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CBS: Interactive properties 'getting more significant'

CBS doesn't break out the revenue of its interactive properties, but it sure does talk about them a lot. The big takeaway from CBS' earnings conference call was the importance of its Internet properties to its future. Ultimately, CBS sees its interactive business accounting for a little more than 5...

Tags: Web Technology, Hollywood on Demand, General, Entertainment, Broadband

Blog posts 2007-08-01

The beauty of the 'Boss button'

CBS Sportsline knows you're blowing productivity by watching March Madness. To further the cause the sports site has embedded a handy Boss button.

Tags: Boss Button, SportsLine, CBS Broadcasting Inc.

Image galleries 2007-03-15

CBS SportsLine bombs in IT, apologizes, bombs again

CBS SportsLine bombs in IT, apologizes, bombs againAlready there for hosted servicesJust like status.salesforce.com, only without the green dots.RE: CBS SportsLine bombs in IT, apologizes, bombs againFast Forward to September 9, 2007...opening day of the NFL ..guess what...servers are down and site cannot be reached. THESE GUYS SUCK!

Tags: Strategy, SportsLine, CBS Broadcasting Inc., information technology

Discussion threads 2006-11-14

CBS SportsLine bombs in IT, apologizes, bombs again

There may be a lot of debate about whether IT matters in other industries, but in fantasy football its clear cut--poor information systems management means lost customers. Ask CBS SportsLine, a unit of CBS Digital Media. This year CBS SportsLines technology management has gone from good to poor at a...

Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Web Technology, CBS Broadcasting Inc., SportsLine

Blog posts 2006-11-14

Top NCAA-related sites: ESPN.com, CBS Sportsline, Yahoo! Sports

Nielsen//NetRatings reported that daily traffic to sports-related Web sites spiked on the first day of March Madness, the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, growing 21% to 9.7 mln unique visitors from Wednesday, March 15th to Thursday, March 16th. NCAA-related sports Web sites enjoyed a daily traffic increase of 21%, from...

Tags: NCAA, unique visitor

Blog posts 2006-03-23

Additional Resources

We've been acquired: CBS buys CNET

Nothing like scanning the headlines and finding out your parent company has been acquired. CBS Corporation To Acquire CNET Networks, Inc. The details: "Under the terms of the agreement, CBS will make a cash tender offer for all issued and outstanding shares of CNET Networks for $11.50 per...

Tags: CNET Networks Inc., CBS Broadcasting Inc., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Financial Services, Development Tools, Finance, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-15

The sports junkie's iPhone Web app

So you've got an iPhone but you can't remember all the sports scores Web sites when you're trying to catch the Sixers or Flyers score (sorry, showing my Philly bias). Worse: trying to load the full ESPN or Sportsline Web site on an EDGE connection. A friend...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, MLB, Sport, SportsTap, Games, Web Site Development, Channel Management, Personal Technology, Internet, Marketing, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-03

In failure to 'get' the Internet, CBS Online digs its own grave

Back in April, I published a post under the headline What's wrong with this CBS News story is also what's wrong with the mainstream media. I left the question open to ZDNet readers to spot what was wrong with the story in question -- a story about a guy...

Tags: Entertainment, General, IT Management, Web technology

Blog posts 2007-05-31

The beauty of the 'Boss button'

CBS Sportsline has streaming video thing down for this years March Madness. No hiccups. Quick wait times and almost TV-like video. But all the best part is the Boss button, which brings up a mock spreadsheet whenever someone walks by. Pretty comical even though its probably not that terribly effective....

Tags: Boss Button, March Madness

Blog posts 2007-03-15

Google – CBS drama takes new video turn

Google Inc. is closing in on the ten year anniversary of its founding. As Google matures, it experiences new business life cycle impacts. For example, Google must not only aggressively hire to meet its growth needs, it also faces the risk of losing key personnel to competitors and other...

Tags: TV, Television, Culture, Google, Video, YouTube, Marketing, Advertising, Media

Blog posts 2007-02-28

What to do on SuperBowl Sunday

The SuperBowl is one of those events, like the Academy Awards, that sucks up most of the oxygen in the air. For me, SuperBowl Sunday is a good time to read a book, go for a hike or... write a blog post about the SuperBowl. At the conclusion of SuperBowl...

