APEX Award for Publishing Excellence
Vol. 14, No. 727, Wednesday, August 15, 2012
Dick Wien, Editor / 212-975-5607 / [email protected]
CBS STUDIOS INTERNATIONAL
EXPANDS FOOTPRINT
CBS AND CHELLOMEDIA EXPAND PARTNERSHIP FOR INTERNATIONAL TELEVISION CHANNELS
On August 1, CBS Studios
International and international content company Chellomedia
announced an agreement to create
CBS-branded channels in 83 territories across Europe, the Middle East
and Africa. The outlets will be created
from the existing stable of channels
from Chellomedia's international
broadcaster division, Chello Zone.
This new partnership expands on a
successful U.K. venture for CBSbranded channels that the companies
launched in November 2009.
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Blue areas are the territories covered as part of the new joint venture with Chellomedia.
CBS/CHELLO ZONE, continued from page 1)
"This is
another
terrific
international
business
opportunity using
CBS's
wealth of
content and globally recognized brand for equity
in an exciting growth
venture. It opens yet
another new international distribution outlet for
our vast programming
library, provides another
way to monetize our
content and complements our strong ongoing licensing of programming around the world.
The team at Chello have
been outstanding partners, matching their
considerable channel
expertise with our worldclass content. We look
forward to this new and
bigger chapter of a great
partnership."
Similar to the U.K. venture,
Chello Zone channels will
be rebranded and reprogrammed as CBS Reality,
CBS Drama and CBS
Action. Each of these
channels has a unique
single -- or multi-territory -footprint, with a collective
reach of 43 million subscribers throughout 83
territories.
The new CBS Chello Zone
channels will be programmed with worldfamous titles and hit franchises from CBS's vast
television library - the
largest in the world, with
more than 70,000 hours of
drama, reality and long-- CBS Studios
International President
form content. In addition,
Armando Nuñez
the channels will also continue to acquire programming from third-party suppliers. CBS will receive a 30%
stake in the channels, contributing its programming and
globally recognized trademark.
The CBS Chello Zone channels in the U.K. have grown
impressively since the rebranding in 2009. Viewership for
the CBS-branded channels has increased by more than
130%. (Source: November 2009 vs. June 2012 consolidated, BARB.) CBS international channel ventures in the
U.K., India, Australia and the new 83 territories now
reach a combined 105 million households.
3RD ANNUAL EYE ON THE ENVIRONMENT
NETWORKING EVENT HELD
GREEN NETWORKING: (From l-r): Mike Smyklo,
Vice President, Strategic Sourcing; Nina Tassler,
President CBS Entertainment; Tom Hogan, Senior
Vice President Strategic Sourcing, and Donna
Osiri, Director Strategic Sourcing.
Recently, CBS Strategic Sourcing and CBS Studio Center
hosted the 3rd Annual Eye on the Environment Networking
Event at CBS Studio Center in Studio City, CA. The event
was keynoted by CBS Entertainment President Nina Tassler,
who stated, "This is such an important opportunity for everyone in attendance at today's event. It is these interactions,
such as those that will take place right here today, which will
result in the sustainability initiatives we have been discussing
today and in the years to come."
This year, 62 exhibitors and more than 400 attendees from
CBS and other studios were in attendance to learn about sustainable products and services that could be utilized in our
everyday business. Event highlights included exhibits displaying Alternate Energy Initiatives, Green Travel, Recycling,
Sustainable Lumber, Printing and Paper Suppliers.
Tom Hogan, Senior Vice President, CBS Strategic Sourcing,
emceed the event, which also featured remarks from Donna
EYE ON PEOPLE
Osiri, Director, CBS Strategic Sourcing, as well as a discussion panel on Energy-Efficient Commercial and Production
CBS SPORTS GETS GOTTLIEB: Sportscaster Doug
Gottlieb of ESPN has signed a multi-year deal to contribute across CBS Sports broadcast and online
Lighting.
To watch a video click through the photo or go to
http://youtu.be/6N7TyEgw9eg
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IN THE CAMERA EYE
Recently about 20 members of the CBS Information Solutions and Technology department (IS&T), led by
Senior VP and Chief Technology Officer Doug Rousso (7th from left, with shovel), donated their time (and
muscles) to help improve Staten Island, NY's Clay Pit Ponds State Park Interpretive Center. which offers a
wide variety of programs for local schools and the general public. This was the third IS&T community outreach event this year and follows a very successful function last quarter at a Bronx soup kitchen. IS&T
recently sponsored a food drive that raised approximately $1,700 and collected over 740 pounds of food.
