Editing CBS (section)

{{Short description|American broadcast television and radio network}}
{{Other uses}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Use American English|date=August 2023}}
{{Infobox television channel
| name = CBS Broadcasting Inc.
| logo = [[File:CBS logo (2020).svg|frameless|upright=1|class=skin-invert]]
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2020{{efn|The eyemark symbol has been in use since October 20, 1951.}}
| type = [[Radio network|Radio]] and [[television broadcaster]]
| country = United States
| area = Worldwide
| affiliates = {{hlist|[[List of CBS television affiliates (by U.S. state)|State]]|[[List of CBS television affiliates (table)|Market]]}}
| headquarters = [[CBS Building]], [[Manhattan]], New York City, United States
| language = English
| picture_format = [[1080i]] [[High-definition television|HDTV]]
| former_names = {{unbulleted list|United Independent Broadcasters, Inc. (1927–1928)|Columbia Phonographic Broadcasting System (1928)|Columbia Broadcasting System, Inc. (1928–1974)|CBS, Inc. (1974–1997)}}
| owner = [[Paramount Global]]
| parent = [[CBS Entertainment Group]]
| key_people = {{plainlist|
* George Cheeks <small>(President and CEO, CBS Entertainment Group)</small>
* Amy Reisenbach <small>(President, CBS Entertainment)</small>
* David Berson <small>(President and CEO, [[CBS Sports]])</small>
}}
| founded = {{Start date and age|1927|09|18|p=y|br=yes}}
| founder = {{unbulleted list|[[Arthur Judson]]|[[William S. Paley]]}}
| launch_date = {{unbulleted list|'''Radio:''' {{Start date|1927|09|18}}|'''Television:''' {{Start date|1941|07|01}}}}
| website = {{url|https://www.cbs.com/|cbs.com}}
| online_serv_1 = Affiliated Streaming Service(s)
| online_chan_1 = [[Paramount+]]<br>[[Pluto TV]]
| online_serv_2 = [[DirecTV Stream]]
| online_chan_2 = Channel 390 (CBS HD [[WCBS-TV|East]])<br>Channel 391 (CBS HD [[KCBS-TV|West]])
| online_serv_3 = Service(s)
| online_chan_3 = [[DirecTV Stream]], [[FuboTV]], [[Hulu + Live TV]], Paramount+, [[YouTube TV]]
}}
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'''CBS Broadcasting Inc.''', commonly shortened to '''CBS''' (an abbreviation of its original name, '''Columbia Broadcasting System'''), is an [[Television in the United States|American]] [[Commercial broadcasting|commercial broadcast]] [[Television broadcaster|television]] and [[radio network]] serving as the [[Flagship (broadcasting)|flagship]] property of the [[CBS Entertainment Group]] division of [[Paramount Global]] and is one of the company's three flagship subsidiaries, along with namesake [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[MTV]].

Founded in 1927, headquartered at the [[CBS Building]] in New York City and being part of the "[[Big Three (American television)|Big Three]]" television networks, CBS has major production facilities and operations at the [[CBS Broadcast Center]] and the headquarters of owner Paramount at [[One Astor Plaza]] (both also in that city) and [[Television City]] and the [[CBS Studio Center]] in Los Angeles. It is sometimes referred to as the '''Eye Network''', after the company's trademark symbol of an eye (which has been in use since October 20, 1951),<ref>{{cite web |title=Slanguage Dictionary: E |url=https://variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#e |website=Variety |access-date=June 2, 2021 |date=February 20, 2013 |archive-date=December 18, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151218071350/https://variety.com/static-pages/slanguage-dictionary/#e |url-status=live }}</ref> and also the '''Tiffany Network''', which alludes to the perceived high quality of its programming during the tenure of [[William S. Paley]] (and can also refer to some of CBS's first demonstrations of [[color television]], which were held in the former [[Tiffany and Company Building]] in New York City in 1950).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Krell |first=David |date=May 10, 2015 |title=The Man Behind the Tiffany Network |url=http://davidkrell.com/david-krell/the-man-behind-the-tiffany-network/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220401112544/http://davidkrell.com/david-krell/the-man-behind-the-tiffany-network/ |archive-date=April 1, 2022 |access-date=September 11, 2023 |website=David Krell }}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Westinghouse Bids for Role In the Remake: CBS Deal Advances TV's Global Reach|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/news/02iht-cbs_0.html|newspaper=[[The New York Times]]|date=August 2, 1995|access-date=March 12, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403105014/http://www.nytimes.com/1995/08/02/news/02iht-cbs_0.html|archive-date=April 3, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>