CBS' ARMANDO NUNEZ TO RECEIVE VARIETY INTERNATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT IN TV AWARD

January 15, 2019 CBS Corp. veteran Armando Nu ez will be honored in April with Variety s International Achievement in TV Award at the MIPTV conference in Cannes.

The award recognizes individuals who have demonstrated leadership and innovation in the international television marketplace. Nu ez, president and CEO of CBS Global Distribution Group and CBS' Chief Content Licensing Officer, has spent more than 25 years in the international sales and distribution arena.

Armando Nu ez is a pioneering executive who has devoted his career to building a dynamic global marketplace for television content, said Michelle Sobrino-Stearns, Variety group publisher and chief revenue officer. Variety is pleased to recognize his long run and accomplishments with this award.

Nu ez will receive the kudo on April 8, the first day of the conference that runs through April 11. Nu ez will participate in a Q&A with Variety in the Palais des Festivals' Grand Auditorium at MIPTV prior to receiving the award, which will be followed by an invite-only cocktail reception.

Nu ez has been with CBS since 1999, when he signed on as president of CBS Broadcast International. At present he oversees all domestic and international sales of CBS programming, and he manages the company's portfolio of international channels including Australia's Network 10.

Before joining CBS, Nu ez worked in international sales for Universal, New World

Television and Viacom.

In 2013, Nu ez was one of the first recipients of the inaugural MIPTV M daille d'Honneur, which recognized six international television executives, including his father, Armando Nu ez Sr.

About MIPTV MIPTV (8-11 April 2019, Cannes) is the leading international market for content development and distribution. Each April, 10,000 professionals from across the international TV and digital entertainment ecosystem connect to launch and discover new content, forge partnerships, negotiate financing and distribution agreements, find co-production opportunities and explore the latest trends.

MIPTV is preceded by the biggest weekend in unscripted content (6-7 April 2019), comprising MIPDoc, the world's largest screenings library, conference and co-production marketplace for the factual community, and MIPFormats, the discovery showcase for the global formats community.www.miptv.com

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