CBS: 46% of TV Audience Watch Network's Shows Online
CBS has provided more evidence to support the much-repeated theory
that streaming full-length episodes of prime-time series is mostly
additive for the broadcast networks and does little to threaten TV
viewing.
According to a new report issued by CBS Interactive, less than half
of the network’s online audience (46 percent) primarily views their
favorite shows online, and most say that the wide availability of
these shows across the Internet does not impact their TV viewing.
In fact, 35 percent of the nearly 50,000 streamers survey by
researcher Magid Media Labs on behalf of CBS reported that they are
more likely to view shows on the network as a result of having been
exposed to content on the Web.