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CBS (an initialism of the network's former name, the Columbia Broadcasting System) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is the flagship properties of CBS Corporation. The company is headquartered at the CBS Building in New York City with major production facilities and operations in New York City (at the CBS Broadcast Center) and Los Angeles (at CBS Television City and the CBS Studio Center).
CBS is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network", in reference to the company's iconic logo, in use since 1951. It has also been called the "Tiffany Network", alluding to the perceived high quality of CBS programming during the tenure of its founder William S. Paley. It can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of color television, which were held in a former Tiffany & Co. building in New York City in 1950.
The network has its origins in United Independent Broadcasters Inc., a collection of 16 radio stations that was purchased by Paley in 1928 and renamed the Columbia Broadcasting System. Under Paley's guidance, CBS would first become one of the largest radio networks in the United States, and eventually one of the Big Three American broadcast television networks. In 1974, CBS dropped its former full name and became known simply as CBS, Inc. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation acquired the network in 1995, renamed its corporate entity to the current CBS Broadcasting, Inc. in 1997, and eventually adopted the name of the company it had acquired to become CBS Corporation. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971. In late 2005, Viacom split itself into two separate companies, and re-established CBS Corporation – through the spin-off of its broadcast television, radio and select cable television and non-broadcasting assets – with the CBS television network at its core. CBS Corporation is controlled by Sumner Redstone through National Amusements, which also controls the current Viacom.
An electrical cable is made of two or more wires running side by side and bonded, twisted, or braided together to form a single assembly, the ends of which can be connected to two devices, enabling the transfer of electrical signals from one device to the other. Cables are used for a wide range of purposes, and each must be tailored for that purpose. Cables are used extensively in electronic devices for power and signal circuits. Long-distance communication takes place over undersea cables. Power cables are used for bulk transmission of alternating and direct current power, especially using high-voltage cable. Electrical cables are extensively used in building wiring for lighting, power and control circuits permanently installed in buildings. Since all the circuit conductors required can be installed in a cable at one time, installation labor is saved compared to certain other wiring methods.
The term originally referred to a nautical line of specific length where multiple ropes, each laid clockwise, are then laid together anti-clockwise and shackled to produce a strong thick line, resistant to water absorption, that was used to anchor large ships. In mechanics, cables, otherwise known as wire ropes, are used for lifting, hauling, and towing or conveying force through tension. In electrical engineering cables are used to carry electric currents. An optical cable contains one or more optical fibers in a protective jacket that supports the fibers.
Rachel Anne Maddow (i/ˈmædoʊ/, born April 1, 1973) is an American television host, political commentator, and author. She hosts a nightly television show, The Rachel Maddow Show, on MSNBC. Her syndicated talk radio program of the same name aired on Air America Radio. Maddow is the first openly gay anchor to host a major prime-time news program in the United States. She holds a doctorate in politics from Oxford University.
Asked about her political views by the Valley Advocate, Maddow replied, "I'm undoubtedly a liberal, which means that I'm in almost total agreement with the Eisenhower-era Republican party platform."
Maddow was born in Castro Valley, California. Her father, Robert B. "Bob" Maddow, is a former United States Air Force captain who resigned his commission the year before her birth and found civilian work as a lawyer for the East Bay Municipal Utility District. Her mother, Elaine Maddow (née Gosse), is a school program administrator. She has one older brother, David. Her paternal grandfather was from an Eastern European Jewish family (the original family surname being "Medwedof"), while her paternal grandmother was of Dutch (Protestant) background; her mother, originally from Newfoundland, Canada, is of English and Irish ancestry. Maddow has stated that her family is "very, very Catholic," and she grew up in a community that her mother has described as "very conservative." Maddow was a competitive athlete and participated in three sports in high school: volleyball, basketball, and swimming. Referencing John Hughes films, she has described herself as being "a cross between the jock and the antisocial girl" in high school.
Interesting Big Business dealings. This looped video is being played on Cox Cable TV Channel 8 CBS. Everybody wants a raise :) The Super Bowl 50 is a definite motivator to get the contract between the two done Soon. Cox Communications is handing out indoor antennas to help retain customers.
