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93-426: As of 2024, the movie is currently not available to stream on Paramount+ . Charles Lattimer is an everyday man facing middle age and a marriage to Kristen coming to an end. He stumbles across a time slip that occurs on one of his regular train rides, as the train goes through a tunnel. Coming across an antique watch, he learns it allows him to get off the train during the time slip, whereupon he finds himself back in

186-707: A 50% interest, partnering with the Los Angeles Times . CBS then sold its interest in KTTV (now the West Coast flagship of the Fox network) and purchased outright Los Angeles pioneer station KTSL in 1950, renaming it KNXT (after CBS's existing Los Angeles radio property, KNX), later to become KCBS-TV . In 1953, CBS bought pioneer television station WBKB in Chicago, which had been signed on by former investor Paramount Pictures (and would become

279-771: A CBS affiliate until January 1, 1989. After CBS failed to secure an affiliation with outgoing NBC affiliate WSVN , the network bought WCIX and moved all network programming there as part of a larger six-station, two-market affiliation swap . CBS's ownership of WCIX was generally regarded as a failure due to the station's signal and technical deficiencies, with then-station group president Howard Stringer telling local media in July 1989, "we can never be better than third". CBS then acquired Midwest Communications in 1992, which owned WCCO-TV in Minneapolis and WFRV-TV in Green Bay. In 1994,

372-862: A buyer for seven smaller-market stations, including CBS-owned-and-operated stations KUTV in Salt Lake City and KEYE-TV in Austin, Texas; and The CW affiliates WTVX in Fort Pierce, Florida, and WLWC in New Bedford, Massachusetts . Also including were KUSG (now KMYU ) in St. George, Utah, which served as satellite station of KUTV; and WTCN-CA and WWHB-CA , the sister stations to WTVX. The sale with Four Points closed on January 10, 2008. In 2009 and 2010, three managers at its New York City station, WCBS-TV, were named CBS Television Stations executives while continuing to manage at

465-558: A contractual clause that forced Chris-Craft Industries to either buy Viacom out of UPN, or have the former sell its ownership stake in the network to Viacom. On March 20, 2000, Chris-Craft allowed Viacom to buy out its 50% stake, giving Viacom full control of the network. However on August 12 of that year, Fox Television Stations outbid Viacom for Chris-Craft's UPN stations. Viacom then took full control of UPN affiliates WTVX in Fort Pierce, Florida, and WLWC in New Bedford, Massachusetts , from Straightline Communications in 2001, after

558-495: A deal to re-affiliate with The CW on September 1, 2024, alongside first-time affiliate WBFS-TV in Miami; both stations are in markets where the previous CW affiliate had been owned by the E. W. Scripps Company , which announced plans to drop The CW from its stations in that timeframe. Stations are arranged in alphabetical order by state and city of license . This list also contains stations that were owned and operated by CBS prior to

651-637: A duopoly with CBS-owned KCBS, which broadcasting industry observers also speculated was done to use as possible future leverage against UPN affiliate KCOP-TV , another former Chris-Craft station owned by Fox. In 2005, Viacom bought CBS-affiliate KOVR in Sacramento, resulting in another duopoly with UPN-owned-and-operated KMAX-TV . Viacom also purchased the low-powered stations WTCN-CA and WWHB-CA , integrating their local operations with WTVX. Viacom also sold some of their stations, creating duopolies for their new owners instead. The UPN-owned-and-operated WUPL

744-633: A duopoly with NBC affiliate KFOR-TV in Oklahoma City. Viacom Television Stations Group was then rebranded to CBS Television Stations on January 3, 2006, three days after Viacom split itself into two publicly traded companies, the second incarnations of CBS Corporation and Viacom , both of which remained controlled by National Amusements . On January 24, 2006, CBS Corporation and Time Warner announced that it would shut down UPN and competitor The WB to launch The CW later that September. The formation of The CW to replace both UPN and The WB triggered

837-431: A few weeks later, with CBS reporting an 84% increase in new subscribers. On November 25, 2019, as part of the re-merger between CBS Corporation and Viacom , CBS All Access announced the inclusion of programming from Nickelodeon , as part of the wider launch of children's programming on the service, with other partners including Boat Rocker Studios and WildBrain . In January 2020, CBS All Access became available on

930-608: A joint venture between Paramount Global and Network 18 , beginning in early 2021. CBS News and Stations CBS News and Stations is a division of the CBS Entertainment Group unit of Paramount Global that owns and operates a group of American television stations along with CBS News . As of January 2021 , the division owns 28 stations: 14 are the core stations of the CBS television network, two are affiliates of The CW , eleven are independent stations , and one

1023-470: A library of 30,000 television series episodes and up to 1,000 film titles from Paramount's film and television divisions and CBS Media Ventures and expanded live news and sports offerings. No pricing plan or firm dates for content expansion were disclosed, though a "soft relaunch" will occur later in 2020. ViacomCBS will also continue to license its TV and film content to competing streaming platforms. On May 7, 2020, CBS All Access began adding more films to

