November 08, 2005

CBS, NBC to Offer Video on Demand for 99c

CBS and NBC are going to let DirectTV and Comcast offer video-on-demand for a handful of shows for 99c. This is a knee-jerk response to Apple's iPod Video if I ever saw one.

The CBS shows will be offered to roughly 5 million subscribers to Comcast Corp.'s digital cable service, a company spokeswoman said. Those shows will still have commercials, but users will be able to zap through them with their remote controls. Both services start up early next year.