Streaming & OTT

With Viacom-CBS Reunion, a Formidable Streaming Force Emerges

Deal combines companies' considerable AVOD and SVOD offerings

cbs-viacom-merger-menu-CONTENT-2019 — Despite its smaller size compared to rivals, the newly formed ViacomCBS has a head start on streaming.Illustration: Trent Joaquin; Sources: Viacom, CBS

August 14, 2019

After a summer of negotiations, CBS Corp. and Viacom on Tuesday announced an all-stock merger of the two companies, creating a media behemoth that will boast $28 billion in revenue and 4.3 billion cumulative TV subscribers around the globe.

Kelsey Sutton

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Kelsey Sutton is the streaming editor at Adweek, where she covers the business of streaming television.

Streaming & OTT

With Viacom-CBS Reunion, a Formidable Streaming Force Emerges

Deal combines companies' considerable AVOD and SVOD offerings

Kelsey Sutton

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