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1116-527: A limited library of films, made up of content from Paramount Pictures , Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Sony Pictures , The Samuel Goldwyn Company and CBS Films , was made available on the service. This includes several titles in the Star Trek film series . On May 7, 2020, CBS All Access added more than 100 films from Paramount Pictures; more films were added in the following months. In August 2019, CBS All Access expanded into children's broadcasting by acquiring

1209-628: A multi-year affiliation drama in Miami, Florida , in the 1980s. Long-standing affiliate WTVJ (channel 4) in Miami (along with most of the Storer Communications chain) was to have been sold to Lorimar-Telepictures in May 1986, but that deal fell apart when CBS inquired with ownership of WCIX (channel 6) about a possible purchase. WTVJ was sold to NBC in January 1987, but contractually obligated to be run as

1302-703: A series adaptation of Flashdance , among others. In February 2021, Paramount+ announced a television adaptation of the Xbox Game Studios franchise Halo produced by Amblin Television and Showtime, set to premiere in 2022. The show had been moved from Showtime's slate, as ViacomCBS positions the network as a premium "adult" service (as opposed to the broader positioning of Paramount+). In May 2021, CBS announced that Evil and SEAL Team would move from CBS to Paramount+ beginning with their second and fifth seasons, respectively. In August 2021, as part of

1395-756: A sister company to CBS again decades later) as a commercial station in 1946, and changed that station's call sign to WBBM-TV , moving the CBS affiliation away from WGN-TV . The network bought Washington, D.C. affiliate WOIC (now WUSA ) in a joint venture with The Washington Post in 1950, only to sell its stake to the Post in 1954 due to tighter FCC ownership regulations. CBS would also temporarily rely on UHF technology by owning WXIX in Milwaukee (now CW affiliate WVTV ) and WHCT in Hartford (now Univision affiliate WUVN ), but as UHF

1488-692: A station who would agree to replace New World's WAGA in Atlanta, and therefore bought UHF station WVEU (now WUPA ) out of desperation, even though WVEU had the lowest ratings and the weakest signal out of Atlanta's full-power stations. However, late in November 1994, WGNX (now WANF ) changed their minds and agreed to affiliate with CBS, and so CBS ended up selling WVEU to Viacom in May 1995. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation , through its Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W) division, sought an affiliation deal of its own, and after several months of negotiations with

1581-512: A transaction which closed in late 1995. CBS had also bought WPRI-TV in Providence, Rhode Island in early 1995 prior to the deal closing; at the time, the FCC normally did not allow common ownership of multiple stations with overlapping coverage areas, so WPRI was sold off in favor of Westinghouse's WBZ. Following the completion of the CBS takeover, the former Westinghouse Broadcasting operations took on

1674-548: Is a primary-channel affiliate of the digital subchannel network Start TV . It also maintains a half-interest in Start TV, which is co-owned with Weigel Broadcasting . CBS began its television operations on July 1, 1941, with its initial owned-and-operated station, WCBS-TV (then known as WCBW) in New York City . Other owned-and-operated stations were acquired through an ownership stake or outright purchase instead of being built by

1767-402: Is co-owned by CBS and Weigel, with Weigel being responsible for distribution to stations outside CBS Television Stations. It airs programs from the extensive library of CBS Television Distribution , including archival footage from CBS News . On July 18, 2018, CBS and Weigel announced that another new subchannel service, Start TV , would launch on September 4; the new service replaced Decades on

1860-430: Is commercial-free and, unlike CBS All Access, has only one pricing tier. In January 2019, CBS reported its largest increase in subscribers over a weekend—a 72% increase over the premiere of Discovery , crediting the premiere of season 2 of the series and that week's AFC Championship Game (which also brought the service its largest streaming audience for a football game). Super Bowl LIII would surpass this record only

1953-782: Is currently the only show of the genre not to be available on either Corus services or Paramount+. Instead, it airs in Canada on the CTV Sci-Fi Channel. A localized version of Paramount+ operates in the Middle East as a premium offering on pay-TV provider OSN , replacing the now-defunct Paramount Channel . It features content from the aforementioned channel, as well as Nickelodeon , Comedy Central and MTV . In India, Paramount+ original programming, along with Showtime and CBS programming were made available under Voot Select in Viacom18 's Voot ,

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2046-433: Is now NBC affiliate WTOV-TV ), CBS did score a major coup when Pittsburgh-based Westinghouse Electric , a co-founder of NBC with RCA, bought WDTV from struggling DuMont and opted to affiliate the now-recalled KDKA-TV with CBS instead of NBC (like KDKA radio ) due to NBC extorting and coercing Westinghouse to trade KYW radio and WPTZ (now KYW-TV ) for Cleveland stations WTAM , WTAM-FM (now WMJI ), and WNBK (now WKYC );

