CBS Streaming Video Service Reaches 60% of U.S. In October of last year, CBS unveiled its own $6 a month streaming video service: CBS All Access . At launch, the service was only available in fourteen major metro markets, but in a statement released this week , CBS announced the service was now available to 60% of the country. Since the original announcement, they've brought some 25 additional affiliates on board, and the streaming service is now available in some 94 total markets. CBS All Access was also among a number of content options that received Chromecast support this week.







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tshirt

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Snohomish, WA tshirt Premium Member still not here.. .... and I find "track your location" maps less informative. that a zoomable map with locations mapped...makes me think they want it to be difficult to find the exact/total coverage area. not a confident move on their part.

CosmicDebri

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Lake City, FL CosmicDebri Member yawn Apparently everyone including me think this is a big yawnfest and either a 'me too' or a 'see? told you no one wants this' offering......

TechyDad

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USA TechyDad Premium Member Re: yawn We're actually considering subscribing to get Big Bang Theory and the upcoming Supergirl show. (The trailer for the latter looks good.) Of course, we're not subscribing now because there's nothing new coming out now.



I actually wish CBS just released their shows to Amazon, Netflix, or Hulu like everyone else, but if there are enough shows on CBS that we like watching, it might be worthwhile for us to subscribe over paying for each episode from Amazon VOD. elefante72

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East Amherst, NY elefante72 Member Re: yawn You know that Plex has a CBS channel that gets all recent episodes for free, with most with little or no commercials? The rents use that to supplement Hulu+ gaps.

TechyDad

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USA TechyDad Premium Member Re: yawn Unfortunately, the laptop that I use for a media player is older and doesn't run Plex well. I'll keep this in mind, though, in case I upgrade it.

AnotherName5

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said by TechyDad: We're actually considering subscribing to get Big Bang Theory and the upcoming Supergirl show. (The trailer for the latter looks good.) Of course, we're not subscribing now because there's nothing new coming out now.



I actually wish CBS just released their shows to Amazon, Netflix, or Hulu like everyone else, but if there are enough shows on CBS that we like watching, it might be worthwhile for us to subscribe over paying for each episode from Amazon VOD. CBS does offer it's shows on Amazon

TechyDad

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USA TechyDad Premium Member Re: yawn Yes. When the only CBS show we wanted was Big Bang Theory, it didn't make sense to pay for CBS' streaming service. With the second show (Supergirl), though, it winds up being cheaper to pay for the streaming service then to pay for all of the episodes. Of course, this assumes that I like this second show. The trailer for it looked good, but how many shows/movies have awesome trailers and then don't live up to them? I might use Amazon VOD for the first few episodes to see if it hooks me. If not, I've only invested a few dollars into the show. If so, CBS's streaming service might be worth it for us. twccop

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San Antonio, TX twccop Member CBS now And then not offering complete access to the whole series library of previous shows is the deal breaker for me XJakeX

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Coventry, RI XJakeX Member commercials? Not really considering subscribing, but has anyone actually signed up for this? Do we know if it has commercials, and if so is it the same amount as broadcast or fewer? Albert71292

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West Monroe, LA Albert71292 Member Re: commercials? said by XJakeX: Not really considering subscribing, but has anyone actually signed up for this? Do we know if it has commercials, and if so is it the same amount as broadcast or fewer? The new episodes have commercials (but not NEAR as many as the broadcast TV version). The classic library (which they are adding more monthly it seems) are ad free. Currently watching "JAG", since I didn't see it back during its original run. XJakeX

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Coventry, RI XJakeX Member Re: commercials? When you say "not NEAR as many" on new episodes, can you be more specific? Such as how many minutes per hour? Right now the average 1 hour broadcast TV show has 18-22 minutes of commercials. Albert71292

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West Monroe, LA Albert71292 Member Re: commercials? I'm seeing about 4 minutes per hour of ads on average on Hulu Plus for new shows. Less on older series. XJakeX

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Coventry, RI XJakeX Member Re: commercials? I was inquiring about the CBS streaming service Albert71292

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West Monroe, LA Albert71292 Member Re: commercials? Doh! Forgot for some reason! CBS All Access ad breaks average about 90 seconds, and they are in the spots the ads would be when the show is aired. The "classic shows" on the service have no ads.

nonamesleft

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Manitowoc, WI nonamesleft Member Provider login coming? Are they looking to go to provider login only in the future? Or what are they testing with this 6$ streaming service? Steve991

join:2015-03-09 Steve991 Member Still dont get it Hardly any content, commercials, it's free over the air and I can dvr it, so how is this offering a value compared say to Netflix. Sure if you are so far away from cities that you cant get ant tv reception it's something.

Now if they put up their whole catalog uncut commercial free and I mean the old shows, the short lived series and other goodies they are stacked with from past decades I would jump on a sub asap. True

join:2013-08-08 True Member Numbers I whould love to hear there long term user number (say more then 90 days) for $6 a month i just can't see there would be enough content vs Netflix/Amazon/Crunchyroll. Same with Nicks offering $6 a quarter maybe but not a month. your comment..

