CBS Affiliate Board Approves New Virtual MVPD Deal With Paramount, Potentially Ending Impasse With FuboTV

The CBS affiliate board has endorsed a new carriage proposal from Paramount Global that will keep affiliated stations’ feeds on Paramount Plus, Hulu Plus Live TV and YouTube TV and return them to FuboTV. Affiliates were informed of the new agreement in principle Friday morning, according to a station executive. The proposed deal could head off a period in which relations between networks and affiliates could have turned stormy.

NAB 2014

CBS, ABC Affiliates Hear From Nets, NAB

The affiliate groups of both networks get updates on programming, TV Everywhere, sales and legal issues during annual meetings held in Las Vegas during the NAB Show.