Verizon, CBS Sign Retrans Deal

VERIZON, CBS SIGN RETRANS DEAL
[SOURCE: Broadcasting&Cable, AUTHOR: John Eggerton]
Verizon and CBS have struck a retransmission-consent deal that includes analog TV-station carriage, digital multicast channels, HDTV, and video on demand (VOD) --both network and local VOD content, primarily news. Getting VOD play on the telco's FiOS video system will be CSI, Survivor and NCIS, among other shows. The VOD will be available for no extra cost above FiOS service. Verizon had already been carrying the CBS stations per a "special" agreement. When Verizon launched its video service, it made a deal with CBS to carry its stations in the markets where it was launching. Leslie Moonves, President and CEO, CBS, had told analysts in late February to look for a big retransmission-consent deal in the near future. This appears to have been it.
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