CBS Audience Network

Yahoo Adds CBS TV Shows; Inks Ad Deals with Wal-Mart, Havas

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on June 4, 2008 - 11:52am.

New York - CBS (NYSE: CBS) announced on Wednesday that Yahoo (NASD: YHOO) has joined its CBS Audience Network, a group of over 300 website partners that distributes full TV episodes and other programming from CBS for free, supported by advertising. With the addition of Yahoo, CBS claims its network's unduplicated total reach is now 92% of the U.S.-based Web audience.

CBS Adds "Twin Peaks," Other Older Shows to Web TV Network

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 21, 2008 - 12:43pm.

New York - CBS (NYSE: CBS) has added a number of older TV shows to the offering available on CBS.com and via its CBS Audience Network, which includes Joost, AOL, Bebo, Veoh and Slingbox, CNET News.com reports. Now available are full episodes and clips from "Twin Peaks," "Beverly Hills: 90210," "The Love Boat," "Family Ties" and "Perry Mason," along with new episodes of previously available series "MacGyver," "The Twilight Zone" and "Hawaii Five-O."

CBS's Last.fm Debuts Original Video Programming

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 9, 2008 - 10:39am.

New York - Last.fm, the social music discovery service owned by CBS (NYSE: CBS), on Friday launched a new original video programming section, featuring interviews with artists including Moby, Santogold and Spoon. The videos will also be made available through CBS Audience Network partners, which include AOL, Comcast, Microsoft, Joost, Bebo and Veoh.

CBS Offers Classic TV Episodes for Free Online Streaming

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on February 21, 2008 - 12:33pm.

New York - CBS Interactive (NYSE: CBS) announced on Thursday that it will begin offering free streaming episodes of classic TV shows online, including "Star Trek," "The Twilight Zone" and "Melrose Place," via its CBS Audience Network. In addition to CBS.com, the ad-supported shows will be available across more than 300 sites, including AOL, Microsoft, Comcast and Joost.

CBS Debuts Web Series, "How to Survive a Horror Movie"

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on October 10, 2007 - 1:06pm.

Los Angeles - CBS on Wednesday announced the launch of a new original Web series, "How to Survive a Horror Movie: All the Skills to Dodge the Kills," which will be streamed for free on a dedicated site, as well as from CBS.com and the CBS Audience Network. Created by CBS Interactive and Quirk Books, the series of 18 two-minute episodes is based on the book of the same name by author Seth Grahame-Smith, and was written/directed by Grahame-Smith and produced/directed by David Katzenberg.

CBS Adds Local TV, Radio Stations to CBS Audience Network

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on September 11, 2007 - 11:02am.

Los Angeles - CBS Interactive has secured deals with the 29 TV and 144 radio stations the company owns, as well as many websites of CBS affiliates, to join the CBS Audience Network, the company's Web distribution network that includes AOL, MSN, CNET, Comcast and Joost, Variety reported.

CBS Expands Roster of Web Partners Who Can Embed TV Clips

Authored by Mark Hefflinger on May 25, 2007 - 10:26am.

New York - CBS Interactive announced that it has partnered with a number of social networks and other community sites to allow members to embed CBS clips into their profiles, blogs, websites, wikis and widgets.