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JOINT CLAIM FOR SATELLITE RETRANSMISSION ROYALTY FEES

United States Copyright Office

In accordance with section 119 ofthe Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C., and Part 257 ofthe Copyright Office regulations, 37 CFR 257.1 et sece, the copyright owner claimant named herein files with the Copyright Office ofthe Library of Congress a claim to royalty payments collected from satellite carriers retransmitting copyrighted programining contained on over-the-air television broadcast signals. This joint claim to royalties is for fees collected from satellite carriers during calendar year 2001.

You mustprovide the requestedinformationfor each item:

Full name and address (including a specific number and street name or rural route) of theperson or the entityfiling thej oint claim to royalties on behalfofthe copyright owners. CBS Broadcasting Inc 1515 Broadwav, 49 Floor New York, New York 10036 Attention: Sanford I. Kryle, Vice President, Associate General Counsel

Telephone number ofperson or entityft/ling the claim: 212-846-3601

Facsimile number, ifany, ofperson or entityfiling the claim: 212-846-1921

Full legal names and addresses ofthe copyright owners entitled to claim thejoint royalty fees. DO NOT include names ofsubsidiaries, parent companies, etc., ifthey are not a copyright owner entitled to royalties.

CBS Broadcasting Inc., 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 CBS Mass Media Corp., 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 CBS Worldwide Inc., 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 Group W Television Stations, Inc. 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 Inside Edition Inc., 555 West 57 Street, New York, New York 10019 King World I CC Inc., 555 West 57 Street, New York, New York 10019 Inc., 1700 Broadway, New York, New York 10019 King WorM Studios West Inc., 10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024 KUTV Holdings, Inc., 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 K.W.M., Inc., 10877 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90024 Survivor Productions LLC, 7800 Beverly Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 United Paramount Network, 11800 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90025 Viacom Inc., 1515 Broadway, 49 Floor, New York, New York 10036 8ECElVE6 SIK/47203vI 07/08/02 Jut 84 2002

6ENERAL COUNSEL OF COPYRlGHT Visual Frontier, Inc., 2740 West Magnolia, Suite 201, Burbank, California 91505

General statement ofthe nature ofthe copyright owners 'orks (examples: motion pictures, syndicated television series, sports broadcasts, music).

Motion pictures and other audiovisual works including network, non-network and local television programs; and other works; comprehending:

individual works ofwhich the claimant is the copyright owner by virtue ofits authorship or by virtue oftransfers to it ofcopyright ownership; and

compilation works ofwhich the claimant is the copyright owner by virtue ofits authorship.

(a) The copyrighted broadcast program CAROLINE IN THE CITY, which is owned by CBS Broadcasting Inc., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station WGN-TV (Channel 9), which is licensed to the city of , Illinois, on September 3, 2001, aud was retransmitted by satellite carrier Echostar Satellite Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(b) The copyrighted broadcast program CAROLINE IN THE CITY, which is owned by CBS Broadcasting Inc., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station WGN-TV (Channel 9), which is licensed to the city of Chicago, Illinois, on September 7, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Echostar Satellite Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(c) The copyrighted broadcast program PERRY MASON, which is owned by CBS Broadcasting Inc., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station KDFW-TV (), which is licensed to the city ofDallas, Texas, on January 2, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(d) The copyrighted broadcast program CBS 11 NEWS AT 10; which is owned by CBS Mass Media Corp., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station KTVT (Channel 11), which is licensed to the city of Fort Worth, Texas, on January 10, 2001 and March 26, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(e) The copyrighted broadcast program KDKA-TV NEWS AT 6, which is owned by CBS Mass Media Corp., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station KDKA-TV (Channel 2), which is licensed to the city ofPittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on February 13, 2001 and April 26, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier

