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Martin D. Franks serves as Executive Vice President Planning Policy and Government Relations for CBS Corporation. In this role he manages a wide variety of activities for the company including oversight of the Corporation's activities in Washington as well as with state and local governments and CBS's corporate philanthropy. He also handles CBS's relations with multi-channel video providers and retransmission consent negotiations the company's transition to digital television and CBS's Standards and Practices Department. Franks joined CBS in 1988 as Vice President Washington responsible for the activities of CBS before Congress the Federal Communications Commission and other government bodies. He was made Senior Vice President Washington in 1994. In 1997 he was named Senior Vice President CBS Corporation in charge of its corporate relations functions including government investor relations and corporate communications and served as liaison to the Company's board of directors. He became Executive Vice President of CBS Television and Senior Vice President of Viacom in 2000. | 