to the national market via satellite, competing with HBO. In 1979, Viacom sold 50% of Showtime to TelePrompTer. This article is about motion pictures. ...
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Viacom (pronounced with a long i as in eye) began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (VIdeo & Audio COMmunications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules...
is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
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In 1982, Westinghouse, who had acquired TelePrompTer the previous year, sold its share of Showtime back to Viacom. In 1983, Viacom and Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment merged Showtime and The Movie Channel to form Showtime Networks, Inc.. 1984 saw the premiere of Showtime's first original movie, The Ratings Game, both starring, and directed by, Danny DeVito. In 1985, Viacom acquired Warner-Amex's cable properties, including their share of Showtime Networks. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation was an organization founded by George Westinghouse in 1886 as Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company. ...
Warner-Amex Satellite Entertainment Company (WASEC) was a joint venture owned and operated by Warner Communications (whose share was overseen by Warner executive David Horowitz) and American Express (Lou Gerstner, then American Express President, ran the Amex share) that developed and worked on interactive television systems in the late 1970s...
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
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The Ratings Games is a 1984 comedy film directed by Danny deVito and produced by David Jablin. ...
In 1990, Showtime ventured into acquiring and premiering independent films directly for the channel, originally as part of its 30-Minute Movie anthology series of short films. One of its first premieres, 12:01 PM, was nominated for an Academy Award. In the years that followed, Showtime expanded its acquisitions into the realm of feature-length fare, including the critically acclaimed remake of Lolita, directed by Adrian Lyne. Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ...
Lolita is a 1997 film directed by Adrian Lyne and was the second screen adaptation of the novel by Vladimir Nabokov. ...
Adrian Lyne (born 4 March 1941 in Peterborough, Cambridgeshire, England) is an English filmmaker and producer. ...
In the early 2000s, Showtime launched several additional multiplex channels including Showtime Too (a pun on its previous name, Showtime 2), Showcase (formerly Showtime 3), Showtime Beyond and Showtime Extreme. Showtime had also launched several channels exclusively for digital cable: Showtime Family Zone, Showtime Next, and Showtime Women.
Showtime Networks also owns the channels The Movie Channel, The Movie Channel Xtra and Flix. In addition, it manages Sundance Channel, which is a joint venture of CBS Corporation, Robert Redford and NBC Universal. Each multiplex channel offers movies and programs fitting each channel's particular theme. Premiers of popular movies are usually made on the primary channel. The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
Flix is a cable network which is a spinoff from Showtime, it was launched in 1991. ...
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Robert Redford (born August 18, 1936)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American motion picture director, actor, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist and philanthropist. ...
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In 2000, Showtime launched the "Showtime Interactive 24.7" channel—providing DVD-like interaction opportunities to its entertainment offerings.
In the 2000s, Showtime began test marketing a subscription-video-on-demand SVOD system. Now there is a Showtime subscription-video-on-demand channel called Showtime On Demand, which users are able to see episodes of Showtime original series, movies, adult programming and boxing. This channel is only available on digital cable in the US. Look up SVOD in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...
Showtime also became one of the first cable TV networks to broadcast an HDTV version of its channel, along with Dolby Digital sound. Cable television or Community Antenna Television (CATV) (and often shortened to cable) is a system of providing television, FM radio programming and other services to consumers via radio waves transmitted directly to people’s televisions through fixed coaxial cables as opposed to the over-the-air method used in traditional...
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In 2005, Showtime became a subsidiary of the newly renamed CBS Corporation, after the CBS/Viacom split of that year. CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS, NYSE: CBSA) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ...
Channels Showtime operates eight multiplex channels and a high definition channel. In telecommunications, multiplexing (also muxing or MUXing) is the combining of two or more information channels onto a common transmission medium using hardware called a multiplexer or (MUX). ...