2139-850: The 2006 United States broadcast TV realignment , a chain of affiliation changes across the country and the establishment of competitor MyNetworkTV . On the day of the network launch announcement, The CW immediately announced it had reached affiliation agreements with Tribune Broadcasting (who had owned a stake in The WB) and CBS Television Stations. Tribune originally committed 16 stations that were previously affiliated with The WB, while CBS committed 11 of its UPN stations. Both companies also owned several UPN and WB-affiliated stations that did not join The CW in overlapping markets; these stations either later affiliated with MyNetworkTV or another network, or became completely independent. As part of its affiliation agreement with

2232-561: The 2026 World Cup . which would begin in 2023, sharing broadcasts with Pluto TV and the free-to-air television channel Chilevisión . Paramount+ has also acquired exclusive rights in Mexico , Central America , Belize and Dominican Republic for the Premier League starting in the 2022/2023 season, and will carry rights in Brazil to air Copa Libertadores and Copa Sudamericana , beginning on

2325-543: The ABC Owned Television Stations Group ) were named presidents and co-heads. This transition was completed on May 3. On July 16, 2021, CBS named Adrienne Roark as a president for the CBS Stations, effective August 2; she primarily oversees the group's stations in the eastern United States. Two additional presidents were announced on August 13, 2021: Jennifer Mitchell, who would oversee CBS's stations in

2418-633: The Fox Broadcasting Company agreed to a multi-year, multi-station affiliation deal with New World Communications , resulting in most of New World's stations switching to Fox. This set off a chain of affiliation changes across the country and other multi-station affiliation deals for the next couple of years. Unable to find a station who would agree to replace New World's WJBK-TV in Detroit, CBS struck an eleventh-hour deal to purchase UHF station WGPR (now WWJ-TV ) outright. CBS also had trouble finding

2511-547: The Grammy Awards . Along with Star Trek , Big Brother 19 and the start of the 2017 NFL season had also driven major increases in growth that month. Buoyed by Star Trek: Discovery , CBS All Access reached over 2 million subscribers by early 2018. The 60th Annual Grammy Awards also provided a boost to sign-ups, marking the second largest day for new subscriptions after the Discovery premiere. In April 2018, CBS All Access

2604-484: The Hampton Roads area. On December 12, 2011, CBS Television Stations announced its intent to purchase Riverhead, New York -licensed WLNY-TV (channel 55), later announced for a purchase price of $ 55 million, creating a duopoly with WCBS-TV. The company announced that it would add additional on-air staff and expand WLNY's local news programming (at the time, that station had only an 11 p.m. newscast). The FCC approved

2697-462: The NFL ; however due to the absence of streaming rights, a few sports events are not streamed on the service (mainly involving PGA Tour events, some locally programmed NFL preseason games, and select brokered shows through CBS Sports Spectacular ), along with limited syndicated and paid programming where only a local broadcast license to carry the program is allowed and web airing rights are retained by

2790-663: The TVING video streaming platform operated by the entertainment company CJ ENM . TVING subscribers can stream Paramount+ content at no additional charge, In the United Kingdom and Ireland, the service launched on June 21, 2022, one day earlier than planned, and is available to watch on the Amazon Prime Video platform and as a standalone app. An announcement about the launch of Paramount+ in Italy, France, Germany, Switzerland and Austria in

2883-714: The Xfinity Flex platform, followed by the X1 platform in December. On February 6, 2020, CNBC reported that ViacomCBS was in discussions to launch a larger premium streaming offering, combining CBS All Access with content from Paramount Pictures , the Domestic Media Networks division, and Pluto TV . The service would include an ad-free tier, and a premium tier that includes Showtime 's streaming service. The company would maintain its existing streaming platforms, while marketing

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2976-695: The 1890s. Before long he finds a new love, and a new purpose there. The watch gets broken and complications occur when the portal back to the past starts to close, leading him to a decision that could leave him stranded out of his own time. Nominated for the Golden Reel Award in 2001. This article related to an American TV movie is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Paramount%2B Through third-party distributors: Baltics, Caribbean, India, French-speaking Switzerland, Middle East, New Zealand, South Korea and Thailand Paramount+ (known until 2021 as CBS All Access in

3069-493: The 2023 seasons for their respective football cups. The most recent episodes of CBS's shows are usually made available on CBS.com and Paramount+ the day after their original broadcast. Paramount+ provides complete back catalogs of most of its current series, including full-season "stacking rights" (with the exception of certain series, such as The Big Bang Theory , which CBS held only "last five" episode rights during its original run, as Warner Bros. retains all other rights as

3162-475: The Big Red Dog received simultaneous theatrical and Paramount+ releases on August 20 and November 10, 2021 respectively, while other future theatrical releases from Paramount would premiere on the service either after their theatrical run or after their run on Epix (which reached a new deal with ViacomCBS that same day to provide content for Paramount+, allowing recent releases from Paramount to be available on

