• by Karlene Lukovitz  @KLmarketdaily, August 3, 2021

ViacomCBS announced a new multi-year distribution agreement with Cox Communications that includes greater access to ViacomCBS’s streaming services, including Paramount+, Showtime OTT and Pluto TV.

The deal continues Cox’s distribution of ViacomCBS’s broadcast, entertainment, news and sports networks, including BET, CBS Sports Network, CMT, Comedy Central, Logo, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Network, Pop TV, Showtime, Smithsonian Channel, Telefe, TV Land and VH1.

It also includes retransmission consent of CBS broadcast stations in Los Angeles.

“We are pleased to have reached significant agreements with Cox that offer our best-in-class entertainment across broadcast, cable and streaming on behalf of subscribers,” stated Ray Hopkins, president, U.S. networks distribution, ViacomCBS.

Terms were not disclosed.