SIK/47203vl 07/08/02 Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(f) The copyrighted broadcast program THE CBS EVENING NEWS WITH DAN RATHER, which is owned by CBS Worldwide Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WCBS-TV (Channel 2), which is licensed to the city ofNew York, New York, on May 14, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier DirecTV, Inc. to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(g) The copyrighted broadcast program CHANNEL 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS AT 5, which is owned by CBS Worldwide, Inc., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station KPIX-TV (Channel 5), which is licensed to the city of San Francisco, California, on January 8, 2001 and May 8, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(h) The copyrighted broadcast program 4 NEWS TONIGHT, which is owned by CBS Worldwide Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WCCO-TV (Channel 4), which is licensed to the city ofMinneapolis, Minnesot, on April 16, 2001 and June 1, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(i) The copyrighted broadcast program FlRST NEWS, which is owned by Group W Television Stations, Inc., was the subject ofa primary transmission made by broadcast station KCNC-TV (Channel 4), which is licensed to the city ofDenver, Colorado, on February 9, 2001 and April 5, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier TV Guide, Inc. to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(j) The copyrighted broadcast program INSIDE EDITION, which is owned by Inside Edition Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WCCO-TV (Channel 4), which is licensed to the city ofMinneapolis, Minnesota, on January 2, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(k) The copyrighted broadcast program CURTIS COURT, which is owned by King World / CC Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station KCNC-TV (Channel 4), which is licensed to the city ofDenver, Colorado, on January 2, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier TV Guide, Inc. to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(1) The copyrighted broadcast program THE SHOW, which is owned by King World Productions Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made

SIK/47203vl 07/08/02 by broadcast station KABC-TV (Channel 7), which is licensed to the city of Los Angeles, California, on January 2, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier DirecTV, Inc. to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(m) The copyrighted broadcast program HOLLYWOOD SQUARES, which is owned by King World Studios West Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station KCTV (Channel S}, which is licensed to the city of Kansas City, Missouri, on November 11, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier, Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(n) The copyrighted broadcast program 2 NEWS AT NOON, which is owned by KUTV Holdings, Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station KUTV (Channel 2), which is licensed to the city of Salt Lake City, Utah, on January 23, 2001 and March 28, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(o) The copyrighted broadcast program THE ANANDA LEWIS SHOW, which is owned by K.W.M., Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station KING-TV (Channel 5}, which is licensed to the city of Seattle, Washington, on September 9, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(p) The copyrighted broadcast program SURVIVOR: AFRICA, which is owned by SURVIVOR PRODUCTIONS LLC, was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WCBS-TV (Channel 2), which is licensed to the city ofNew York, New York, on October 11, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier DirecTV, Inc., to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(q) The copyrighted broadcast program THE SOURCE AWARDS PRE-SHOW, which is owned by United Paramount Network, was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WSBK-TV (Channel 38), which is licensed to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on August 29, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Echostar Satellite Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

(r) The copyrighted broadcast program CITY STORIES, which is owned by Viacom Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WSBK-TV (Channel 38), which is licensed to the city ofBoston, Massachusetts, on January 13, 2001 and March 24, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Echostar Satellite Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

SIK/47203vl 07/08/02 (s) The copyrighted broadcast program THE RADIO SHOW, which is owned by Visual Frontier, Inc., was the subject of a primary transmission made by broadcast station WBZ-TV (Channel 4), which is licensed to the city of Boston, Massachusetts, on January 6, 2001, and was retransmitted by satellite carrier Satellite Communications Operating Corporation to subscribers located outside that station's local market.

Signatures: (Required unlessfiling electronically) Theperson orpersons signing this claimform represent that they are duly authorized by the copyright owners identified herein to make thisfiling on their behalf.

CBS Broadcasting Inc.

By: MARTIN P. MESSINGER Vice President, Assistant Secretary

On behalf of:

CBS Broadcasting Inc, CBS Mass Media Corp. CBS Worldwide Inc. Group W Television Stations Inc. Inside Edition Inc. King World / CC Inc. King %orld Productions Inc. King %'orld Studios West Inc. KUTV Holdings, Inc. K.%'.M., Inc. Survivor Productions LLC United Paramount Network Viacom Inc. Visual Frontier, Inc.

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Prom: ,e, Sanford I" &sikryfeoCBS.corn& To: ,[email protected]"'sgrimesoloc.gov& 26/02 11:02AM ub' -001 CABLE/SATELLITE CARRIER COPYRIGHT ROYALTIES/CLAIMS OF ENTITLEMEI cairns On Jul 2y .02, CBS Broadcasting Inc., electronically filed the above e-mail claims att f correct addresses but we have not received f'cknowlpement of receipt. please,onfirm receipt as soon as possible.

Th~ you in advance for your assistance. ps - Re: CBS 2001 SATELLITE CARRIER RETRANSMISSION ROYA TY CLAIM Page

From: SATClaims To: "[email protected]". Inet.LCHub Date: Fri, Jul 26, 2002 11:20 AM Subject: Re: CBS/2001 SATELLITE CARRIER RETRANSMISSION ROYALTY CLAIM

Your satellite claim has been received.

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