3255-511: The CBS name and identity, though the Group W name survived until the end of the 1990s as a holding company within the merged entity's structure. In 1997, Westinghouse changed its name to CBS Corporation. When CBS/Westinghouse began purchasing several broadcasting assets from Gaylord Entertainment during the late 1990s, these transactions included the acquisition of KTVT in Dallas. On May 24, 2000, with

3348-656: The CBS-owned stations. An additional CBS-owned subchannel service, Dabl , launched on September 9, 2019; this service, although carried on the CBS Television Stations, is run by CBS Television Distribution. The station group made a couple of content agreements in 2014 and 2015. The stations agreed in December 2014 for its content to be shown on Curb's Taxi TV. In November 2015, the station group agreed to allow Health Media Network to air local news reports on its network in doctors' waiting rooms. In May 2016, Adam Wiener

3441-580: The CBS–Group W partnership KCNC-TV in Denver , KUTV in Salt Lake City , and WTVJ's license and transmitter. In turn, CBS sold to NBC both WCAU-TV and WCIX's license and transmitter. CBS retained WCIX's intellectual property, thus, when the asset swap took place on September 10, 1995, WCIX "moved" to channel 4 and was renamed WFOR-TV, operating on WTVJ's former license. Westinghouse would then buy CBS outright,

3534-510: The NFL's rights renewal with CBS, Paramount+ gains expanded rights to stream games on both its premium and ad-supported tiers between 2021 and 2033. On January 27, 2022, it was announced that the platform would broadcast all the matches of the Chile National Team as well as the rest of the qualifying games (with the exception of the home games of the Brazil and Bolivia national teams) towards

3627-529: The Nordics and Latin America, replacing an existing service of the same name, with additional markets to follow. In Australia, while the relaunched service will premiere all new Showtime original programs going forward, currently airing series will remain on Stan until their conclusion under an existing deal. The Paramount+ brand itself was originated as a subscription video on demand film service, first launching in

3720-560: The Nordics in 2017, and then in Hungary , Latin America , and Russia in the following three years. The current iteration of Paramount+ in the Nordics and Latin America was preceded by this service. Outside the United States, Paramount+ is currently available in Australia, Canada, Germany, Italy, Latin America, Middle East (as a pay TV channel), the United Kingdom and Ireland. Additionally,

3813-660: The Paramount Stations Group had operated the two stations through local marketing agreements since 1997. In 2002, Viacom traded UPN stations KTXH in Houston and WDCA in Washington, D.C. to Fox in exchange for KBHK-TV (now KPYX ) in San Francisco, one of the former Chris-Craft stations, resulting in the creation of a duopoly with CBS-owned KPIX. Viacom also bought independent Los Angeles station KCAL-TV in 2002, creating

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3906-1096: The Paramount+ SVOD service is still active in Russia (as Okko Paramount+ and IVI Paramount Play ), though the current streaming service is unavailable in said regions. Due to program rights and existing content deals, several programs are not available on local versions, or have delayed availability for new episodes. For example, Star Trek: Discovery and all others from the franchise are licensed to Bell Media in Canada for their CTV Sci-Fi (in English) and Z (in French) channels and streaming service Crave . As another example, selected Paramount+ original kids and family programming such as Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years and Rugrats are licensed to Corus Entertainment for their YTV and Treehouse networks and Nick+ streaming service in 2021, in part due to pre-existing agreements between Corus and Paramount Global. Star Trek: Prodigy

3999-580: The Paramount+ service in South Korea ended after June 18, 2024. In 2021, ViacomCBS issued a press release that revealed the combined number of subscribers to both CBS All Access and Showtime (another streaming product). That press release revealed that the two streaming services had a combined 19.2 million US subscribers, though the release did not provide individual numbers for either service. In May, ViacomCBS reported to have gained 6 million subscribers during

4092-489: The U.S. broadcast rights to Danger Mouse (1981) (as well as the reboot of the series), Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs , and several other series from WildBrain including Inspector Gadget (and Inspector Gadget's Field Trip ), Bob the Builder ( original and reboot ), Polly Pocket and others. On July 30, 2020, CBS All Access added 56 shows from ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks . On February 15, 2022, it

4185-530: The United States and 10 All Access in Australia ) is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service owned by Paramount Global . The service's content is drawn primarily from the libraries of CBS Media Ventures , CBS Studios , Paramount Media Networks (formerly Viacom Media Networks and ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks), and Paramount Pictures , while also including original series and films, live streaming sports coverage , and in

4278-702: The United States to the UEFA Champions League and Europa League in European soccer, replacing Turner Sports. All matches will stream on the service, with selected matches on the broadcast network and CBS Sports Network . The contract was initially to begin in the 2021–22 season and last through 2023–24. However, during a suspension of the 2019–20 season due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe , existing rightsholder Turner Sports opted out of its contract, and CBS took over

