- published: 15 Dec 2015
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TV.com is a user-generated website owned by CBS Interactive (CBS Corporation). The site covers television and focuses on English-language shows made or broadcast in Australia, Canada, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Australia and UK versions of the website are also available, at au.tv.com and uk.tv.com, respectively.
CNET had originally acquired the domain name (among other generic domain names like news.com, radio.com, etc.) in the mid-1990s to host a website for the company's technology-related TV shows. One of these shows was actually titled TV.com. The program, highlighting the best of the Internet for new and casual computer users, aired in U.S. syndication.
CNET then acquired TV Tome, a fan-run television database. TV.com was launched a few months after the acquisition on June 1, 2005. Many of the features and content from the original TV Tome site were maintained in the new TV.com site.
On May 15, 2008, CBS formally announced its purchase of CNET Networks, and the company changed its name to CBS Interactive.