{"id":4395,"date":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/2012\/08\/03\/cbs-posts-increase-in-q2-earnings\/"},"modified":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2012-08-03T00:00:00","slug":"cbs-posts-increase-in-q2-earnings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvusa\/cbs-posts-increase-in-q2-earnings\/","title":{"rendered":"CBS Posts Increase in Q2 Earnings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">NEW YORK: Net income was up 8 percent at CBS Corporation in its second quarter to $427 million, though revenue did slip. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Q2 revenue came in at $3.48 billion compared with the year ago&#8217;s $3.59 billion. CBS attributed the performance to two key factors: the company&#8217;s initial multi-year digital streaming agreement&mdash;under which dozens of the company&#8217;s library titles were first made available for streaming&mdash;and the semifinals of the NCAA Division I Men&#8217;s Basketball Championship, which aired during the first quarter of 2012. Some of the impact was offset by gains in high-margin affiliate and subscription fee revenues. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">Entertainment revenues dipped 7 percent to $1.71 billion. Revenue at the cable networks was up, increasing 8 percent to $446 million. There were small gains in publishing (3 percent) and local broadcasting (2 percent), and outdoor took a slight hit (down 2 percent). <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;CBS&rsquo;s content continues to fuel the success of this great company,&rdquo; said Sumner Redstone, executive chairman of CBS Corporation. &ldquo;In a world where great programming commands premium pricing, we continue to hit on all cylinders. I am extremely pleased with our terrific second-quarter results, and I am confident that Leslie and his management team will build on our momentum in the quarters and years to come.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&ldquo;Our record second-quarter results reflect CBS&rsquo;s underlying strength and the ongoing evolution of our business to encompass multiple sources of growing and recurring high-margin revenue,&rdquo; added Leslie Moonves, the president and CEO of CBS Corporation. &ldquo;The good news is, there&rsquo;s so much more to come, and there are several important events just ahead. The U.S. presidential election will be a major factor in our second half results, and the London Olympics will give a considerable lift to our outdoor business. And as we head into 2013, we will benefit from the Super Bowl, CBS&rsquo;s success in the upfront marketplace, as well as from a number of hit shows that will be sold into syndication. Plus, we are containing our costs and reducing our interest expense, and as a sign of the confidence we have in our future, we recently announced a significant increase in the amount of capital we are returning to our shareholders both through our ongoing dividend and accelerated share buyback program. For all of these reasons, we&rsquo;re confident 2012 will be a record year, and we will produce exceptional results in 2013 and beyond as well.&rdquo;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NEW YORK: Net income was up 8 percent at CBS Corporation in its second quarter to $427 million, though revenue did slip. Q2 revenue came in at $3.48 billion compared with the year ago&#8217;s $3.59 billion. CBS attributed the performance to two key factors: the company&#8217;s initial multi-year digital streaming agreement&mdash;under which dozens of the &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4395","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>CBS Posts Increase in Q2 Earnings<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"CBS Posts Increase in Q2 Earnings. NEW YORK, August 3: Net income was up 8 percent at CBS Corporation in its second quarter to $427 million, though revenue did slip. . 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