- Showtime: Hit movies & first-run films, original pictures and original hit series, as well as championship boxing
- Showtime HD: A high definition simulcast of Showtime in the CBS-preferred 1080i format, featuring the network's original series/films, most of the network's Hollywood films and some boxing matches (depending on the recording setup of a venue) in high definition.
- Showtime 2: Secondary channel, features more movies, hit series and original pictures as well as championship boxing. It airs the Big Brother spin-off show Big Brother: After Dark. It was previously known as Showtime Too.
- Showtime Beyond: A mix of Sci-Fi, Fantasy and Horror films as well as series.
- Showtime Extreme: Action & adventure, thrillers, gangster and martial arts films. It has over 60 'extreme' films each month and a double feature on Sundays that spotlights a different action star each week.
- Showtime Family Zone: Family oriented programming, including award-winning films and original series. All pictures are 'G' rated, 'PG' rated, or 'PG-13' rated, no 'R' rated movies air on Showtime Family Zone. Special programming includes an all-ages original picture on Saturday, can't-miss flick on Sundays and double features on weeknights. Showtime Family Zone is currently only available on digital cable.
- Showtime Next: Interactive service that is geared towards adults 18-24. Showtime Next features first-run films (over 50 each month), original pictures, short films and animation. Showtime Next is currently only available on digital cable.
- Showcase: Similar to Showtime Too, providing viewers with even more movie watching opportunities. It airs first-run films and original pictures. It was previously known as Showtime 3.
- Showtime Women: Targeted to women, it airs blockbuster films, original series and behind the scenes features. Movies are from various genres including action-adventure, drama, comedy and thrillers. Showtime Women is currently only available on digital cable.
Showtime also packages the Eastern and Pacific feeds of the primary and multiplex services together, allowing viewers a second chance to watch the same movie/program three hours earlier/later depending on their geographic location. Generally, high-definition refers to an increase in resolution or clarity such as in: High-definition television (HDTV), television formats that have a higher resolution than their contemporary counterparts High-definition video, which is used in HDTV broadcasting, as well as digital film and computer HD video file formats HDV...
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Big Brother is a reality television series broadcast in the United States and Canada on CBS and Global respectively. ...
Original programming Beggars and Choosers was a 1999-2000 television series broadcast by Showtime. ...
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Brothers was a TV show about the three Waters brothers, the youngest of whom was gay. ...
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The Chris Isaak Show takes an irreverent look at the sexy, outrageous backstage world of rock music. ...
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Dead Like Me is an American television comedy-drama starring Ellen Muth and Mandy Patinkin as grim reapers in Seattle, Washington. ...
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Elite Xtreme Combat, also known as EliteXC, is a U.S.-based mixed martial arts (MMA) organization. ...
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Fat Actress was an American sitcom television series starring Kirstie Alley. ...
Huff was a Showtime television series about a successful psychiatrist whose life changes abruptly when a 15-year-old client commits suicide in his office after rejection from exposing his homosexuality to his parents. ...
Its Garry Shandlings Show is one of the first original programs created by the fledgling Showtime network in the mid-80s to compete with original HBO comedies like Not Necessarily the News. ...
Jeremiah is a TV-series, loosely based on Belgian writer Hermann Huppens comic book of the same name. ...
The Leap Years (aka Leap of Love) is a Singapore film by MediaCorp Raintree Pictures, based on the novella Leap Of Love by Singaporean author Catherine Lim. ...
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Masters of Horror is an American television series created by director Mick Garris for the Showtime cable network. ...
Meadowlands is a British drama television series which focuses on a family trying to escape its past while confronting an even more uncertain future. ...
Odyssey 5 is a Canadian science fiction series that first ran in 2002 on Showtime in the United States and on SPACE in Canada. ...
The Outer Limits is an American television series. ...
Bullshit! (also known as Penn & Teller: Bullshit!) is an American, Emmy-nominated documentary television series, running since 2003 on the premium cable channel Showtime. ...
