CBS News and its owned broadcast stations are launching a rebranded and expanded streaming news service.
Neeraj Khemlani and Wendy McMahon, presidents and co-heads of CBS News and stations, said the newly named CBS News Streaming Network will feature live national streams, 13 local streams – including a new CBS News Miami Streaming channel launching today – and content from programs like “60 Minutes,” “48 Hours,” “CBS Sunday Morning,” “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” the CBS Evening News for Norah O’Donnell, “CBS Mornings,” and CBS Saturday Morning.”
The service will still be available for free across mobile, desktop and connected TVs.
“We’re unlocking the power of CBS News – streaming the best of our reporting and storytelling on television to viewers everywhere,” said Khemlani in a statement. “From up-to-the-minute reporting from our new live news desk, signature interviews by Gayle King and Norah O’Donnell, adventures on CBS SUNDAY MORNING and 60 MINUTES, true crime on 48 HOURS – and reporting out of Washington to Kyiv to Beijing – we’re delivering a 24/7 experience with quality journalism from the best news brands in the business.”
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“CBS News and Stations’ local streaming channels are growing at a rapid pace and will continue this year through the significant expansion of coverage in all of our markets, giving us an additional 15,000 hours of live local news per year by the end of 2022,” said McMahon in a statement. “Our commitment reflects the relevance and importance of local news to audiences across the country. We are excited to launch CBS News Miami today and look forward to completing the rollout of our local streaming channels later this year when we debut CBS News Detroit. Unifying our brands and newsgathering resources positions us to deliver the best local-to-national-to global streaming news experience to our consumers however they want to watch.”
CBS News is bulking up its streaming strategy as competitors like CNN and Fox News continue forward. Fox Nation, Fox News’ subscription streaming service, has been around since 2018 and CNN+, a new subscription streaming service from the cable news network, will reportedly launch in March.