In the beginning came Youtube and the world was good. But the big bad TV networks, Fox and NBC were not amused. They didnt like video clips of their shows being broadcast over Youtube because they didnt make any money from it. They created a new force in internet TV websites and it was called Hulu, allowing full TV shows to be broadcast across the internet.

So what of CBS, the other big TV network? CBS had declined to be one of Hulu’s partners at its launch, instead concentrating on its own CBS Website. Now they are moving up a gear, first putting their content on CBS.com and now relaunching TV.com the well know TV community website, into a video destination portal to rival its competitors.

CBS is mounting a challeng to the Hulu and Sling full TV show websites with TV.com after picking up the website amongst other assets aquired with the $1.8 billion acquisition of CNET last summer. Other great names aquired were: News.com, MP3. com and Radio.com. The TV Schedules website receives around 16 million unique visitors each month checking out whats on TV, watching clips and other content. Visitors can view around 19,000 shows and there will be much more of a social networking aspect around the content rather than just straight video viewing as Hulu does.

A TV.com spokesman said:- “We’re giving users easier access to new videos, a simpler way to talk about favorite shows, and an overview about what everyone else on the site thinks about the latest in TV. Think of it as an improved ‘landing’ page, giving you a snapshot of happenings on the site without having to search all over for information. The main purpose is to show new users that they’re entering a thriving community of people much like themselves.”

Its great to have another big player in the catch up tv world and hopefully we will eventually have a killer internet tv website

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