CBS to Sell Survivor Episodes From CBS Website

Posted on February 1, 2006

Reuters reports that CBS has announced plans to sell episodes of the Survivor reality show directly from the CBS website. They will be sold Google's video service for $1.99 and on Comcast's on-demand system for 99 cents.

CBS CEO Leslie Moonves said in a statement, "It's been our strategy to exploit content across as many platforms as possible."

The Reuters story saysnew episodes would be available after midnight following the airing of the show at its regular time on CBS. The new series of Survivor is scheduled to debut today. The networks can cut out the middle man by selling directly from their websites. Meanwhile, websites like Google Video and iTunes are trying to set themselves up as hubs for downloading video content. Amazon and AOL also plan to sell downloadable video content.

Melania Trump Reads The Little Rabbit by Nicola Killen for Easter

Val Kilmer Publishing Memoir with Simon & Schuster

Cats Film Could Boost Interest in T.S. Eliot's Poetry Despite Box Office Losses

Christopher Paolini to Publish Science Fiction Novel with Tor Books

Scholastic to Publish The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes