8 Facts About CBS

1. Under the agreement, CBS would videotape Presley's concerts during the summer of 1977; the special was filmed during Presley's final tour at stops in Omaha, Nebraska and Rapid City, South Dakota (on June 21 of that year).

2. On July 24, 2013, CBS entered into an agreement with Litton Entertainment to launch a new Saturday morning block featuring live-action reality-based lifestyle, wildlife and sports series.

3. On February 24, 2009, it was announced that CBS renewed its contract with Cookie Jar for another three seasons, running through 2012.

4. In September 1998, CBS began contracting the time period out to other companies to provide programming and material for its Saturday morning schedule.

5. In 1962, CBS launched CBS Records International to market Columbia recordings outside of North America, where the Columbia name was controlled by other entities.

6. In 1949, CBS offered the first live television coverage of the proceedings of the United Nations General Assembly.

7. On October 30, 1938, CBS gained a taste of infamy when The Mercury Theatre on the Air broadcast a radio adaptation of H G Wells's The War of the Worlds, performed by Orson Welles.

8. In 2000, CBS came under the control of Viacom, which was formed as a spin-off of CBS in 1971.