CBS to stream tv shows online

August 16th, 2006 by PreZ

CBS Television will begin showing episodes of several new and returning prime-time shows for free on the Internet, becoming the second network to do so.CBS already sells downloads of episodes on Apple Computer Inc.’s iTunes Music Store and Google Inc.’s video store. In May, it launched an advertising-supported online channel called “innertube” to stream programming created just for the Web.

The network said Tuesday that starting next month it will begin streaming episodes of a new show, “Jericho,” as well as returning shows “CSI: Crime Scene Investigation,” “CSI: Miami,” “CSI: NY,” “NCIS,” “Numbers” and “Survivor.”