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AFTER ONE MONTH, CBS CONTENT AMONG MOST VIEWED VIDEOS ON YOUTUBE
Nearly 30 Million Views Since Partnership Began Oct. 18
NEW YORK, NY and SAN BRUNO, Calif. — One month after launching the CBS Brand Channel on YouTube, CBS’s daily feed of news, sports and entertainment clips have become some of the most widely viewed content on the site.CBS has uploaded more than 300 clips that have a total of 29.2 million views on YouTube, averaging 857,000 views per day, since the service launched on October 18. CBS has three of the top 25 most viewed videos this month (Nov.1–17), including clips from CBS’s Tuesday night hit drama “NCIS,” “Late Show with David Letterman,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” and “The Early Show.” The CBS Brand Channel is also one of the most subscribed channels of all time with more than 20,000 users subscribing to CBS programming on YouTube since the channel launch last month.
“Above all the other good news, what’s most exciting here is the extent to which CBS is learning about its audience as never before,” said Quincy Smith, President, CBS Interactive. “YouTube users are clearly being entertained by the CBS programming they’re watching as evidenced by the sheer number of video views. Professional content seeds YouTube and allows an open dialogue between established media players and a new set of viewers. We believe this inflection point is the precursor to many exciting developments as we continue to build bridges rather than construct walls.”
“CBS has done a phenomenal job at engaging and interacting with the YouTube community and we’re pleased that this has brought new viewers to their broadcasts. It’s been great watching our community respond so strongly and positively to their entertaining content,” said Kevin Donahue, Vice President of Content for YouTube. “We look forward to working with CBS to help them promote their quality programming while bringing timely video content to our user community.”
Ratings for the network’s late night programs, in particular, have shown notable increases. CBS’s “Late Show with David Letterman” has added 200,000 (+5%) new viewers while “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson” is up 100,000 viewers (+7%) since the YouTube postings started. Although the success of these shows on YouTube is not the sole cause of the rise in television ratings, both companies believe that YouTube has brought a significant new audience of viewers to each broadcast.
Here are the Top 15 CBS videos watched this month (as of Nov. 17):
Title
1. NCIS/Cat Fight
Total Views: 1,603,364
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DowFLyuHaeo
2. Letterman/ Borat Meets David Letterman
Total Views: 1,057,180
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvQScRuZj9s
3. Early Show/ Borat Vs Harry Smith
Total Views: 969,391
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UnbnaT8If0Q
4. Letterman/ Bush is drinking again
Total Views: 698,806
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irOFAjsnSg0
5. Letterman/ Message About February for Bush
Total Views: 524,697
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NmX23l0ouo8
6. CBS Evening News/ Michael J Fox Talks to Katie Couric
Total Views: 465,563
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8lsjfjgAA8
7. CSTV/USC Cheerleaders: The Song Girls
Total Views: 374,623
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8KtR2oeXFqo
8. CSTV/ A Field of Dreams for Judy Coffman
Total View: 358,572
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWERvnzVkYE
9. Letterman/George W. Bush Fakin’ It
Total Views: 357,213
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVOj6iP_iVs
10. Letterman/ Dave and Bill O’Reilly
Total View: 352,747
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nD_iNPalY
11. Letterman/The Guy Who Swears At Dave
Total Views: 316,258
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=foyLyriak-Q
12. Ferguson/ Fun is Dangerous
Total Views: 314,093
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFMfmXWlAGs
13. Letterman/Do Maggots Go With Scorpion
Total Views: 278,283
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjed2Xq0ImI
14. Ferguson/ Bush visits the Un-Late Late Show
Total Views: 221,462
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5fvqMF34iG4
15. Ferguson/Bad Kerry
Total Views: 219,556
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6Bz_r5CZTk
CBS and YouTube launched the CBS Brand Channel in October, which included clips from “Late Show with Dave Letterman,” “The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson,” “NCIS” and “CSI: Miami,” as well as archival sports footage such as great finishes and upsets from NCAA’s March Madness. CBS has also provided clips from “CBS News First Look with Katie Couric,” in which Couric offers a web-exclusive rundown of the stories being considered for coverage on that night's “CBS Evening News.” “First Look” also offers some perspective on what is going on in the world that day.
About CBS CBS Corporation (NYSE: CBS.A and CBS) is a mass media company with constituent parts that reach back to the beginnings of the broadcast industry, as well as newer businesses that operate on the leading edge of the media industry. The Company, through its many and varied operations, combines broad reach with well-positioned local businesses, all of which provide it with an extensive distribution network by which it serves audiences and advertisers in all 50 states and key international markets. It has operations in virtually every field of media and entertainment, including broadcast television (CBS and The CW – a joint venture between CBS Corporation and Warner Bros. Entertainment), cable television (Showtime and CSTV Networks), local television (CBS Television Stations), television production and syndication (CBS Paramount Network Television and CBS Television Distribution Group), radio (CBS Radio), advertising on out-of-home media (CBS Outdoor), publishing (Simon & Schuster), digital media (CBS Interactive and CSTV Networks) and consumer products (CBS Consumer Products). For more information, log on to www.cbscorporation.com.
About YouTube Founded in February 2005, YouTube is a consumer media company for people to watch and share original videos worldwide through a Web experience. YouTube allows people to easily upload and share video clips on www.YouTube.com and across the Internet through websites, blogs, and e-mail. YouTube has quickly become the leading destination on the Internet for video entertainment.