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Apple TV updated with CBS News channel including free CBSN streaming network

Apple TV users will notice a new channel in the lineup today: CBS News. The newly added CBS News channel is available for free and features the CBSN streaming news channel launched by CBS earlier today. Viewers can also access on-demand content from previous broadcasts of CBS Evening News and CBS This Morning. Additional on-demand content from shows including 60 Minutes, 48 Hours, Sunday Morning, and Face the Nation can also be found for free.

CBS describes its newly launched CBSN effort as “the first digital streaming news network that will allow Internet-connected consumers to watch live, anchored news coverage on their connected TV and other devices.”

Apple TV users can immediately access the streaming network without having to log in or authenticate any type of subscription or account. CBS News is also available on Amazon Fire and Roku, with iOS and Android versions coming soon.

Features of the network will include:

·         Live, anchored coverage from 9:00 AM – midnight ET every weekday;

·         Simulcasts of CBS News special reports for breaking news;

·         Additional content from a range of CBS sources including CBS News, CBS affiliate stations, CNET, CBSSports.com, Entertainment Tonight and more; 

·         Accessibility across key connected TV devices including Amazon Fire TV, Roku players, Roku TV™ and others, as well as additional core CBS News digital platforms including CBSNews.com, its mobile website and the newly launched CBS News app for Windows 8/8.1 and Windows Phone 8/8.1 available through the Windows Store and Windows Phone Store. CBSN will also be available on the CBS News apps for Android and other leading platforms before the end of the year. 

·         Personal choice and control through DVR-like functionality that enable viewers to watch the segments they’re interested in or tune into the live programming seamlessly; 

·         The ability to share content from the experience via social media accounts with compatible devices;

·         The opportunity for advertisers to reach engaged news consumers with custom ad integrations.

While the CBS News channel’s CBSN is completely free for viewers, the streaming network is ad-supported so expect to see regularly aired commercials between segments.

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Comments

  1. fanno1uk - 9 years ago

    PIty they can’t improve the uk channels on atv

  2. calisurfboy - 9 years ago

    It is nice and all they are adding things to do on the Apple TV but it doesn’t fix my main issues

    1) Fix the GUI.
    2) Make it easier to scroll through music and movie libraries. Instant jump to a letter like the iPhone allows instead of scrolling through thousands of songs
    3) Open up the Apple TV to apps from the iTunes store
    4) Allow customization of folders so that all my movies are not forced only into “Home Videos.”

    I wish I was allowed to play MVK files on Plesk. We stream those Insanity & P90 movies throughout the household. I’d like to ditch the need to have Blu Ray players set up on all our sets to use the DVDs or memory sticks.

    • jsbrock - 9 years ago

      You need Subler. Look it up. MKVs can be converted to .m4vs in a fraction of the time needed to re-encode, plus it’ll find all the metadata and add your movies to the regular movie categories in iTunes.

  3. Mr. Grey (@mister_grey) - 9 years ago

    I like how they list that last item …

    “The opportunity for advertisers to reach engaged news consumers with custom ad integrations.”

    … as something that anyone would actually *want*. As if advertisements were an actual *feature* instead of the thing that most cord cutters are desperately trying to get away from.

    It makes it a non starter for me. After a few years without advertisements, why would I go back? You can get better news by opening up a web browser anyway.

  4. It would be nice if you could state in which countries the new channel(s) will be available. Thanks

  5. No closed captions? Indefensible.

  6. Michael Nettleton - 9 years ago

    Whenever I attempt playback of CBS programs on my Apple TV I get the video version, and immediately afterwards there is an audio version of the same segment, with no continuity to the next clip. What gives?

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Zac covers Apple news, hosts the 9to5Mac Happy Hour podcast, and created SpaceExplored.com.