Tags: General, SuperBowl Sunday

Blog posts 2007-02-04

MySpace: IT on a wing and a Microsoft prayer

Baselines David Carr has an interesting tale of MySpaces IT operations. In a nutshell, the company is winging it with a Microsoft-based platform amid massive growth. Here are a few takeaways from the article, which is linked here to the printer version (the story is broken up...

Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, Microsoft, MySpace

Blog posts 2007-01-17

Traffic to NCAA sites from work exceeds traffic from home

March Madness saw more people visiting sports sites at work than at home, indicating office workers are visiting the NCAA sports sites during the day when the live games are broadcasted. At-work traffic to NCAA sites attracted nearly 5.9 mln unique visitors on March 16th versus 4.8 mln unique visitors...

Tags: NCAA, unique visitor

Blog posts 2006-03-23

Top mobile sports sites by ethnic group visits

Telephia used a benchmark index of 100 to represent an average visitor to a mobile sports site. Depending on the flow of traffic from a specific ethnic group, Telephia published the report on ethnic audiences for major sports sites. US Asian and Hispanic populations refer to CBS Sportsline as mobile...

Tags: Telephia, mobile marketing

Blog posts 2006-03-12

Top sports sites: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, Fox Sports on MSN

Nielsen//NetRatings ranked the top sports sites. Home and work data for the week ending August 21, 2005, was considered. ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and Fox Sports on MSN were the top sports sites. Top 10 sports sites Audience, 000 Reach, % ESPN 6,200 4.98 Yahoo! Sports 5,365 4.31 FOX Sports on MSN...

Tags: Yahoo! Sports, MSN, ESPN, SPortS

Blog posts 2005-10-07

Pop-up vulnerability found in major browsers

Pop-up vulnerability found in major browsersPop Up? I haven't seen one of those in yearsI've been using Safari on Mac, and Mozilla/Firefox on Windows for so long I'd forgotten about popups.Funny ... I can see the Malicious AddressMy address bar using Secunia's own pop-up test on my Firefox...

Tags: Web browsers, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Now IT, Web browser, Mozilla Firefox, pop-up blocker, Secunia

Discussion threads 2005-06-22

Most popular sports sites: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, Fox Sports on MSN

Nielsen//NetRatings published the list of most popular sports Web sites. Data for the week ending April 24, 2005, was surveyed, with weekly audience for the sites shown below. Top 10 Online Sports Destinations Site Unique weekly audience, 000 Reach, % ESPN 6,316 5.11 Yahoo! Sports 4,945 4 FOX Sports on MSN 4,576 3.7 MLB.com 3,895 3.15...

Tags: SPortS

Blog posts 2005-06-14

Top sports Web sites: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, NFL

Nielsen//NetRatings rated ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and NFL among top online sports destinations. Top online sports destinations Brand or Channel Unique Audience (000) Active Reach (%) ESPN 3,559 3.35 Yahoo! Sports 3,223 3.03 NFL Internet Network 3,183 2.99 FOX Sports on MSN 2,203 2.07 Sportsline.com 1,645 1.55 AOL Sports 1,542 1.45 SI.com 1,114 1.05 MLB.com 1,102 1.04 CollegeSports.com 618 0.58 NBA Internet Network 602 0.57 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Tags: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports

Blog posts 2005-02-01

Top sports Web sites: ESPN, Yahoo! Sports, NFL

Nielsen//NetRatings rated ESPN, Yahoo! Sports and NFL among top online sports destinations. Top online sports destinations Brand or Channel Unique Audience (000) Active Reach (%) ESPN 3,559 3.35 Yahoo! Sports 3,223 3.03 NFL Internet Network 3,183 2.99 FOX Sports on MSN 2,203 2.07 Sportsline.com 1,645 1.55 AOL Sports 1,542 1.45 SI.com 1,114 1.05 MLB.com 1,102 1.04 CollegeSports.com 618 0.58 NBA Internet Network 602 0.57 Source: Nielsen//NetRatings NetView

Tags: Yahoo! Sports, ESPN

Blog posts 2005-02-01

Most popular sports sites

According to Nielsen/NetRatings, the most popular sports sites on the Web are:AOL SportsSportslineFox SportsUSAToday SportsSI.com

Tags: SPortS

Blog posts 2004-04-06