4371-550: The United States was fully integrated with the advertising-free premium tier of Paramount+, replacing the aforementioned bundle first introduced in 2021. The newly renamed "Paramount+ with Showtime" premium tier was raised from $ 9.99 to $ 11.99 per month while the "Essential" plan (containing advertising and no Showtime content) was raised from $ 4.99 to $ 5.99 per month. The existing, standalone Showtime and cable-specific Showtime Anytime apps were discontinued on December 14, 2023. This service launched in South Korea on June 16, 2022, on

4464-451: The United States, live streaming of local CBS broadcast stations. The service was launched in the United States in 2014, as CBS All Access, initially focusing on the live streaming of CBS programming from its local affiliates, as well as on-demand access to CBS programs and library content. The service began to expand into original programming in 2016, beginning with spin-offs of CBS programs such as Big Brother , The Good Fight , and

4557-479: The United States. Canada was announced as the first international market to receive the service. Plans to launch in Australia quickly followed, resulting from CBS's purchase of free-to-air broadcaster Network 10 . In September 2017, Star Trek: Discovery premiered on CBS All Access, with its first episode also airing on the CBS broadcast network to promote the service. CBS reported that the premiere had driven its largest single-day increase in new subscribers since

4650-611: The channel 11 license in St. Louis, now KPLR-TV . CBS did attempt to sign on a station in Pittsburgh, as it was at the time the sixth-largest market but had just one commercial VHF station in DuMont-owned WDTV, while the rest were either on UHF (the modern-day WPGH-TV and WINP-TV ) or public television ( WQED ). Although the FCC turned down CBS's request to buy the channel 9 license in nearby Steubenville, Ohio and move it to Pittsburgh (that station, initially CBS affiliate WSTV-TV,

4743-622: The combined "Paramount+ with Showtime" service for $ 11.99 per-month with ads and $ 14.99 without; a discount for new subscribers was available as an introductory offer through October 2. On August 15, 2022, Walmart reached an exclusive deal with Paramount+ to offer the streaming service as part of its Walmart+ offering. It meant that Walmart+ customers could access the ad-supported plan on Paramount+ at no additional charge. Qantas also announced it had partnered with Paramount ANZ to offer Paramount+ on its in-flight entertainment systems. On June 27, 2023, Showtime's direct-to-consumer service in

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4836-493: The end of 2021. This number increased to 39.6 million as of late March and reached to 43.4 million by September. In November 2015, it was announced that CBS All Access would expand into original programming, announcing plans for a new Star Trek television series produced by Alex Kurtzman to premiere in 2017. The series would be the first television series in the franchise since Star Trek: Enterprise (which ran from 2001 to 2005 on former corporate sibling UPN ). The series

4929-416: The first quarter. This brought the total number of global subscribers for ViacomCBS streaming platforms (Paramount+, Showtime, BET+) to 36 million. Out of the 36 million subscribers, a majority of these subscribers are subscribed to Paramount+; however, the exact number of subscribers were not released. On February 15, 2022, Paramount announced that 32.8 million subscribers have signed up for Paramount+ as of

5022-411: The intention of expanding local programming, including live sports, as well as programming from other Paramount properties. Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery (the latter being Time Warner's successor) sold a majority stake in The CW to Nexstar Media Group on October 3, 2022; as part of the deal, CBS was given the right to end its CW affiliations. However, WKBD-TV in Detroit would subsequently sign

5115-779: The merger of Viacom and CBS Corporation , Viacom's Paramount Stations Group were combined with CBS's owned-and-operated stations division to form the Viacom Television Stations Group . At the time, Viacom owned the UPN network and the Paramount Stations Group controlled UPN's owned-and-operated stations. The merger created duopolies between CBS and UPN stations in Philadelphia (KYW-TV and WPSG ), Boston (WBZ-TV and WSBK-TV ), Miami (WFOR and WBFS-TV ), Dallas–Fort Worth (KTVT and KTXA ), Detroit (WWJ-TV and WKBD-TV ) and Pittsburgh (KDKA-TV and WNPA ). Viacom had also exercised

5208-549: The network, Tribune Media agreed to divest its ownership interest in The WB (a move it made partly to avoid shouldering shutdown costs for The WB). and did not acquire an equity stake in The CW. In 2007, CBS-owned-and-operated WFRV-TV in Green Bay and its satellite WJMN-TV in Escanaba, Michigan, were sold to Liberty Media . That same year, Cerberus Capital Management formed the holding company Four Points Media Group to serve as

5301-511: The network. The Westinghouse Electric Corporation 's purchase of CBS in 1995 then merged the network's owned-and-operated stations with those of Westinghouse Broadcasting (Group W). With the subsequent 2000 merger with Viacom , the CBS-owned stations were combined with Viacom's Paramount Stations Group to form the Viacom Television Stations Group . The group was then renamed CBS Television Stations in 2006, and later CBS News and Stations in 2021. CBS's involvement in television dates back to

