CBS Aims for $120M In Affil Aid for NCAA

摘要

CBS and its affiliate board have reached a critical stage in talks concerning annual payments by the stations to help the network pay for the NCAA men's basketball tournament, one of TV's most watched? and costly―annual events. Talks are ongoing, but it appears that the stations will be hit with an annual tariff of between $12 million and $15 million―as much as $120 million over the remaining eight years of the contract―say affiliates. It could be even more, according to network sources.