CBS isn't showing its latest hits, they are going to offer some other shows such as "Medium and CSI: Miami and golden oldies such as Star Trek, I Love Lucy and The Twilight Zone." It won't be their latest shows the day after it airs. Also, this is only being made available to those who are subscribed to Hulu Plus.
This is quite interesting because it seems like everyone has already jumped onto the internet bandwagon. Seeing CBS barely doing this, this late in the game, makes me think about how old the internet really is. The internet is not that old but it has already had an impact on the industry in terms of pirating, streaming, and whatnot.
This seems like a good move for CBS, so hopefully they aren't moving one step forward and two steps back. Expanding a network's services never seem bad to me. With the internet, I wonder how CBS is going to deal with attempting to expand their audience.
As a filmmaker, this allows me to become aware of services such as Hulu and Netflix and that they are here to stay. If I were to work on a television show, rather than have anyone who missed the show or barely got to know it watch it online illegally somewhere, I can give them access through Hulu or Hulu Plus, etc. Consumer-wise, I guess it sort of sucks to have it on Hulu Plus rather than the Advertisement version but to each his own. As a student the article informs me of how internet is making a huge impact in the industry; the internet is constantly growing and is attracting networks based on television. Does this mean I will see more subscription services teamed with these networks or just advertisements on their content in general? Whatever the case, the public can now engross in their Twilight Zone and other necessities online. The internet can be utilized in order to counter its copyright issues in the film and music industry.
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 5, 2012 – CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) and Hulu announced today a non-exclusive, multi-year licensing agreement to stream programs from CBS’s rich television library on the Hulu Plus subscription service. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The CBS content will begin to appear on Hulu Plus in January 2013, and over the following months, Hulu Plus subscribers will have access to more than 2,600 episodes from library series such as “Medium,” “Numb3rs” and “CSI: Miami,” as well as classics such as “Star Trek,” “I Love Lucy” and “The Twilight Zone.” Clips from ENTERTAINMENT TONIGHT will also be available the day of broadcast on Hulu and Hulu Plus. A selection of CBS library shows will also rotate through the free Hulu.com service, and additional titles will be announced.
I've totally noticed that CBS is wayyy behind in internet/social networking stuff!! Hahaha this just proves my theory. CBS really needs to step it up if they want to keep up with the other networks, like NBC and ABC, who have made apps for streaming, have their shows on Hulu and on their website, and stream through Netflix. I mean, really CBS? Where have you been?
ReplyDeleteYeah, I don't really watch CBS. Which kind of proves Marissa's point. I sometimes go on NBC and I absolutely love ABC shows. CBS is really going to need to step it up if it even wants to be a part of the competition.
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