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===Background=== | ===Background=== | ||
'''CBS Broadcast International''' was the worldwide syndication unit of CBS, Inc. Previously, the CBS library was distributed by [[Viacom Productions]], a company spun off from CBS due to the "Fin-Syn laws", which only applied in the United States and their territories. On August 10, 2004, Viacom, Inc. merged CBS Broadcast International with [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount International Television]] to form [[CBS Paramount International Television]] (later [[CBS Studios International]]). | '''CBS Broadcast International''' was the worldwide syndication unit of CBS, Inc., launched in 1981 to sell news, sports and entertainment programming produced in-house to foreign markets as well as non-broadcast and new technology markets in the United States. Previously, the CBS library was distributed by [[Viacom Productions]], a company spun off from CBS due to the "Fin-Syn laws", which only applied in the United States and their territories. | ||
On December 17, 1984, it was merged with the CBS Worldwide Enterprises branch along with [[CBS Theatrical Films]] to form [[CBS Productions]], which co-existed with, but was unrelated to, what was then CBS Entertainment Productions.<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/84-OCR/BC-1984-12-17-OCR-Page-0080.pdf</ref>. The following year, CBS Theatrical Films was shuttered,<ref>https://articles.orlandosentinel.com/1985-11-23/lifestyle/0340460063_1_movie-business-theatrical-films-abc-motion</ref> and CBS Broadcast International spun-out from the production unit.<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/86-OCR/BC-1986-02-24-OCR-Page-0097.pdf</ref> The newly-restored CBS Broadcast International produced syndicated episodes of a revival of ''The Twilight Show'' (which would later be dubbed ''The New Twilight Zone'') in 1985. Two years later, it signed a partnership agreement with [[MGM Television|MGM/UA Telecommunications]] to syndicate its episodes from both seasons with a third season of 30 new first-run episodes to form a 90-episode syndication package.<ref>CBS B'cast, MGM/UA Enter 'Twilight Zone' Worldwide Morrie Gelman, September 2, 1987. ''Variety''. Pages 53 & 66.</ref> | |||
On October 28, 1987, CBS Broadcast International announced that it had acquired television and ancillary-market rights to four Academy Award-winning films produced by Arthur Cohn: ''Dangerous Moves'', ''Black and White in Color'', ''The Garden of the Finzi Continis'' and ''The Sky Above, The Mud Below''.<ref>CBS B'cast Intl. Buys Cohn Rights; 'Rather' To TMC, October 28, 1987. ''Variety''. Page 68.</ref> It also announced plans to pick up the bulletins of the ''CBS Evening News'', then anchored by Dan Rather, and place them on international channel Tele Monte Carlo on a tape-delayed basis,<ref>CBS B'cast Intl. Buys Cohn Rights; 'Rather' To TMC, October 28, 1987. ''Variety''. Page 68.</ref> and planned to provide the ''CBS Evening News'' bulletins to UK-based [[British Satellite Broadcasting]] in 1988.<ref>https://worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/88-OCR/BC-1988-07-25-OCR-Page-0108.pdf</ref> | |||
In 1997, CBS Broadcast International launched a global programming alliance with Virgin Media Television.<ref>https://variety.com/1997/tv/news/eye-on-the-world-111662544/</ref> The following year, the division named Stephanie Pacheco its managing director of international sales.<ref>https://variety.com/1998/biz/news/exec-shuffle-409-1117488612/</ref> | |||
On August 10, 2004, Viacom, Inc. merged CBS Broadcast International with [[Paramount Television (1967-2006)|Paramount International Television]] to form [[CBS Paramount International Television]] (later [[CBS Studios International]]); the new company would be headed by Armando Nuarez Jr.<ref>https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/viacom-will-unite-global-tv-efforts-1117908901/</ref> | |||
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** This is most likely due to the fact that they used international masters (CBS owns the show internationally while SPT has U.S. rights). | ** This is most likely due to the fact that they used international masters (CBS owns the show internationally while SPT has U.S. rights). | ||
* It is also seen at the end of most films in the 1939 ''Sherlock Holmes'' film series on TCM UK. | * It is also seen at the end of most films in the 1939 ''Sherlock Holmes'' film series on TCM UK. | ||
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