Poltergeist: The Legacy is a Canadian/American horror television series which ran from 1996 to 1999. ...
Queer as Folk was an American/Canadian television series co-production, produced by Showtime and Temple Street Productions, which was based on the British series of the same name created by Russell T. Davies. ...
Queer Duck is an animated series that originally appeared on Icebox. ...
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// Introduction This series was aired by Showtime on 55 30-min episodes for 3 seasons (1998-2001) Story This bittersweet series tells the story of Billie Frank, an actress going down from star-system because an alcoholic problem and adiction to sex. ...
Secret Diary of a Call Girl is a British television show on ITV2, based on the blogs of London call girl Belle de Jour. ...
Faerie Tale Theatre, fully Shelley Duvalls Faerie Tale Theatre, is a live action childrens television series created by Shelley Duvall that ran from 1982 to 1987 retelling popular fairy tales. ...
ShoXC is a monthly mixed martial arts series produced by the mixed martial arts organization EliteXC, Showtime and Proelite. ...
Showtime Championship Boxing is a television boxing program airing on Showtime. ...
Sleeper Cell is a one-hour drama on the Showtime cable network that began airing on December 4, 2005. ...
Soul Food is a 1997 film, produced by Kenneth Babyface Edmonds and Traci Edmonds, and released by Fox 2000 Pictures. ...
Stargate SG-1 (often abbreviated as SG-1) is a science fiction television series, part of the Stargate franchise. ...
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This American Life (TAL) is a weekly hour-long radio program produced by Chicago Public Radio. ...
Tracey Ullmans State of The Union is an American sketch-comedy series, starring comedian, Tracey Ullman. ...
The Tudors is an Emmy Award-nominated television series that examines the early reign of Henry VIII, with Jonathan Rhys Meyers in the lead role. ...
Weeds is a Showtime dark comedy television series about a fictional California suburb and its residents, a handful of whom are involved in the distribution and consumption of cannabis (hence the title). ...
Branding Showtime's launch logo made in 1976 was a circle with a TV screen inside (identical to TV Globo's, but without the circle in the center.) From 1984 to 1990, it was accompanied by a bold "SHOWTIME" script. The TV screen was dropped in 1986 and the circle was dropped in the early 1990s, and the script took over as the primary logo. The current Showtime logo consisting of the network's name still in all caps with the 'SHO' imprinted on a circle was implemented when the network rebranded itself in 1997. The logo which is slightly similar to Cinemax's current logo introduced the same year, is shown most of the time with just the circle 'SHO' (formerly the network's shortened name within TV Guide listings). // TV Globo Rio de Janeiro History In July of 1957 the President of the Republic, Juscelino Kubitschek, approved the concession of TV for the Radio Globe and, in 30 of December of the same year, the National Advice of Telecommunications published decree granting canal 4 of Rio De Janeiro to...
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Following in the footsteps of Starz, the main Showtime networks brand many of its films with transparent logos of each respective network, to the chagrin of many who would rather see clean screenings of movies with no commercial branding whatsoever. Cinemax also brands films and series with logos, which usually only appear for a few minutes before being removed and reappear later on.
Unlike other premium channels, Showtime has recently begun to air banner advertising for its upcoming shows during movies, original content.
Logos Showtime logo used from 1986 to 1997 (was used in tandem with the TV screen until 1990), also currently used as logo for the unrealted Showtime Australia. Image File history File links Download high-resolution version (947x143, 56 KB)[edit] Summary Showtime Australia [edit] Licensing This is a logo of an organization, item, or event, and is protected by copyright and/or trademark. ...
SHOWTIME is the provider of Australia’s premium movie channels. ...
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Showtime Scandinavia (generally referred to simply as Showtime) is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Nordic countries operated by NonStop Television. ...
