# CBS (Paramount Global)

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/cbs/  
**Website:** https://www.cbs.com  
**APIs profiled:** 0

CBS is the flagship broadcast television network of Paramount Global (NASDAQ: PARA, PARAA). It encompasses CBS Entertainment, CBS News, CBS Sports, CBS Stations (owned and operated), and feeds Paramount+ streaming service. CBS does not publish a consumer developer portal. Partner, syndication, advertising, and distribution APIs are operated privately through Paramount Global's business development, ad sales, and affiliate operations teams.

## Kin Score — 11.0 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 11.0).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 50.0 |
| Contract Quality | 0.0 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 2.6 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 7.1 |
| Commercial Clarity | 21.1 |
| Access Clarity | 21.1 |

## Agent readiness — 0.0 (human-only)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | no |
| Agentic Access | no |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | no |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | no |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Unknown — onboarding: unknown, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: low).

## Security (1)

- **Cbs Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · DMARC

## Tags

Broadcasting, CBS News, CBS Sports, Entertainment, Media, News, Paramount, Streaming, Television, Fortune 500

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/cbs/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.