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[...] combine his star wattage with what the news outlets seem to learning from organizations like CBS Sports: Online audiences are additive, not cannibalistic. The reasons for not carrying a webcast of a live [...]

By: MmaBrawl

MmaBrawl — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:41:28 +0000

I couldn't play the video on my XP machine. They need to improve the show if they want to make it online

By: Mike Brown

Mike Brown — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 17:02:59 +0000

According to Kint, the average time spent per viewer watching the Alabama vs. Florida game was 'north of 60 minutes.'”

I didn't know CBS showed "60 Minutes" online too. Still doesn't tell us how long the average user watched the game online though.

By: Chris Albrecht

Chris Albrecht — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:59:03 +0000

@Bryan and phoneranger,

Are either of you on Firefox on a Mac? I had some initial issues logging on at first and asked CBS about that. Evidently they had some problems with the Mac/Firefox combo since the video was played using Windows Media.

Here's hoping they upgrade to Flash or Silverlight for the next one.

By: phoneranger

phoneranger — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 14:30:49 +0000

Ditto with Bryan. I had no luck getting the video on my (albeit Vista) machine. I kept getting the message that I needed a newer version of WM Player but I already had the highest level.

If CBS wants to build incremental audiences they should put up a 24-7 streaming channel (competing with ESPN?!). Besides capturing a few CPMs, this would allow potential users to play with the settings on their computers BEFORE the big event.

And they should put the streams on mobile devices as well.

And they shd stream whatever 3rd-level Bowl game that Iowa gets into this year.

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By: Bryan Bennett

Bryan Bennett — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:52:10 +0000

I tried the CBSSports.com streaming of the game a couple of times on Sat as my wife kept changing the channel to some godforsaken Lifetime movie. Whatever the case, it was not a pleasant experience. The picture cut out every couple of minutes and I'm positive it was not my broadband connection. Back to the drawing board for CBS streaming capabilities.