CBS Inc.

[b]This is a COMPANY and NOT a label[/b]

American multinational media / entertainment (holding) company, officially operating under the name CBS Inc. from 1974. Owner of the trademark (1974-1997). The company was formerly legally known as (In 1997 renamed ).

The company's operations were segregated into three principal divisions (which included subdivisions) -- CBS Broadcast Group, Group and CBS Publishing Group. Principal activities -- broadcasting, production, manufacturing and marketing of recorded music and videos, distributor of video games and computer software, and publishing. As of 1984 the company, through its numerous subsidiaries which formed its three principal divisions, employed over 30,000 people worldwide.

Divisions (and sub divisions)
[b]CBS Broadcast Group[/b]
- CBS Television network, CBS Entertainment, CBS Sports, CBS News, CBS Television stations, CBS Radio, CBS operations and engineering, CBS Productions.

[b]CBS Records Group[/b]
- , , ,

[b]CBS Publishing Group[/b]
- CBS educational and professional, CBS Magazines, CBS software


In 1982 the company established a jointly-owned venture with to form . Worldwide subsidiaries included -- [b]UK[/b] CBS Fox Video (Holdings) Ltd., CBS/Fox Video Ltd. [b]Australia[/b] -- [b]New Zealand[/b] -- , [b]Germany[/b] -- CBS/Fox Video (Germany) GmbH, [b]Canada[/b] CBS/Fox Video (Canada) Ltd. [b]Spain[/b] CBS/Fox Video (Espanola) SA (90%) [b]France[/b] -- CBS/Fox Video French Film Licensing Corp., CBS/Fox Video (France) SA (99%), CBS/Fox Video International SARL (99%), [b]Japan[/b] CBS/Fox Video (Far East) KK.

In 1987 the CBS Records Group division -- worldwide recorded music operations (consolidated under the newly formed holding company ), including the rights to the Columbia, Epic labels etc., were sold by CBS Inc. to the Sony Corporation of Japan. CBS Inc. granted Sony a temporary license to use the CBS brand. Following the acquisition, the holding company CBS Records Inc was subsequently renamed in 1991. In the same year as the Sony acquisition the various worldwide companies that formed part of the CBS Songs division within the CBS Records Group were acquired by , which included the rights (catalogues) to over 250,000 songs (SBK Entertainment World Inc. would subsequently be acquired by Plc. in 1989).

Principal subsidiaries of CBS Inc. as of 1989 (not including indirectly owned local subsidiaries):
[b]Austria[/b] - , Music Service Centre GesmbH (33.3%) [b]Belgium[/b] - [b]Denmark[/b] - , Grammofonselskab Distributions Centralen A/S (25%) [b]France[/b] CBS International SA, (86%), Gilda SARL [b]Finland[/b] - , OY (33%) [b]Germany[/b] - [b]Greece[/b] [b]Italy[/b] - [b]Netherlands[/b] - , Funckler BV () [b]Norway[/b] - [b]Portugal[/b] - [b]Spain[/b] [b]Sweden[/b] - [b]Switzerland[/b] - CBS Columbia AG [b]UK[/b] - CBS Records International Ltd., () [b]USA[/b] CBS/Sony California, Inc [b]Canada[/b] - CBS Broadcast International of Canada Ltd., , [b]Mexico[/b] - [b]Argentina[/b] - [b]Brazil[/b] - [b]Costa Rica[/b] [b]Chile[/b] - [b]Columbia[/b] - [b]El Salvador[/b] - Distribuidora Salvadorena De Discos SA [b]Panama[/b] - Distribuidora Panamena De Discos SA [b]Guatemala[/b] - Distribuidora Guatemalteca De Discos SA [b]Venezuela[/b] - [b]Peru[/b] - [b]Australia[/b] - CBS Australia Pty Ltd, , , (50%) [b]Japan[/b] - (50%), , April music, Inc., , CBS/Sony Publishing Inc,, , , Japan Record Distribution System Inc.(50%), Music Plaza Inc [b]Hong Kong[/b] - (51%) [b]Singapore[/b] - [b]Thailand[/b] CBS Epic (Thailand) Ltd. (60%), CBS Music (Thailand) Ltd. (60%) [b]Malaysia[/b] - [b]India[/b] (40%) [b]Israel[/b] - [b]Nigeria[/b] - (60%) [b]Kenya[/b] -

In 1997 the company was renamed , which as of 2017 remains the registered owner of the trademark.

Also credited as [b]CBS Inc[/b] and [b]CBS, Inc.[/b]
Consider also , if credited that way.