11/17/2013, On November 22nd, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. News of the assassination gripped the country as people huddled around radio sets to hear the latest broadcasts, some were able to watch live coverage in black and white on their TVs. November 22nd, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the shooting and CBS has decided to stream its broadcast coverage of the assassination, delivered […]

10/06/2013, Back in March CBS launched a new app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app allowed users to watch full episodes of a number of daytime, primetime and late night TV shows on their iOS device, through streaming. By releasing this app, the network joined the likes of ABC and NBC, who have offered a streaming app to their customers for quite some time. After initially rolling out the […]

04/21/2013, CBS confirmed that three of its Twitter accounts, including that of popular show 60 Minutes, were hacked. It is largely believed that the accounts were compromised by Syrian Electronic Army, though they haven’t been officially named as the perpetrators. Some of the tweets sent out from these accounts do point at Syrians, take for example this tweet posted on 60 Minutes account saying: The Syrian army’s fight is your fight. The Syrian […]

11/05/2012, Hulu, the major force in internet television for the United States market, today announced that they were bringing CBS content to the platform. Starting in 2013, Hulu Plus subscribers (who pay $8 per month) will be able to stream CBS content through Hulu. This means shows like Numb3rs and CSI, as well as a impressive back catalog of content that includes the original Star Trek and The Twilight Zone.  Previously, Hulu had featured content from Fox, NBC, […]

08/22/2011, Tennis fans with 3D TVs – you no longer need to spend money purchasing tickets to catch the 2011 US Open. How about watching it from the comfort of your living room instead? The USTA (United States Tennis Association) has announced that it will be working with Panasonic and CBS to broadcast the US Open Tennis Championships in 3D again this year (last year’s tournament was also broadcasted in 3D). […]

02/23/2011, Netflix has just finalized a 2-year non-exclusive deal with CBS television to bring a large selection of CBS shows over to Netflix users. This means that Trekkies who are subscribed to Netflix can satisfy their cravings for the original Star Trek series any time they want, with Netflix’s on-demand video streaming service. In addition to Star Trek, users will be able to watch hit series like Frasier, Cheers and The […]

10/22/2010, It seems that Google TV is being blocked by TV studios, with piracy fears being one of their main concerns. It seems that Disney’s ABC and CBS have confirmed that they have prevented the TV OS from watching their free Flash video sites. This objection was most probably due to the fact that both companies thought that Google did not do enough to prevent the threat of piracy. Well, since […]

08/29/2010, Rumor is going around that Apple is in the midst of talks with News Corp over a deal to offer 99-cent TV show rentals on iTunes. The interesting feature of this deal is that instead of renting an individual show for 99 cents, Apple will only require subscribers to pay 99-cents a month in order to access all of the episodes of a specific TV show. This means that instead […]

08/02/2010, CBS has been holding out on Hulu for some time now, but the good news is that CBS chief Les Moonves has stated that the new Hulu Plus subscription service has interested them enough to open talks with the video service. That being said, just because they’re talking doesn’t mean that a deal will be worked out, but at least that there is the possibility. With attractive offerings such as […]

03/25/2010, Apple’s lack of Flash support of the iPad has been a major talking point recently, and now it seems that CBS has decided to toe the line, as it seems that CBS.com is testing using HTML5 to display its videos for the iPad instead of Flash. Some links labeled “iPad – test” have shown up on the site. While clicking on the link via a desktop browser takes you to […]