Cablevision Offers Live CBS Stream

BETHPAGE/NEW YORK: Cablevision has become the first operator to provide access to live authenticated streaming on CBS.com and the CBS app.

The agreement between Cablevision Systems Corporation and CBS Corporation gives Cablevision’s Optimum TV customers the ability to stream CBS live online and on mobile devices. The live feed is available on desktop devices via CBS.com, on iOS and Android mobile devices and tablets through the CBS app, and through Chromecast by casting from their desktop, iOS or Android device. Optimum TV customers can now view a live stream of CBS while within every market served by a CBS owned-and-operated station.

“We are pleased to expand on our already robust relationship with CBS by becoming the first provider to launch the network’s new live streaming feature,” said Tom Montemagno, the executive VP of programming at Cablevision. “Cablevision now holds distribution rights for all of CBS’s streaming platforms, demonstrating our commitment to providing customers with the ability to watch the high-quality content they desire on their own terms.”

“We applaud Cablevision in recognizing the value of delivering CBS programming to its subscribers outside the home, so they can watch CBS whenever they want on whichever device they choose,” added Ray Hopkins, the president of television networks distribution at CBS Corporation.