STAR TREK, THE TWILIGHT ZONE, MACGYVER, HAWAII FIVE-O and MELROSE PLACE,
With Many More To Come
Episodes and Clips Available On CBS.com and Across the 300+ Websites Making
Up The CBS Audience Network
NEW YORK, Feb. 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- CBS Interactive today
announced that it will begin offering Television Classics from the CBS
Library, which is one of the largest television programming libraries in
the entertainment business, online and across the CBS Audience Network. The
initial lineup includes full-length episodes of STAR TREK, THE TWILIGHT
ZONE, MACGYVER, HAWAII FIVE-O and MELROSE PLACE, with more programs and
clips to be added in the coming months. The distribution of Television
Classics across the CBS Audience Network follows the same open,
non-exclusive strategy that CBS has been using for its content online for
the last nine months. All content is ad-supported, free to the consumer,
and available immediately.
"CBS's commitment and ability to move quickly and aggressively to
monetize and distribute content online is awesome," said Quincy Smith,
President, CBS Interactive. "With offerings in entertainment, news and
sports, this is about solving for what the user wants and staying focused
around CBS content. Furthermore, meshing this content with the
interactivity of the Web allows for more comprehensive experiences around
each show - not simply a broadcast model."
The initial programming lineup for Television Classics on CBS.com and
across the CBS Audience Network includes full episodes the following:
-- STAR TREK: THE ORIGINAL SERIES - Seasons 1, 2 and 3
-- THE TWILIGHT ZONE - Seasons 1 and 2
-- MACGYVER - Season 1
-- HAWAII FIVE-O - Season 1
-- MELROSE PLACE - Season 1
The more than 300 Web sites currently making up the CBS Audience
Network includes partners such as AOL, Microsoft, CNET Networks, Comcast,
Joost, Bebo, Netvibes, Sling Media and Veoh and social application partners
including Automattic, Brightcove, Clearspring, DAVE Networks, Goowy Media,
meebo, MeeVee, Musestorm, Ning, RockYou!, Slide, VideoEgg, Voxant and
vSocial as well as Web sites from CBS's owned television, radio, and
affiliated stations. The growing slate of CBS entertainment, news and
sports content available includes a roster of full episodes, clips and
highlights based on CBS and Showtime programming as well as original
made-for-the-web content from EyeLab, a programming unit that produces and
distributes short form video to the CBS Audience Network. All content is ad
supported and free to consumers.
About CBS Corporation
CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with
constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast
industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of
the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations,
combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which
provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves
audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets.
It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment,
including broadcast television (CBS and The CW - a joint venture between
CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime
and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television
production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS
Television Distribution), radio (CBS RADIO), advertising on out-of-home
media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), interactive media (CBS
Interactive), music (CBS Records), licensing and merchandising (CBS
Consumer Products) and video/ DVD (CBS Home Entertainment). For more
information, log on to http://www.cbscorporation.com.
SOURCE CBS Corporation
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