July 26 (Bloomberg) -- Adam Johnson reports on the battle between CBS and Time Warner Cable over fees on Bloomberg Television's "Lunch Money." (Source: Bloomberg) --Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg "Lunch Money" brings you all the top market news and analysis of equities, currencies, bonds, commodities and options while the trading day is in full swing. The business news broadcast insights from Wall Street analysts, sector specialists, and star traders who specialize in crunching the numbers that underpin U.S. stock market moves. Broadcasting live from Bloomberg's headquarters in New York, "Lunch Money" breaks market news and provides forward-looking insights on the most important information for time-crunched investors. "Lunch Money" doesn't miss ...
The MSNBC anchor talks with Rita Braver about depression, firearms politics, and how she runs her cable news program, "The Rachel Maddow Show."
If you've ever phoned or emailed someone on another continent or browsed a foreign website, you can dial up some gratitude for something that happened a century and a half ago. It's been 150 years since the Transatlantic Cable began ushering in global communications. And now, tech giants are taking that undersea revolution a big step further. Mark Albert reports.
CBS and Time Warner Cable extended their blackout deadline until Friday, as they "continue to negotiate" on a new carriage agreement for CBS's signal on the cable operator's television service. Shalini Ramachandran has details. Photo: AP. Click here to subscribe to our channel: http://bit.ly/14Q81Xy Visit us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wsjlive Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WSJLive Visit the Wall Street Journal: www.wsj.com
Aug. 6 (Bloomberg) -- On today's "Movers & Shakers," Betty Liu reports on the stalled negotiations between CBS and Time Warner Cable. She speaks on Bloomberg Television's "In The Loop." (Source: Bloomberg) --Subscribe to Bloomberg on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/Bloomberg On "In the Loop with Betty Liu," Betty Liu reports on breaking news headlines, Wall Street movers and shakers, global leaders, billionaires and interviews the most influential guests -- all as the opening bell rings the market into action. Betty Liu's robust team of Bloomberg TV reporters includes frequent appearances by Bloomberg market correspondents, among them: Dominic Chu, Julie Hyman, Alix Steel, Matt Miller and more. In addition to covering leading company news, the show highlights industry competitions incl...
Taken from Incorporated on Syfy.
Vertere Group Founder & CEO Tim Hanlon appears on WBBM-AM/FM Chicago's "Noon Business Hour" to discuss Time Warner, CNN, CBS, Hulu, cable "distribution-straddling" and more! May 4, 2016. All copyrights are those of WBBM-AM/FM and CBS Radio; we thank them for permission.
Aired on KREM 2 (Cable Channel 12 in Calgary) on Friday February 26 1993. KREM 2 is the CBS-affiliated TV station serving the Spokane, Washington / Coeur d'Alene, Idaho market. The station is also carried on cable systems in Calgary and Edmonton, both of which are double the size of KREM's American coverage area. (Recovered from an old VHS tape.)
Government regulators are taking steps that could lower part of your cable bill. The FCC is considering opening up the market for set-top boxes. American homes spend an average of $231 a year to rent them from cable companies. CBS News contributor and NewYorker.com editor Nicholas Thompson joins “CBS This Morning” to discuss the implications of this decision as well as Apple's refusal to help the FBI unlock one of the San Bernardino killer's iPhone.
Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, and Lauren Zalaznick, executive vice president of NBCUniversal, discuss the next generation of cable television at the 2013 Brainstorm Tech conference in Aspen Colorado. Moderated by Pattie Sellers.
Last week HBO and CBS both announced plans to offer stand-alone streaming services on the web. It’s a major turn-about for the pay cable service, HBO (owned by Time Warner), which has long maintained they are “not TV.” This move will allow viewers to cut the cord to their cable TV subscriptions and purchase HBO programming alone. And even CBS has jumped into the streaming fold, announcing a live-streaming and on-demand subscription service. But since buying a cable subscription has long been the barrier to entry for premium networks such as HBO, does this move signal a coming mass exodus of content moving online, and the eventual decline of cable? On this week’s Mediatwits podcast we’ll discuss these moves with Peter Kafka from Re/Code, David Lieberman from Deadline Hollywood, and Dan Rayb...
Time Warner Cable blacks out CBS over fee dispute. Is CBS asking for too much money or is Time Warner shafting it's customers? Andrew, John, and Jim discuss Apple's long rumored low cost iPhone 5C. Does it make sense for Apple to have a low cost iPhone? A study says most iOS apps will need to be updated for iOS 7. Is this going to be trouble for developers. A new rumor purports Amazon may launch an Ouya like console this year. Will people be interested in an Amazon set top box? Asus stops plans to support Windows RT. Is Windows RT a disaster? And our picks of the week.