5394-516: The new Star Trek television series Star Trek: Discovery . Content from Comedy Central , MTV , Nickelodeon , and other Viacom brands was subsequently included, and in 2021, the service was rebranded as Paramount+, taking its name from the Paramount Pictures film studio and becoming a companion to other Paramount brands, mainly CBS, Nickelodeon, and Paramount Pictures. It expanded into Australia, Latin America, and Europe. CBS All Access

5487-600: The new name. On January 19, 2021, it was announced that Paramount+ would launch on March 4, 2021, with information being released on February 24, 2021, during an investor event. The company announced that no updates will be provided for apps on second or third generation Apple TV once the service relaunches. ViacomCBS announced during their investor event on February 24 that Paramount+ would premiere new 2021 theatrical releases from Paramount Pictures (such as A Quiet Place Part II and Snake Eyes ) 45 days after their theatrical release, PAW Patrol: The Movie and Clifford

5580-567: The new service to users of these other services. ViacomCBS partially outlined these plans in a corporate earnings call on February 20, 2020, stating that the expanded All Access service would take a "house of brands" approach to content and serve as a mid-tier offering complementing Pluto TV (which would remain a free service) and the Showtime OTT service by "adding a broad pay offering, built on All Access's foundation." The expanded service will include content from MTV , VH1 , Nickelodeon , Comedy Central , BET , and Smithsonian Channel , as well as

5673-439: The official wireless sponsor of the league. In the 2018 NFL season , a new agreement with Verizon ending that exclusivity began to allow CBS All Access to stream games to all mobile devices; Super Bowl games run on CBS All Access without the need for any authentication. As of February 2017, the service had nearly 1.5 million subscribers. In August of the same year, CBS unveiled plans to expand CBS All Access to markets outside

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5766-426: The opening of experimental station W2XAB in New York City on July 21, 1931. On June 24, 1941, W2XAB received a commercial construction permit and program authorization as WCBW. Later renamed WCBS-TV , it would ultimately be the only station (as of 2020 ) originally built and signed on by CBS. The rest of the stations would be acquired by CBS, either in an ownership stake or outright purchase. In 1950, when rival NBC

5859-431: The other networks, Westinghouse agreed to affiliate its entire television unit with CBS. Among the Group W stations, KPIX in San Francisco and KDKA-TV in Pittsburgh were already CBS affiliates, while WJZ-TV in Baltimore and WBZ-TV in Boston switched from ABC and NBC, respectively. This affiliation pact displaced existing CBS-owned WCAU-TV ; after NBC prevailed in a bidding war for the station, NBC agreed to sell to

5952-551: The pre-1973 NBC and ABC libraries to subscribers of the service. Paramount+ also carries behind-the-scenes features from CBS programs and special events, and (beginning with the 17th season in June 2015) live feeds and special content from the reality series Big Brother . However, with Warner Bros. licensing its content from its television and film library (even including a few HBO series) to Paramount+ in select regions like Australia, The Big Bang Theory would soon be made available for streaming on Paramount+. In mid-April 2017,

6045-455: The renewal of Comedy Central animated series South Park through 2027, it was announced that series creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone would produce 14 movie-length South Park specials for Paramount+, with two premiering annually from 2021 through 2027. Streaming rights to the South Park series proper are owned by Max through 2025, after which streaming rights for new episodes will move to Paramount+ beginning in 2024 (season 27), and

6138-427: The rights early for its remaining seasons. On August 19, 2022, UEFA extended the deal until 2030. The service has picked up other domestic and international soccer events as well, including the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), CONCACAF Nations League , Women's Nations League , and 2022 CONCACAF Women's Championship , the Argentine Primera División , Brazilian Série A , and Italy's Serie A . As part of

6231-412: The sale on January 31, 2012, and CBS took control of the station on March 30. WLNY suspended its own news operations the previous day and began airing WCBS-TV produced newscasts on July 2, 2012. On October 21, 2014, CBS and Weigel Broadcasting announced the launch of a new digital subchannel service called Decades , scheduled to launch on all CBS owned and operated stations in May 2015. The channel

6324-445: The second half of the year was made in early 2022. in late 2022, Paramount+ announced that the streaming service will be launched in France and French-speaking Switzerland on December 1, followed by its arrival in Germany, Austria and German-speaking Switzerland on December 8. Paramount+ was replaced in the Nordics by SkyShowtime , a joint venture with Comcast that also includes Sky Studios and NBCUniversal content. SkyShowtime

6417-511: The second time , forming ViacomCBS (now Paramount Global ), on December 4, 2019. In January 2021, it was reported that Dunn and Friend had been placed on administrative leave, following allegations of racist and sexist conduct. On April 15, 2021, CBS Television Stations and CBS News announced that their respective divisions would merge into one entity. It was also announced that Neeraj Khemlani  (former Executive Vice President of Hearst Newspapers ) and Wendy McMahon (former President of

