On Aug 28, 2017, at 3:40 PM, Manfredi, Albert E <albert.e.manfredi@xxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
The other major difference when using Internet streaming. What holds
in-country can also hold across borders. Each individual owner gets to decide
where and how his content is distributed, globally, barring of course oddball
countries that block Internet access. It looks like CBS is going a step
further. Described in the second article, Australia's Network Ten content
will become included in CBS All Access content.
Following Ten's report of a $232 million half year loss and the subsequent
loss of further bank loan guarantees from its shareholders, Ten announced
that it was entering into voluntary administration on 14 June 2017. On 28
August 2017, CBS entered a binding agreement with Network Ten's receivers,
managers and voluntary administrators to purchase the company.
In previous times, content owners were constrained to rely on local
distribution media, in their native country and overseas. Net neutrality does
not mean that all content must be available everywhere. It means that the
owner(s) decide(s), not the distribution middlemen.
Bert
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http://www.tvtechnology.com/news/0002/cbs-all-access-going-global/281581
CBS All Access Going Global
First international market will be Canada in the first half of 2018
August 8, 2017
By Michael Balderston
NEW YORK-CBS content will be available to viewers around the world starting
in 2018. CBS Corporation has officially announced its plans to expand the
availability of its streaming service CBS All Access globally through a
partnership with its CBS Interactive and CBS Studios International divisions.
CBS All Access' first trip abroad will be in Canada, with the initial launch
set to take place in the first half of 2018. More markets on multiple
continents will follow, according to a statement from Leslie Moonves,
chairman and CEO of CBS Corporation.
CBS All Access originally launched in 2014 and offers more than 9,000
episodes of CBS content on demand, including past shows and upcoming original
series. The U.S. subscription is available for $5.99/month, but no prices for
non-U.S. markets have been set as of yet.
http://www.tvtechnology.com/business/0011/cbs-makes-deal-for-autralias-network-ten/281697
CBS Makes Deal for Autralia's Network Ten
CBS will launch CBS All Access in Australia market
August 28, 2017
By Michael Balderston
SYDNEY, AMSTERDAM & NEW YORK-CBS and Network Ten, one of three major
commercial broadcast networks in Australia, have come to terms on a deal that
will add Network Ten to CBS' global content and distribution portfolio. The
acquisition includes the core linear channel TEN, the digital terrestrial
television channel ELEVEN, the DTT channel ONE and the digital platform
TENPLAY.
This deal will also allow CBS to launch its subscription video-on-demand
service CBS All Access in the Australian market. This is the second
international territory that CBS is expanding its service too, having
previously announced it will be made available in Canada next year.
The transaction will be completed in accordance with the Australian voluntary
administration process and is subject to certain regulatory approvals.
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