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Please improve the article by adding references. See the talk page for details. (April 2007) | After its launch, Showtime signed exclusive first-run agreements with several movie studios. After being acquired by Viacom in 1994, Paramount Pictures began an output deal with Showtime (then also owned by Viacom), effective after 1997, which lasted 10 years. After the old Viacom was split in two corporations, the output deal with Paramount was not renewed after 2007, thus the pay-cable rights will transfer in 2009 to a new premium channel initiated in part by Viacom. Showtime has also agreements with MGM Studios, Lions Gate Films, IFC Films (which it shares broadcasting rights with Starz), ThinkFilm, certain films put out by The Weinstein Company (those that are distributed theatrically in conjunction with MGM Studios), and the newly re-formed United Artists (still a subsidiary of MGM). In 2008, the channel signed a deal with First Look Pictures to air their films. Viacom (pronounced with a long i as in eye) began life as CBS Films, the television syndication division of CBS. In 1971, the division was renamed VIACOM (VIdeo & Audio COMmunications), and in 1973 it was spun off, amid new FCC rules forbidding television networks from owning syndication companies (the rules...
Paramount Pictures Corporation is an American motion picture production and distribution company, based in Hollywood, California. ...
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It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Lions Gate Films. ...
IFC Films is an American film distribution company based in New York, owned by the Independent Film Channel. ...
Starz can refer to: Starz!, a cable TV network, or Starz the online downloadable movie service from RealNetworks. ...
ThinkFilm is a distibutor of independent films which was founded in 2001. ...
The Weinstein Company is an independent American film studio founded by Harvey and Bob Weinstein in 2005 after the pair left the Disney-owned Miramax Films, which they had co-founded in 1979. ...
For alternate meanings of MGM, see MGM (disambiguation). ...
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First Look Studios is an independent American film studio. ...
On December 11, 2005, Paramount announced that it had purchased DreamWorks SKG in a deal worth $1.6 billion. It is still unclear when Showtime will add films from the studio onto its viewing schedule, as films being put out by the studio are still part of the studio's output deal with HBO.
Though not owning the broadcasting rights to show first-run movies from 20th Century Fox, Showtime has been able to show independent films the studio owns the home video rights to, even if they didn't release them theatrically. Most notably being Mel Gibson's controversial 2004 film, The Passion of the Christ. Others include Party Monster, Ong-Bak: The Thai Warrior, Woman Thou Art Loosed and Donnie Darko. Twentieth (20th) Century Fox Film Corporation (known from 1935 to 1985 as Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation) is one of the six major American film studios. ...
Mel Columcille Gerard Gibson, AO (born January 3, 1956) is an American-Australian actor, historian, Academy Award-winning director, producer and screenwriter. ...
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Party Monster (2003) is a drama/dark comedy that details the rise and fall of infamous homosexual[1][2]New York party promoter Michael Alig. ...
Woman Thou Art Loosed is a 2004 film directed by Michael Schultz. ...
Donnie Darko is a 2001 drama/psychological thriller/science fiction film written and directed by Richard Kelly. ...
As of 2006, Showtime has a partial deal with Rogue Pictures, allowing them to broadcast particular films put out by the studio (especially those originally produced for video), including Carlito's Way: Rise to Power and Dave Chappelle's Block Party. Rogue Pictures is a division of Focus Features, the specialty film division of Universal Studios, which is a division of NBC Universal. ...
Dave Chappelles Block Party (aka Block Party) is a documentary film hosted and written by comedian Dave Chappelle, and directed by Michel Gondry. ...
Showtime also plays a lot of classic movies from United Artists, Columbia Pictures, and some early/mid 90's movies from Miramax Films and Warner Bros. (usually ones that are, at least, 13 years old from their initial theatrical exhibition). This article is about the film studio. ...
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Miramax Films is a film production and distribution brand that was a Big Ten film motion picture distribution and production company headquartered in New York City before being bought out by The Walt Disney Company. ...
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Usually films which Showtime has pay-cable rights will also run on The Movie Channel during its time of license.
