As CBS Paramount Domestic Television On January 17, 2006, CBS Paramount Domestic Television became an interim syndication arm.
As CBS Television Distribution The previous distribution arm of CBS, CBS Paramount Domestic Television, merged with
King World Productions to form CBS Television Distribution on September 26, 2006. It was distributed Paramount movies until May 2009. On January 16, 2007, the studio launched a separate home video division,
CBS Home Entertainment, for release of in-house-made shows on home video which would be distributed through the second incarnation of Viacom via Paramount Home Entertainment (which continues till date). On February 25, 2007, CBS Television Distribution sold shows produced by
Showtime to
its parent subsidiary for self-syndication and broadcast. Later that year on August 18, CBS Television Distribution acquired a 50% stake in online talent search service
Big Shot from Madison Road Entertainment and Maverick Television. On November 20, 2007, CBS Television Distribution began carrying first-run episodes of
Everybody Hates Chris on its-owned stations and those of Fox in 2009, with CBS signing a deal with Nickelodeon on March 2, 2008, to bring reruns of
Everybody Hates Chris to air for cable broadcast on its
Nick at Nite channel. On October 6, 2012, John Nogawski left his role as president of CBS Television Distribution with programming president Aaron Meyerson following in his footsteps a week later. On October 22, 2013, former executive of
Telepictures Productions, Hilary Estey McLoughlin, joined CBS Television Distribution as head of creative affairs. On March 2, 2015, CBS Television Distribution renewed
Judge Judy through to the end of the 2019–20 television season. With a growing international syndication business, CBS sought to split the group. On July 9, 2016, CBS hired former executive vice president and general sales manager for
20th Television's syndication arm and
MyNetworkTV, Paul Franklin, as head of CBS Television Distribution with Nuñez returning to just being president of CBS Studios International. On October 30, 2018, Armando Nuñez was named chief content licensing officer for CBS Corporation, replacing Scott Koondel who stepped down for a production deal with the CBS network, and president and chief executive officer for CBS Global Distribution Group, replacing outgoing executive Paul Franklin, which he added to his presidency at CBS Studios International. On April 3, 2019,
Debmar-Mercury signed an advertising sales deal with CBS Television Distribution as a replacement for 20th Century Fox Television (now
20th Television) which was
acquired by
The Walt Disney Company.
As CBS Media Ventures On January 11, 2021, CBS Television Distribution was renamed "CBS Media Ventures" as part of an ongoing rebranding of all CBS properties; the new name was announced as reflecting businesses beyond syndication, including ad sales and digital content production. In November 2024, CBS Media Ventures was sued by
Sony Pictures Television, alleging that the company was engaging in preferential treatment of CBS-owned programming that prevented it from meeting its obligations to maximize the value of
Wheel of Fortune and
Jeopardy! on the syndication market. The company cited the bundling of lower-rated CBS shows with
Wheel and
Jeopardy! (such as
The Drew Barrymore Show and
Hot Bench), prioritizing the clearance of its wholly owned shows (such as
Entertainment Tonight) on the highest-rated stations in markets at the expense of the game shows, and laying off their dedicated marketing teams during layoffs associated with the CBS/
Viacom merger. Sony argued that the cutbacks had "kneecapped its ability to meet its contractual obligations". Sony Pictures Television announced on February 3, 2025, that the week's episodes would be the last ones it would feed to CBS Media Ventures and that it would begin distributing episodes of those shows directly to affiliates beginning with the week of February 10. CBS sought and received a
restraining order blocking Sony from doing so on February 6. However, on April 10, it was reported that the court had ruled in favor of Sony, thus resulting in CBS losing the distribution rights. CBS then confirmed they would submit an appeal immediately; on May 29, the
California Courts of Appeal ruled that CBS would remain distributor of the two shows while the trial is in progress. On November 7, 2025, Sony and CBS announced that they had reached a settlement; Sony will assume the international distribution rights to
Wheel and
Jeopardy! beginning January 1, 2026, marketing and affiliate relations duties beginning in the 2026–27 season, and fully assume the domestic distribution rights after the 2027–28 season. CBS Media Ventures will, in turn, become the exclusive seller of advertising during the programs through the 2029–30 season. == Current programming ==