NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2013
/PRNewswire/ -- Charter Communications (NASDAQ: CHTR) and CBS
Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) today announced the renewal of
their content carriage agreements covering retransmission consent
for CBS Owned Stations as well as continued carriage of Showtime
Networks, CBS Sports Network and Smithsonian Channel on Charter's
cable television platform.
The agreement also includes new online and on-demand
availability of programming from CBS and SHOWTIME. Plans are
underway to make primetime shows from CBS available on-demand to
customers across all Charter markets in the coming months. The
launch of the authentication service SHOWTIME ANYTIME®, providing
Charter's SHOWTIME subscribers with unlimited access to acclaimed
original series, hit movies, sports, documentaries, specials and
much more via computers, iPad®, iPhone® and Android™ devices, will
be coming soon as well.
Terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"We are pleased to have reached this comprehensive renewal
agreement that recognizes the value our stations and our cable
channels bring to Charter and to the audiences we share," said
Martin Franks, Executive Vice
President for Planning, Policy and Government Relations, CBS
Corporation.
Allan Singer, Charter's Senior
Vice President, Programming said, "With this agreement, Charter
customers can count on us to continue to deliver popular shows and
movies from CBS Corporation, and we are especially pleased that the
expanded agreement includes CBS Primetime VOD and SHOWTIME ANYTIME
throughout our entire footprint. Charter is pleased to start 2013
having successfully concluded this enhanced programming
agreement."
About Charter Communications
Charter is a leading broadband communications company and
the fourth-largest cable operator in the
United States. Charter provides a full range of advanced
broadband services, including advanced Charter TV® video
entertainment programming, Charter Internet® access, and Charter
Phone®. Charter Business® similarly provides scalable, tailored,
and cost-effective broadband communications solutions to business
organizations, such as business-to-business Internet access, data
networking, business telephone, video and music entertainment
services, and wireless backhaul. Charter's advertising sales and
production services are sold under the Charter Media® brand. More
information about Charter can be found at charter.com.
About CBS Corporation
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, radio, local TV, film, outdoor advertising, and
interactive and socially responsible media. CBS's businesses
include CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture between CBS
Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), Showtime Networks, CBS
Sports Network, Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS
Television Stations, CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, CBS Television
Studios, CBS Global Distribution Group, CBS Interactive, CBS
Consumer Products, CBS Home Entertainment, CBS Films and CBS
EcoMedia. For more information, go to www.cbscorporation.com.
SOURCE CBS Corporation