CBS Television Distribution is a United States and Global television distribution company, a merger of CBS Corporation's three television distribution arms CBS Paramount Domestic Television, CBS Paramount International Television, and King World Productions. The division, the main distribution arm of CBS Paramount Television, was formed on September 26, 2006 by CBS Corporation and was headed by Roger King, who was CEO for King World. King died on December 8, 2007 after suffering a stroke in his home the previous day.
The company handles distribution rights to acquired series from Desilu, Paramount Television, Viacom Productions and Enterprises, Republic Pictures Television, Big Ticket Television, CBS Productions, Spelling Television, King World, DreamWorks Television (after Viacom acquired DreamWorks), Group W Productions, and its own first-run syndication and off-network series. CBS also handles TV rights to much of its own theatrical and made-for-television movies as well as the film libraries from Paramount Pictures, DreamWorks, and Republic Pictures, among others. The company is also responsible for international television distribuiton rights to those by Rysher Entertainment (owned domestically by 2929 Entertainment) and certain HBO series.
This would make the 6th distribution name for CBS as CBS Films was the first, CBS Broadcast International as the 2nd, Eyemark Entertainment as the 3rd, CBS Paramount International Television as the 4th, and CBS Paramount Domestic Television as the 5th.
