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Inside Online Video

April 30th, 2008

CBS Makes $23M from Streaming March Madness

Once again, CBS CEO Les Moonves reaps the benefits of his courage inside online video. Streaming all the NCAA March Madness games earned CBS $23 million in revenue. They guessed (correctly) that this particular content was very well-suited to the availability of the medium: 92 percent of online basketball watching was done at work, “demonstrating […]

By Mike Abundo -- 2 comments

February 12th, 2008

CBS to Stream All NCAA Games

One of the greatest hurdles to TV networks embracing online video is the fear of offending their local affiliates. That’s what doomed Hulu.
Ever clueful in their approach to online video, CBS overcomes that hurdle with NCAA March Madness, making all 63 games available online. Last year, they put only 56 games live online in order […]

By Mike Abundo -- 5 comments