CBS says the company's push into streaming video is paying dividends. Speaking on the company's earnings call this week, CBS CEO Les Moonves said that CBS All Access and Showtime Anytime, the company's $11 per month have around 1 million subscribers each. Launched in late 2014, CBS All Access will run you $6 a month, but provides on demand, streaming access to more than 7,500 total episodes from CBS' past and current programming catalog.
Showtime Anytime costs $11 per month (less sometimes if purchased through Hulu or another third party), and provides access to Showtime's current and past catalog of content.
Both options were a sharp turnaround for a company that sued Dish for letting consumers automatically skip ads, sued Aereo, and consistently threatened to stop over-the-air broadcasts every time a disruptive concept arrived to threaten the status quo. But CBS CEO Les Moonves says the decision to give consumers more options has exceeded expectations.
"That’s well ahead of where we’d thought we’d be this early in the game," CBS CEO Les Moonves said on the company's earnings call.
The efforts haven't been without their hiccups; such as when CBS All Access effectively
bungled the Grammy Awards. Still, CBS All Access should specifically get a big boost early next year when the new "Star Trek" TV series debuts -- with CBS retaining the exclusive US streaming rights.