Chris Gohlke
12-29-2005, 05:00 AM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051227-5850.html' target='_blank'>http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20051227-5850.html</a><br /><br /></div><i>"CBS chairman Leslie Moonves said that the network is shopping their content around to the likes of Google, Yahoo, DirecTV, and others, as they contemplate ways to ride the wave. So far, however, they seem to be primarily interested in streaming content for the purposes of bringing in more traditional viewers. While some had assumed that Google would be the natural choice for, well, anything, it looks like Yahoo has won this round. Yahoo is hosting a "CBS Comedy Bowl" as a holiday promotional, and they're streaming two episodes each of Two and a Half Men and How I Met Your Mother. The content is being streamed in the 4:3 format, without advertising, using the Windows Media Video format. You cannot save the shows locally."</i><br /><br /><img src="http://www.digitalmediathoughts.com/images/cbs.jpg" /> <br /><br />CBS continues to dip its pinky toe in the water. I have not seen either of these shows, so I can't comment on their quality of the shows, but <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> has Doogie Howser AND the girl with the flute from American Pie, so it MUST be a winner. :wink: Still, I would rather see a download than a stream just for the purpose of getting a higher quality feed. I played the first minute of <i>How I Met Your Mother</i> and while not bad, it was worse than broadcast quality.