[opendtv] Re: News: Fox Says Mandated PSAs Would Be Illegal

  • From: Craig Birkmaier <craig@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: opendtv@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 20:55:18 -0500

At 2:09 PM -0800 11/13/07, John Willkie wrote:
I believe that CBS doesn't own Showtime; Viacom spun off CBS several years
back, and unless I missed something, Showtime is a Viacom property, and CBS
TV is a CBS, Inc. property.


Yes, CBS was spun out into a separate business unit ( and stock), because it was dragging down the valuation for the Viacom cable network businesses. But the view from the top is still the same - control of content and distribution across business units.

Regards
Craig


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