Even though Showtime doesn't have an output deal with certain titles from Universal Pictures, a number of films from Universal are played on Sundance Channel since the channel is a joint venture of Showtime, Universal, and The Sundance Institute.
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Showtime has two main pay TV networks that operate using its name; Showtime Australia and Showtime Arabia. It also has several channels that is licenced to use its name; Showtime Scandinavia (Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden), Showtime Extreme (Spain), and others. // Showtime Australia is a group of movie channels in Australia that began in 1995, they also show a limited number of television shows or series, as well as the occasional mini-series. ...
Pay television, or pay-TV, usually refers to subscription-based television services, usually provided by both analogue and digital cable and satellite, but also increasingly by digital terrestrial methods. ...
SHOWTIME is the provider of Australia’s premium movie channels. ...
Showtime or Showtime Arabia (Gulf DTH F.Z. L.L.C., the operating company behind digital pay TV broadcaster Showtime) as its called to distinguish itself from its U.S. counterpart, is the dominant subscription television service in the Middle East, North Africa, and the Levant territories. ...
Showtime Scandinavia (generally referred to simply as Showtime) is a television channel broadcasting action movies to the Nordic countries operated by NonStop Television. ...
Showtime Extreme is an All-Action Movie Channel for people who suscribe to showtime. ...
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ESPN Deportes is an cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
Fox Sports en Español is an cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...
Broadband services: ESPN360 • World Championship Sports Network
Broadband in telecommunications is a term that refers to a signaling method that includes or handles a relatively wide range of frequencies, which may be divided into channels or frequency bins. ...
ESPN360 is a video content player that can be found at ESPN360. ...
Defunct networks: American Sports Classics • Carolinas Sports Entertainment Television • CNN Sports Illustrated • Comcast Local • Empire Sports Network • Football Network • Mizlou Television Network • NewSport • ON-TV • PRISM • SCORE • SportsChannel America • SportsChannel Los Angeles • Sports Time • TVS Television Network • Prime Network • PASS Sports • Royals Sports Television Network • Victory Sports One CNNSI logo used from 1996 to 2001. ...
Comcast Local (also known as CL) is a regional sports network that carries collegiate, prep, and minor league sports from the Detroit area and throughout Michigan. ...
Empire Sports Network was a regional cable television network which served Upstate New York from Buffalo to Albany, parts of northern Pennsylvania and eastern Ohio. ...
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In 1961, while working for the PGW TV sales firm, Vic Piano was approached by the Peach Bowl Football Game in Atlanta, looking for a way to get the game televised when the three major networks rejected its coverage. ...
ON-TV was a subscription television service, also known as National Subscription Television. ...
Launched in the 70s by Spectacor, PRISM (Philadelphia Regional In-Home Sports and Movies) was a 24-hour premium channel, intended for cable customers in the Philadelphia metropolitan area. ...
SCORE was a joint venture with Financial News Network which aired sports-themed programming in the 1980s. ...
SportsChannel America was a cable television network that existed in the 1980s and early 1990s. ...
SportsChannel Los Angeles aired from 1989 to 1993 in the southern California area; it was a regional sports network. ...
Sports Time was a regional sports network in the United States. ...
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Prime Network was a cable sports network owned by Liberty Media that served several regionalized areas between 1983 and late-1997. ...
Pro Am Sports System, better known as PASS Sports, was a regional sports network that lasted from 1984-1997. ...
The Royals Sports Television Network or RSTN was a regional sports network serving the Kansas City area, Kansas, western Missouri, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Iowa owned by the Kansas City Royals. ...
One of the logos used by VS1 The Minnesota Twins baseball team launched Victory Sports One as a cable and satellite television regional sports network in October 2003. ...
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Defunct premium television services: Home Theater Network · Spotlight · Festival · Star Channel (precursor to The Movie Channel) Showtime is a US cable TV network that primarily shows motion pictures as well as some original programming and occasional boxing matches. ...
