the company handles distribution rights to acquired series, mini-series, and made-for-tv films from the paramount television libraries (such as those of desilu productions, paramount television, viacom productions and enterprises, republic pictures television, big ticket entertainment, spelling television, and worldvision enterprises), and series, mini-series, and made-for-tv films from the cbs television libraries (such as those by cbs productions, king world productions, the majority of those by group w productions, and its own first-run broadcast syndication and off-network television series). cbs also handles the tv rights to much of its own theatrical films. the company formerly distributed the film libraries from paramount pictures and republic pictures, among others. the company is also responsible for international television distribution rights to series by rysher entertainment including certain hbo series through its cbs studios international division.