6510-411: The series library in 2025. In May 2022, Paramount announced that Paramount+ was planned to commission 150 international originals by 2025, including several from Latin America (mainly Mexico) and European territories (including France, Italy and Spain). Paramount+ also carries sports programming, in conjunction with CBS Sports . In November 2019, CBS announced that it had acquired streaming rights in

6603-417: The service allows live programming streams of local CBS affiliates in 194 markets reaching 92% of the United States (including stations owned by Sinclair Broadcast Group , Hearst Television , Tegna Media , Nexstar Media Group , Meredith Corporation , Griffin Media , Gray Television , Weigel Broadcasting , and Cox Media Group and the launch group of CBS Television Stations ), including SEC sports and

6696-527: The service among other titles). The relaunch occurred as announced on March 4, 2021, with additional streaming content being launched and further rebranding efforts taking place at that time. In August 2021, it was announced that Paramount+ would be shut down in Nordic Europe in 2022 in favor of SkyShowtime, a joint venture with Comcast -owned Sky Group that would also include content from Showtime, Sky Studios , and NBCUniversal . In September 2021, it

6789-410: The service in 2021. With the expansion, it was also announced that the service would rebrand in early-2021 to separate itself from CBS's platforms, and that there were plans to add multiple user profiles and parental controls later in 2020. On September 15, 2020, it was announced that CBS All Access would rebrand as Paramount+ in 2021, and that it planned to perform more international expansion under

6882-889: The service's rebranding as Paramount+, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run and spin-off series Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years debuted in March 2021. Sponge on the Run was also made available to rent on demand on the same day. ViacomCBS announced planned original series such as the true crime series The Real Criminal Minds , a revival of Behind the Music , a revival of the BET series The Game , Taylor Sheridan 's Lioness , and The Offer —a drama based on Albert S. Ruddy 's experiences filming The Godfather . It later announced plans to produce continuations, revivals, and reboots of other properties, including Frasier , iCarly , Reno 911! , and

6975-737: The service, named 10 All Access , on December 4, 2018. In August 2020, ViacomCBS announced plans to launch an expanded international streaming service using the CBS All Access technical architecture, but under the new Paramount+ name (revealed in September) in 2021; the Paramount+ name would also be applied to the American replacement to CBS All Access. The service features original programming from CBS All Access as well as Showtime , plus additional programming including Paramount Pictures films which may vary by market. The service would initially launch in

7068-437: The service, starting with more than 100 from Paramount Pictures, and ViacomCBS announced that CBS All Access will expand internationally within twelve months. On July 30, 2020, CBS All Access added several shows from ViacomCBS Domestic Media Networks , introduced a new user interface with "hubs" for different brands, and revealed that Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (previously planned to air on Nickelodeon) would debut on

7161-618: The show's creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone extending their deals with Paramount Global in August 2021; the streaming acquisition of the series will also include the rights to all 310 episodes beginning in 2022 in other countries and in 2025 in the United States. CBS's Christmas specials are not available on Paramount+. CBS All Access was first launched in the United States on October 27, 2014. The service would receive its first International expansion on April 23, 2018, when CBS All Access expanded to Canada. Australia received its own version of

7254-621: The show's distributor), as well as a wide selection of episodes of classic series from the CBS Media Ventures program library – including shows previously owned by the original Paramount Television made for both CBS and other networks prior to CBS's acquisition of its program library through the CBS-Viacom split (including the complete episode catalog of shows like Star Trek , Cheers , MacGyver , Twin Peaks and CSI: Miami ), along with

7347-535: The station. Station manager Peter Dunn was named CBS Television Stations President in November 2009. Station creative services director Bruce Erik Brauer was named in June 2010 senior vice president of creative services for the group. WCBS news director David Friend became the group's senior vice president of news in August 2010. On June 14, 2010, Local TV , owner of CBS affiliate WTKR , acquired The CW affiliate WGNT from CBS Television Stations to create its own duopoly in

7440-489: The syndicator or infomercial producer. By the very nature of its being live, streaming of a local affiliate does include all advertising, even with the commercial-free plan. On December 1, 2016, CBS announced an agreement with the NFL to allow clearance of regional NFL games carried by CBS on CBS All Access from Week 13 of the 2016 NFL season on. At the time, the games were blacked out on non– Verizon Wireless mobile devices due to that provider's exclusivity agreement as

7533-463: The trade ended up being reversed in 1965 by order of the FCC and the Department of Justice after an eight-year investigation. Had CBS not been able to affiliate with KDKA-TV, it would have affiliated with eventual NBC affiliate WIIC-TV (now WPXI ) once it signed on in 1957 instead. This coup would eventually lead to a much stronger relationship between Westinghouse and CBS. CBS was a central player in