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS, NYSE: CBSA) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ...
Flix is a cable network which is a spinoff from Showtime, it was launched in 1991. ...
Smithsonian Networks (SNI/SI) is a joint venture between Showtime Networks Inc. ...
The Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle on the National Mall serves as the Institutions headquarters. ...
Sundance Channel logo used from 1996 to 2002. ...
Robert Redford (born August 18, 1936)[1] is an Academy Award-winning American motion picture director, actor, producer, businessman, model, environmentalist and philanthropist. ...
NBC Universal is a media and entertainment conglomerate formed in May 2004 by the combination of General Electrics NBC with Vivendi Universal Entertainment, part of Vivendi Universal. ...
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS, NYSE: CBSA) is an American media conglomerate focused on broadcasting, publishing, billboards, and television production, with most of its operations in the United States. ...
For other uses, see Corporation (disambiguation). ...
Chairman of the Board redirects here. ...
David A. Andelman is an executive editor at Forbes. ...
Joseph A. Califano, Jr. ...
William Sebastian Cohen (1940- ) is an author and American politician from the U.S. state of Maine. ...
Philippe Dauman is a corporate director of the Viacom and CBS Corporations. ...
Charles K. Gifford is a corporate director of the CBS Corporation. ...
Bruce Scott Gordon (born February 15, 1946) is an African American business executive who spent most of his career with Verizon and currently serves as a corporate director of CBS. He was selected in June 2005 to head the NAACP, a major American civil rights organization. ...
Leslie Moonves (born December 23, 1948 in New York City) is President and Chief Executive Officer of CBS Corporation. ...
Shari Redstone is a corporate director of the CBS and Viacom companies. ...
Sumner Murray Redstone (born Sumner Murray Rothstein on May 27, 1923 in Boston, Massachusetts) is majority owner and Chairman of the Board of the National Amusements theater chain. ...
Ann N. Reese is a corporate director of the CBS Corporation. ...
Judith A. Sprieser is a corporate director of the CBS Corporation. ...
A radio station is an audio (sound) broadcasting service, traditionally broadcast through the air as radio waves (a form of electromagnetic radiation) from a transmitter to an antenna and a thus to a receiving device. ...
CBS Radio Inc. ...
A radio network is a network system which distributes programming to multiple stations simultaneously, or slightly delayed, for the purpose of extending total coverage beyond the limits of a single broadcast signal. ...
The CBS Radio Network provides news, sports and other programming to more than 1,000 radio stations throughout the United States. ...
Primary Free FM logo Free FM is the moniker and on-air brand of several FM talk radio stations in the United States owned by CBS Radio, created because of Howard Sterns departure to Sirius Satellite Radio in January 2006. ...
Westwood One, Inc. ...
Terrestrial television (also known as over-the-air, OTA or broadcast television) was the traditional method of television broadcast signal delivery prior to the advent of cable and satellite television. ...
This article is about the broadcast network. ...
The CW Television Network, normally abbreviated to The CW, also known as The New CW in its first season of the network, is a television network in the United States launched during the 2006 television season. ...
Time Warner Inc. ...
The CBS Broadcast Center is a television and radio production facility located in New York City. ...
CBS Studio Center is a television and film studio located in the Studio City district of Los Angeles in the San Fernando Valley. ...
Television City redirects here. ...
CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ...
Big Ticket Television, Inc. ...
CBS Paramount Television (formerly Desilu Productions, Paramount Television, among other companies) is an American television production/distribution company that was formed on January 17, 2006 by CBS Corporation merging Paramount Television and CBS Productions. ...
Founded by television producer Aaron Spelling in 1969, Spelling Television, Inc. ...
CBS Television Distribution is a United States and Global television distribution company, a merger of the television distribution arms of CBS Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television and King World. ...
This article is about a television transmitting location or company. ...
CBS Television Stations (formerly Viacom Television Stations) is a group of television stations owned by CBS Corporation. ...
