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===United Kingdom=== On September 14, 2009, the international arm of CBS, [[CBS Studios International]], reached a joint venture deal with [[Chellomedia]] to launch six CBS-branded channels in the United Kingdom β which would respectively replace [[Zone Romantica (UK)|Zone Romantica]], [[Zone Thriller]], Zone Horror, and [[Zone Reality (UK)|Zone Reality]], as well as timeshift services Zone Horror +1 and Zone Reality +1 β during the fourth quarter of that year.<ref>{{cite press release |title=CBS Studios International Partners with Chellomedia on UK Television Channels|url=http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW%5FDomains%5CZONE%5FPRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release%2Edoc |format=DOC |publisher=Chello Zone |date=September 14, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110724023344/http://newsroom.zonemedia.net/Scripts/FileDownload.asp?fPath=D%3A%5CWWW_Domains%5CZONE_PRESS%5CFiles%5CPress%5CCBS+FINALChello+Zone+partnership+press+release.doc |archive-date=July 24, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=CBS to launch UK channels with Chellomedia|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article|work=Broadcastnow|date=September 14, 2009|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711150409/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-to-launch-uk-channels-with-chellomedia/5005560.article|archive-date=July 11, 2011|url-status=live}}</ref> On October 1, 2009, it was announced that the first four channels, [[CBS Reality (UK)|CBS Reality]], CBS Reality +1, CBS Drama, and [[CBS Justice|CBS Action]] (later CBS Justice), would launch on November 16 respectively replacing Zone Reality, Zone Reality +1, Zone Romantica and Zone Thriller.<ref name=broadcastnow>{{cite magazine|title=CBS channels to launch in UK|url=http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-channels-to-launch-in-uk/5006298.article|author=Chris Curtis|magazine=Broadcastnow|date=October 1, 2009|access-date=November 6, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091004091723/http://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/news/international/cbs-channels-to-launch-in-uk/5006298.article|archive-date=October 4, 2009|url-status=live}}</ref> On April 5, 2010, Zone Horror and Zone Horror +1 were rebranded as [[Horror Channel]] and Horror Channel +1.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/|title=Zone Horror rebrands as Horror Channel|publisher=Broadband TV News|date=March 31, 2010|access-date=June 20, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100406035542/http://www.broadbandtvnews.com/2010/03/31/zone-horror-rebrands-as-horror-channel/|archive-date=April 6, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a180007/cbs-to-launch-new-uk-channels.html |title=CBS to launch new UK channels |author=Andrew Laughlin |date=October 1, 2009 |website=[[Digital Spy]] |access-date=February 16, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611101731/http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/digitaltv/news/a180007/cbs-to-launch-new-uk-channels.html |archive-date=June 11, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[CBS News]] and [[BBC News]] have maintained a news-sharing agreement since 2017, replacing the [[British Broadcasting Corporation|BBC]]'s longtime agreement with [[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] and CBS' with [[Sky News]] (which would have ended in any event in 2018 due to that entity's purchase by NBCUniversal).<ref>{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-cbs-abc-sky-news-1202494555/|title=BBC and CBS Forge News Pact, Leaving ABC and Sky Out of the Picture|last=Clarke|first=Stewart|date=July 17, 2017|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|access-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819090506/https://variety.com/2017/tv/news/bbc-cbs-abc-sky-news-1202494555/|archive-date=August 19, 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> As of the close of the Viacom merger on December 4, 2019, [[Channel 5 (UK)|Channel 5]] is now a sister operation to CBS, though no major changes to CBS' relationship with the BBC are expected shortly, as Channel 5 sub-contracts [[5 News|its news programming obligations]] to [[ITN]].
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