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on May 6th, 1974, [[Columbia Pictures]] reincorporated [[Screen Gems, Inc.|Screen Gems]] into Columbia Pictures Television. the name change was announced on May 1st and was suggested by David Gerber ''(president of Screen Gems)''. in 1984 [[The Coca-Cola Company]] demerged [[Columbia Pictures]] and its television distribution. on January 30th, 1984 CPT and [[Lexington Broadcasting Services Company|LBS]] joined forces and created [[Colex Enterprises]] to distribute CPT stuff from the 50s to the 70s and on October of that year CPT created [[Television Program Source]]. on November 24th 1986 CPT was merged with [[Embassy Communications]] to form [[Columbia/Embassy Television]]. [[The Coca-Cola Company]] regrouped CPT, [[Embassy Communications|Embassy]], and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] into Coca-Cola Television. on December 21st, 1987 Coke's entertainment business was sold to [[TriStar Pictures]] for $3.1B. TriStar Pictures was renamed to Columbia Pictures Entertainment and Coca-Cola Television was shutdown and folded into [[Columbia Pictures Television Distribution]]. on October 1991 CPT, [[TriStar Television]] and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] were reorganized into [[Sony Pictures Entertainment Television Group]]. on February 21st, 1994 CPT merged with [[TriStar Television]] and became [[Columbia TriStar Television]]. on January 1st, 2001 CPT was folded into that to form Columbia TriStar Network Television, however its formation was blocked cuz of "fin-syn" laws. on October 25th 2001 CTNT was replaced by [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Domestic Television]]. CPT still exists as CPT Holdings, Inc. to hold copyrights for CPT stuff. CPT is now [[Sony Pictures Television]] | on May 6th, 1974, [[Columbia Pictures]] reincorporated [[Screen Gems, Inc.|Screen Gems]] into Columbia Pictures Television. the name change was announced on May 1st and was suggested by David Gerber ''(president of Screen Gems)''. in 1984 [[The Coca-Cola Company]] demerged [[Columbia Pictures]] and its television distribution. on January 30th, 1984 CPT and [[Lexington Broadcasting Services Company|LBS]] joined forces and created [[Colex Enterprises]] to distribute CPT stuff from the 50s to the 70s and on October of that year CPT created [[Television Program Source]]. on November 24th 1986 CPT was merged with [[Embassy Communications]] to form [[Columbia/Embassy Television]]. [[The Coca-Cola Company]] regrouped CPT, [[Embassy Communications|Embassy]], and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] into Coca-Cola Television. on December 21st, 1987 Coke's entertainment business was sold to [[TriStar Pictures]] for $3.1B. TriStar Pictures was renamed to Columbia Pictures Entertainment and Coca-Cola Television was shutdown and folded into [[Columbia Pictures Television Distribution]]. on October 1991 CPT, [[TriStar Television]] and [[Merv Griffin Enterprises]] were reorganized into [[Sony Pictures Entertainment Television Group]]. on February 21st, 1994 CPT merged with [[TriStar Television]] and became [[Columbia TriStar Television]]. on January 1st, 2001 CPT was folded into that to form Columbia TriStar Network Television, however its formation was blocked cuz of "fin-syn" laws. on October 25th 2001 CTNT was replaced by [[Columbia TriStar Television|Columbia TriStar Domestic Television]]. CPT still exists as CPT Holdings, Inc. to hold copyrights for CPT stuff. CPT is now [[Sony Pictures Television]] | ||
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