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CBSSports.com has a new home!

Mon, 25 Jan 2010 10:51:52 EST

After a grueling week of packing and then unloading boxes and moving bins, CBSSports.com has now settled into their new home at 1401 W. Cypress Creek Road in Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

CBSSports.com is thrilled with their new office space which houses a state-of-the-art glass video studio, a unique octagon TV wall AKA the “OctoTron“, and best of all, is a LEED-certified building offering increased energy efficiency, decreased water consumption, and enhanced indoor air quality. The office was designed using a hub-and-spoke layout that revolves around the content team and allows the entire Ft. Lauderdale team to work on the same floor for the first time in company history.

With the CBS broadcast of Super Bowl XLIV from South Florida just weeks away, and March Madness and the Masters quickly approaching, the new office space has energized CBSSports.com for a great couple of months.

RapidReports a hit with the press

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:28:38 EDT

The recent announcement of the creation of RapidReports, CBSSports.com's network of 32 NFL correspondents who will file multiple bite-sized updates per day from each team's practice facility or stadium, received some attention in the press. Here is a sampling:

In USA Today, Sports Media reporter Michael Hiestand quoted CBSSports.com General Manager Jason Kint as saying that with RapidReports, CBSSports.com "won't sacrifice accuracy for speed. The only thing this has in common with social media is the short form. This is the antithesis of Twitter."

In the SportsBusiness Daily, reporter Eric Fisher noted that "The writers for RapidReports will include former K.C. Star and KCChiefs.com reporter Bob Gretz (Chiefs) and former San Diego Union-Tribune reporter Tom Krasovic (Chargers). Editors for the effort include former Tennessean senior editor Alan Whitt and former Richmond Times-Dispatch sports editor Mike Harris. Not surprisingly, the available talent pool was significantly expanded by the ongoing retraction of the American newspaper industry."

CBSSports.com launches RapidReports

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:57:01 EDT

On July 29th, CBSSports.com announced the creation of an innovative new way to cover the NFL. RapidReports is a network of 32 correspondents, one with each NFL team. These reporters will file multiple bite-sized updates per day from each team's practice facility or stadium that will appear at the top of the CBSSports.com homepage.

CBS will be the first media outlet to cover the NFL, or any sport, in this manner, with one embedded reporter attached to every team working solely for one entity. Additionally, the style of coverage, with a constant stream of short, original news updates has never been used in the world of sports and CBSSports.com users and highly engaged NFL fans around the world will undoubtedly embrace this new mode of news delivery.

College Fantasy Football is back on CBSports.com!

Wed, 05 Aug 2009 11:50:27 EDT

CBSSports.com recently launched the 2009 version of its increasingly popular College Fantasy Football game.

The 2009 edition of CBSSports.com's College Fantasy Football will include live scoring, allowing fans of the fastest growing fantasy sports game to follow all the action in real-time.

In addition to free live scoring, the 2009 version of College Fantasy Football will once again use individual player names. While CBSSports.com first launched College Fantasy Football in 2005, last season (2008) was the first year that the product debuted individual player names.

CBSSports.com College Fantasy Football is offered completely free of charge and will allow users to recruit a team of college football players from any of the 120 Division I programs or customize their player pool to include any conference they choose. Users can utilize an improved live draft room to create their team and then embark on a 13 week season, competing head-to-head for their league championship.

CBS Cleans Up on the Sports Fans

Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:22:44 EDT

CBS Cleans Up on the Sports Fans

From online streaming of the Masters, NCAA March Madness, and other bonanzas, the TV network is raking in millions

By Ronald Grover and Tom Lowry

April 16, 2009

Demand great for NCAAs

Fri, 27 Mar 2009 8:33:25 EDT

Demand great for NCAAs

March Madness has record viewers

By Michael Vega

Boston Globe-March 27, 2009

CBS' online games are in demand

Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:02:35 EDT

CBS' online games are in demand

Neil Best - New York Newsday

March 19, 2009

On Ch. 2 in New York, CBS was busy with the final minutes of the LSU-Butler game Thursday, but at the top of their screens, fans could see there was a huge story developing:

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Fri, 20 Mar 2009 13:02:35 EDT

NCAA March Madness on Demand: Don't miss a thing

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:40:05 EDT

Don't miss a thing

Dallas Morning News

Friday, March 13, 2009

If only CBS March Madness on Demand was a stock and you had it nestled in your portfolio. You'd probably be feeling a whole lot better about your financial future.

For CBS, Tourney Means March Gladness

Tue, 17 Mar 2009 16:20:54 EDT

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For CBS, Tourney Means March Gladness

Monday March 9

Pete Barlas

NCAA March Madness on Demand Heating Up

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 21:18:10 EST

With March just a few days away, publicity around the CBSSports.com production of NCAA March Madness on Demand is starting to pick up steam. This week's issue of Sports Illustrated (3/2/09) has a nice piece on the evolution of the product and the enormous success it has been for CBS.

HOOPS ON THE SLY

YOU KNOW those annual estimates of lost productivity in the workplace during March Madness? It was about $2 billion last year-a number goosed by CBSSports.com's increasingly popular March Madness on Demand (MMOD). The feature streams live video of all games from the NCAA men's tournament, and the 4.8 million total unique viewers over the 10 days of games in 2008 was a jump of nearly three million from '07.

And with this year's tournament coverage starting on March 19 CBS president Leslie Moonves said ad revenue is "on track to break last year's revenue" of $23 million. That was up from $4 million in 2006 and from $10 million in '07. Most MMOD viewers belong to advertising's most coveted demographic: 25- to 54-year-old male college graduates with household incomes exceeding $75,000.

Evolving Sports' Online Playing Fields

Fri, 27 Feb 2009 11:19:17 EST

Stuart Miller of Multichannel News wrote a nice piece on the growing popularity of live streaming of sporting events on the Internet and how it is providing new opportunities for fans as well as networks, leagues, Internet providers and even advertisers. Miller also examines some of the challenges of streaming live sports on the Internet, in terms of rights issues and differing business models.

Below are selected highlights from "Evolving Sports' Online Playing Fields":

“There is tremendous growth in live streaming sports,” said Jason Kint, senior vice president and GM of CBSSports.com. “It is not cannibalizing television audiences but providing dynamic opportunity across platforms.”

"Beyond the leagues, sports departments and networks are also joining in, led by CBSSports.com, which has had tremendous success with its men’s college basketball tournament—this year, consumers streamed 4,925,566 hours of “March Madness on Demand” video and audio, up 81% from last year—and has expanded into other sports. Kint points out that March Madness, with its numerous games per day, many on weekdays when people may still be at work, is ideal for the live streaming format."