Showtime is a US cable TV network that primarily shows motion pictures as well as some original programming and occasional boxing matches. ...
mtn. ...
“Mountain West†redirects here. ...
Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ: CMCSA) is the largest cable television company and the second largest Internet service provider in the United States. ...
CBS Interactive is the division of the CBS Corporation which has responsibility for programming and ad sales for CBS.com, CBS SportsLine. ...
CBS Innertube is a broadband video channel launched by CBS in May 2006. ...
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CNET Networks, Inc. ...
Jean-François Millet Le Semeur (The Sower) Simon & Schuster logo, circa 1961. ...
CBS Consumer Products, a unit of the CBS Corporation, manages the worldwide licensing, merchandising, and video activities for a diverse slate of properties owned or controlled by the CBS Corporation, including CBS Paramount Television and King World Productions, Inc. ...
Columbia Records is the oldest continually used brand name in recorded sound, dating back to 1888. ...
CBS Outdoor is the outdoor advertising division of media conglomerate CBS Corporation. ...
The Westinghouse Electric Corporation (WEC) is a Delaware corporation founded in 1998 by CBS Corporation (the renamed original WEC and predecessor of the current CBS Corporation) to manage the intellectual property assets relating to the Westinghouse brand. ...
CBS Home Entertainment (formerly CBS Video Enterprises) is the home video entertainment arm of CBS, Inc. ...
USD redirects here. ...
Year 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ...
The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), nicknamed the Big Board, is a New York City-based stock exchange. ...
Premium television (sometimes pay television in North America) generally refers to a class of commercial-free television services which are available for subscription through cable and satellite television for fees much higher than traditional, packaged cable networks or specialty services. ...
For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...
For other uses, see HBO (disambiguation). ...
HBO Family is a multiplex channel of HBO. HBO Family shows safe and non-violent shows and movies for familes, and especially for children. ...
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
Encore is a US pay TV network which exclusively features mainly first-run as well as past motion pictures. ...
MOVIEplex is a US pay TV network which exclusively features motion pictures. ...
Starz is a US pay TV network which features mainly first-run motion pictures. ...
Spotlight was a 24-hour premium movie channel launched in 1979, with the only non-movie programming being monthly previews of films airing on the channel. ...
In the late 1980s, HBO launched a short lived channel, Festival. ...
The Movie Channel (TMC) is an American premium cable television network owned by Showtime Networks, Inc. ...
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Canada has adopted the NTSC and ATSC television transmission standards without any alterations. ...
// Networks List Television in Canada is similar to television in the United States, having individual stations and networks. ...
This page lists the table of every Canadian television station by call sign. ...
This is the list of digital television stations in Canada, current as of May 2007. ...
This page lists all of the local over-the-air television stations in the United States that are carried in Canada via cable / digital cable or satellite. ...
In 2001, the Vancouver/Victoria, British Columbia television market saw a major shuffling of television network affiliations, involving nearly all of the areas television stations. ...
// In 2007, significant ownership changes occurred in Canadas broadcast television industry, involving nearly every network and television system. ...
This is a list of full-power television stations bordering the United States having call signs beginning with the letter X and run by Mexican companies or universities. ...
Superstation in United States television can have several meanings. ...
// In the United States, for most of the history of broadcasting, there were only three major national broadcasting networks. ...
This is a list of television stations in the United States having call signs beginning with the letter W. See also the list of TV stations beginning with K and the list of TV stations beginning with X. // North American call sign Categories: | | ...
This is a list of full-power television stations in the United States having call signs beginning with the letter K. Most low-power TV stations, those with designations such as KAGN-LP or K11XQ, have not been included in this list. ...
The Fox affiliate switches of 1994 constituted some of the most sweeping changes in American television history. ...
Between January 24 and September 18, 2006, the United States broadcast television industry was realigned. ...
This page lists all of the stations in Canada that are carried on United States cable television service providers. ...
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