Classic series and hit TV shows from CBS Television to Amazon’s Prime Instant Video service.
Henceforth since Feb. 13, 2013,
CBS Corporation and Amazon.com, Inc. have announced an expanded content
licensing agreement. The goal: to bring classic series and hit TV shows from
CBS Television Distribution and Showtime Networks to Amazon’s Prime Instant
Video
service. This means to extend the vast catalog of CBS content available
for Prime members to instantly stream, with no additional cost.
Therefore popular CBS and
Showtime series coming to Prime Instant Video including: America’s Next Top
Model, Everybody Loves Raymond, Jericho, The L Word, Undercover Boss and United
States of Tara, among others. In addition, series such as Medium, The
Tudors, the complete Star Trek franchise, I Love Lucy, and
more, will continue to be available for Prime members to stream.
For those unfamiliar, CBS
Corporation is a mass media company that creates and distributes industry
content across a variety of platforms to audiences around the world. CBS owns
the most-watched television network in the U.S. and one of the world’s largest
libraries of entertainment content. The Company’s operations span virtually
every field of media and entertainment, including cable, publishing, radio,
local TV, film, outdoor advertising, and interactive and socially responsible
media. CBS’s businesses include CBS Television Network, The CW (a joint venture
between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), Showtime Networks, CBS
Sports Network, Smithsonian Networks, Simon & Schuster, CBS Television Stations,
CBS Radio, CBS Outdoor, CBS Television Studios, CBS Studios International, CBS
Global Distribution Group, CBS Interactive, CBS Consumer Products, CBS Home
Entertainment, CBS Films and CBS EcoMedia.