It's hump day, or what you might call it, Wednesday. Finish your chores because tonight on the CBS Wednesday Night Movie is a classic. THE GOOD NEWS: It's edited-for-television which means mom will let us stay up late to watch it! THE BAD NEWS: It's edited-for-television which means the good nudity parts and swearing are cut out. Oh well. We'll just sneak and watch it on Cable TV at Johnny's house when his mother is at work. Enjoy!
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WATCH: Final Presidential Debate - Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dGQGwIr47YY WATCH: First Presidential Debate 2016 - Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton - Hofstra University NY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEHPrYUcoi0 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WATCH LIVE: Second Presidential Debate - Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton - St. Louis, MO (10/9/2016) - Donald Trump & Hillary Clinton 2nd Presidential Debate at Washington University (October 9, 2016) - Trump Clinton debate Second Debate trump vs clinton Moderator: Martha Raddatz, Chief Global Affairs Correspondent and Co-Anchor of "This Week," ABC Donald Trump vs Hillary Clinton Second Presidential Debate In Washington University in St. Lo...
A video on media ownership in the U.S, but i suspect all over the west. Sumner Redstone real name is Sumner Murray Rothstein owns CBS Corporation, Viacom, MTV Networks, BET, and the film studio Paramount Pictures, and are equal partners in MovieTickets.com.. Fox news owner Rupert Murdoch also owns many papers world wide. TV, news papers are owned more and by fewer people. A concentration of news papers and media into a few people hands allows what is happening now in the west, a propaganda media that promotes only what thier agenda says to promote. Back in 1983, approximately 50 corporations controlled the vast majority of all news media in the United States. Today, ownership of the news media has been concentrated in the hands of just six incredibly powerful media corporations. These co...
Very slow channel surfing on TCI cable in Yakima, WA on the evening of November 29, 1991. The VCR stayed on each channel for one whole minute. Channel Lineup: 2. KAPP 35 (ABC) 3. K53CY 53 (FOX) 4. KNDO 23 (NBC) 5. Showtime (scrambled) 6. KIMA 29 (CBS) 7. Lifetime 8. KYVE 47 (PBS) 9. YCTV (Public/Government Access) 10. Family Channel 11. KSTW (Tacoma/Seattle) 12. A&E; 13. CNN 14. Encore (scrambled) 15. AMC 16. WTBS 17. Discovery Channel 18. HBO 19. Headline News 20. Univision (Spanish) 21. Cinemax (scrambled) 22. Disney Channel (scrambled) 23. Prime Sports Northwest 24. ESPN 25. USA 26. TNT 27. TNN 28. CNBC 29. C-SPAN 30. Weather Channel 31. Nickelodeon 32. TBN 33. ME/U (Educational Access) 34. Travel Channel/Yakima Skills Center (Educational Access) 35. Galavision (Spanish) 36. Program Gui...
In a world of digital everything, it's not just consumers who are cutting the cord to cable TV. A growing number of networks, including HBO, CBS and ESPN, are offering their own "over-the-top" viewing options. Instead of signing up with a cable provider, audiences will actually be able subscribe to the network's own Internet-delivered streaming service. Mobile carriers like AT&T;, Singtel and Vodafone are testing similar ideas such as sponsored data as a way of recouping the costs of delivering services on their networks. What is this new content that's attracting this new world of viewers and who is buying the rights? To what extent are content creators and network operators well-positioned to benefit from these trends and drive long-term profit and cash flow growth?
Welcome to downLOADED, the show where opinionated geek and tech pundits gather around to discuss issues and news impacting technology and its users. This week we're joined by Rafe Needleman, Director of Developer Relations at Evernote and Dylan Tweney, Executive Editor of VentureBeat.com. Rafe Needleman https://twitter.com/Rafe Dylan Tweney https://twitter.com/dylan20 (00:53) JEFF BEZOS BUYS THE WASHINGTON POST http://venturebeat.com/2013/08/05/bezos-buys-washington-post/ (08:49) CORY BOOKER & WAYWIRE http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2013/08/07/cory-bookers-silicon-valley-friendships-started-at-stanford/?ref=technology (12:37) CBS VS. TIME WARNER CABLE!!!! http://torrentfreak.com/cbs-blackout-triggers-surge-in-tv-show-piracy-130807/ http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/08...