7626-466: The western half of the country starting on September 7, and Tom Canedo, who immediately began overseeing the eight CBS-owned CW affiliates. In the fall of 2022, WSBK-TV and WBFS-TV returned to independence, ending the only affiliations of MyNetworkTV carried by any Paramount station. On May 5, 2023, CBS announced that its eight CW affiliates would drop the network and become independent in September, with

7719-491: Was announced that Paramount+ would be the new streaming home for South Park in the United States beginning with season 27 in 2024, after HBO Max 's deal to the show will expire in 2025 in the United States and its separate international deal with Netflix has also expired in 2022, with all current seasons of South Park rolling out onto the service in countries where it is available, with new episodes premiering on Paramount+ in those regions. This comes just seven months after

7812-464: Was announced that Showtime's direct-to-consumer service would be offered as part of a bundle with Paramount+. Showtime content would still be accessed via the Showtime app and website, but plans were announced for Showtime content to be accessible within the Paramount+ apps for its DTC subscribers later in 2022. The change was implemented in August 2022, with subscribers on both services able to upgrade to

7905-726: Was announced that a streaming spin-off season of CBS reality series Big Brother was being planned for CBS All Access. The season, Big Brother: Over the Top , premiered in September 2016. Further Star Trek television series were announced for CBS All Access as well: in February 2019, CBS All Access announced what would become Star Trek: Picard , focusing on the Star Trek: The Next Generation series' captain, which premiered in January 2020. The adult animation series Star Trek: Lower Decks premiered in August 2020. With

7998-510: Was dominant in television and black and white transmission was widespread, CBS began to buy or build their own stations (outside of New York City) in Los Angeles , Chicago , and other major cities. Up to that point, CBS programming was seen on such stations as KTTV in Los Angeles, in which CBS – as a bit of insurance and to guarantee program clearance in that market – quickly purchased

8091-457: Was later announced as Star Trek: Discovery . In May 2016, it was announced that The Good Wife would get a spin-off featuring Christine Baranski 's character Diane Lockhart ; The Good Fight launched with a CBS broadcast premiere in February 2017, with the remaining nine episodes exclusive to CBS All Access. This became the first original drama on the platform, ahead of the delayed launch of Star Trek: Discovery . In August 2016, it

8184-551: Was launched on October 28, 2014, priced at US$ 5.99 per month with advertising and $ 9.99 per month without. Announced on October 16, 2014, as the first over-the-top (OTT) offering by an American broadcast television network, the service initially encompassed the network's existing streaming portal at CBS.com and its mobile app for smartphones and tablet computers; CBS All Access became available on Roku on April 7, 2015, and on Chromecast on May 14, 2015. In addition to providing full-length episodes of past and present CBS programs,

8277-401: Was made available outside the United States for the first time when it was launched in Canada. The service launched in Australia in December 2018 as 10 All Access. It operated alongside 10's free catch up and live streaming service 10 Play and contains a mixture of Network 10 and CBS programming. CBS shows are made available on All Access prior to being broadcast on 10's channels. 10 All Access

8370-701: Was named as the Executive Vice President and General Manager of CBS Local Digital Media, responsible for all digital and streaming initiatives of the CBS Television Stations. On August 1, 2018, CBS Television Stations and CBS Interactive announced plans to launch CBSN Local , a group of streaming local news channels, led by Wiener, to be distributed through the existing national CBSN service. The first of these services, CBSN New York, launched on December 13, 2018, with Los Angeles following in June 2019. Eleven other markets launched, most recently CBS News Miami in January 2022. CBS and Viacom then merged for

8463-475: Was not viable for broadcasting at the time (due to the fact that most television sets of the time were not equipped with UHF tuners), CBS decided to sell those stations off and affiliate with VHF stations WITI and WTIC-TV (now WFSB ). More long-term, CBS bought stations in Philadelphia ( WCAU , now owned by NBC) and St. Louis (KMOX-TV, now KMOV ), but would eventually sell these stations off as well; before buying KMOX-TV, CBS had attempted to purchase and sign on

8556-659: Was sold to Belo Corporation , owners of CBS affiliate WWL-TV in New Orleans, after Belo turned down Viacom's offer to purchase WWL. On February 10, 2005, UPN-owned stations WNDY-TV in Indianapolis and WWHO in Columbus, Ohio, were sold to the LIN TV Corporation , owners of then-CBS Indianapolis affiliate WISH-TV . Later on November 4, 2005, The New York Times Company bought UPN-owned-and-operated station KAUT-TV to create

8649-475: Was subsequently launched throughout many European countries over the course of late 2022 and early 2023, not including territories where Sky operates as a pay TV provider or France. The service is scheduled to be launched in Japan from November 15, 2023, in partnership with the cable television J:COM and Wowow , as part of their video streaming services, under a similar agreement to that of the South Korea. However,

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