And don't forget that Viacom, after shunting off Showtime to CBS, started a direct competitor to Showtime (Epix) and took away from SHO their only major studio contract for theatricals (Paramount).
Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Fri, Jul 29, 2016 at 8:36 AM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV < tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Yeah, this complicated relationship can be felt when looking at Star Trek, > which was split between CBS (everything but film) and Paramount (film > library and the new films). You can argue that CBS has not been as > supportive of the new films as it is the other parts of Trek, and the > rollout of the new television show may bear that out. > David > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "d...@flids.net" <d...@flids.net> > *To:* tvornottv@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, July 29, 2016 9:24 AM > *Subject:* RE: [TV orNotTV] Re: LS vowel movement > > Well, it's complicated, but the easiest answer is they're separate > companies that are *controlled* (as opposed to "wholly owned") by National > Amusements, which is Summer Redstone's holding company. I imagine > shareholders of Viacom who aren't also shareholders of CBS would be very > interested in their content being given away gratis to a competitor. > > Doug Fields > Tampa, FL > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [TV orNotTV] Re: LS vowel movement > From: JW <redbu...@gmail.com> > Date: Fri, July 29, 2016 6:05 am > To: tvornottv <tvornottv@googlegroups.com> > > What am I missing here? Aren't Viacom and CBS parts of the same corporate > structure? Why would Comedy Central care about Colbert-specific content > going to CBS? > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- > -- > TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "TV or Not TV" group. > To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