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properties. For CBS Sports, he
will serve as studio and game analyst for coverage of regular-season
college basketball and the
Network's joint coverage with
Turner Sports of the NCAA
Division I Men's Basketball
Championship. For CBS Sports
Doug Gottlieb
Network, Gottlieb will host a new
show airing weekdays this fall and
will be an analyst for regular season college basketball.
Also, he will be an exclusive contributor to CBS Sports
Radio Network, where he is the first of many prominent
personalities that will be added to the on-air lineup.
Three-time Emmy Award winner Paul Deanno has been
named Chief Meteorologist for CBS 5/The CW 44 Cable
12 (KPIX/KBCW TV) San Francisco, effective August 30.
He comes to the Bay Area from KOMO-TV (ABC)
Seattle where he was a meteorologist for the past three
years. Prior to that, he was Chief Meteorologist at
WTVJ-TV (NBC) Miami, and meteorologist at KYW-TV
(CBS) Philadelphia and at CBS
affiliate KENS-TV San Antonio.
Deanno is the first broadcast
meteorologist to have filled in
on both “The Today Show” and
“Good Morning America. He
Paul Deanno
has also provided severe
weather coverage for MSNBC,
CNN, The Weather Channel and NBC Nightly News.
WFOR-TV/CBS4 Miami has
announced that Josh Benson will
be the station’s new weekday
morning co-anchor. Benson, most
recently the evening news anchor
Josh Benson
on WFTV-TV Orlando (ABC), joins
co-anchor Rhiannon Ally on
CBS4 from 5:00 – 7:00 AM, starting Monday, August 27.
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PENNSYLVANIA 911 SUPERVISOR WINS
CBS CARES COLONOSCOPY SWEEPSTAKES
Anthony Matuszky (l), the
winner of the 2012 CBS
Cares Colonoscopy
Sweepstakes, meets with
leading gastroenterologist
and colon cancer expert
Paul Miskovitz, M.D. of
New York-Presbyterian
Hospital/Weill Cornell
Medical Center prior to
claiming his grand prize –
a colonoscopy performed
by Dr. Miskovitz.
Matuszky, who was randomly selected from nearly 70,000
other sweepstakes entrants, hails from Latrobe, PA and is a
PUBLISHING
COMING SOON: On September 11
Simon & Schuster will publish Pulitzer
Prize-winning and Washington insider
Bob Woodward's newest book, THE
PRICE OF POLITICS. Based on 18
months of reporting, the book provides
an intimate, documented examination of
how President Obama and the highestprofile Republican and Democratic leaders in the United States Congress
attempted to restore the American economy and improve the federal government’s fiscal condition. Providing verbatim, day-by-day, even hour-by-hour accounts, the book
shows what really happened behind the scenes. THE
PRICE OF POLITICS is Woodward’s 17th book, all of
which have been published by Simon & Schuster.
26-year-veteran of the Westmoreland County Department of
Public Safety, where he works as a 911 Supervisor. As part
of the grand prize, Matuszky won a three night trip for two to
New York City.
In January, CBS Cares and NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital
joined forces to increase awareness for colon cancer and promote early screenings that can help save lives by launching
the second CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes. The
PSAs featured colon cancer survivor Sharon Osbourne, host
of THE TALK and her husband, rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
The sweepstakes continues the multi-award-winning tradition
at CBS Cares of effectively using humor to connect with viewers on serious health issues, a strategy developed in close
consultation with medical experts who believe that health
messages on important topics need to engage viewers in
more innovative ways.
For more information on CBS Cares go to www.cbscares.tv
S&S imprint Threshold Editions will publish on Nov. 12,
2012, PROVEN HEROES, a story of political intrigue and
espionage from Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North,
USMC (Ret.) -- The NewYork Times #1 bestselling
author, combat decorated U.S. Marine, syndicated
columnist and Fox News Channel host. PROVEN
HEROES is the first of three books Threshold will publish
with North.
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