Last night, CBS ran a 60 Minutes special about the ongoing NSA debacle. It claimed to give "unprecedented access to the agency’s HQ" and "for the first time" explain "what it does and what it says it doesn’t do: spy on Americans." It was also, incidentally, a pile of steaming bull.
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On November 22nd, 1963, U.S. President John F. Kennedy was assassinated in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas. News of the assassination gripped the country as people huddled around radio sets to hear the latest broadcasts, some were able to watch live coverage in black and white on their TVs. November 22nd, 2013, marks the 50th anniversary of the shooting and CBS has decided to stream its broadcast coverage of the assassination, delivered during the four day period following the shooting.
The online streaming will be hosted on cbsnews.com, it will begin on 1:40 PM ET on Friday, November 22nd, 2013. It will start off by the first breaking network television news bulletin from 1963 alerting viewers that shots had been fired in Dallas. The stream will continue through the weekend and will finally end on November 25th,2013 after the coverage of Kennedy’s funeral and other news from that day. While clips of the broadcast have always been available on YouTube, viewers will get another chance to see the legendary Walter Cronkite announce the assassination of John F. Kennedy as it happened during the live broadcast back in 1963. Apart from the stream, the cbsnews.com website will also provide ongoing coverage of 50th anniversary commemoration events as well as in-depth reports on Kennedy’s presidency.
CBS To Stream Four Days Of Its 1963 Kennedy Assassination Live Coverage original content from Ubergizmo. 
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Back in March CBS launched a new app for iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. The app allowed users to watch full episodes of a number of daytime, primetime and late night TV shows on their iOS device, through streaming. By releasing this app, the network joined the likes of ABC and NBC, who have offered a streaming app to their customers for quite some time. After initially rolling out the app only for iOS, CBS is now going multiplatform. The network has released the CBS app for Android and Windows 8.
Shows such as The Big Bang Theory, The Late Show with David Letterman and NCIS will all be available for streaming on your Android, iOS or Windows 8 device. Through the app, users will be able to view all episodes of CBS’s new and returning primetime shows eight days after their initial broadcast on the network. Late night shows will be available for streaming after only 24 hours of the initial broadcast. That’s not all, the network has also said that it plans to bring the app over to the BlackBerry 10 platform by the end of this year. The official CBS app for Android is available now from Google Play Store and for Windows 8 from the Windows Store.
CBS App For Android And Windows 8 Released original content from Ubergizmo. 
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TV-loving Twitter users just got two big upgrades to their experience. To start, CBS has reached a deal with Twitter to offer ad-supported, in-tweet highlight videos through the Amplify program. The partnership will include content from 42 shows spread across 20 of CBS’ web and TV brands. Meanwhile, Netflix has launched a new Spoiler Foiler website that prevents Twitter friends in other regions from ruining Breaking Bad. Sign in, and the page will automatically censor tweets with likely spoiler material; you can click the blacked-out text to see what you’re missing. While it’s not clear when CBS’ highlight videos will be available, Spoiler Foiler is available today.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, Internet, HD
Via: GigaOM
Source: TechCrunch, Netflix Spoiler Foiler
When Alabama takes on Texas A&M in college football this afternoon, CBS will have more to offer than just a dedicated “Johnny Cam” following the Heisman winner all day (no, it will not be giving away autographed memorabilia). CBS plans to stream every SEC “Game of the Week” (most are TBD right now, check the schedule after the break) it broadcasts, and this one is up first. That means fans can watch on CBSSports.com or via its iOS mobile app (update: Android too). As an added bonus for fans, just like its Super Bowl live stream and in the NFL’s Game Rewind service, there’s an All-22 “eye in the sky” angle available as an alternative to the broadcast feed. Shot from a high view over the 50 yard line to show ever player on the field, it lets fans who dig the Xs and Os watch the way coaches do when they break down game film. Internet viewers will have the alternate camera angle plus live stats, Twitter integration, polls and on-demand video clips.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD, Mobile, Apple
Source: CBS Sports
You might say the day is never really done in consumer technology news. Your workday, however, hopefully draws to a close at some point. This is the Daily Roundup on Engadget, a quick peek back at the top headlines for the past 24 hours — all handpicked by the editors here at the site. Click on through the break, and enjoy.
In a resolution that’s as timely as it was expected, CBS and Time Warner Cable have kissed and made up. You’ll get your Under the Dome as scheduled tonight, but more importantly, you won’t miss any of your sweet professional football action.
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Well folks, it looks like Time Warner Cable customers will soon get CBS stations back in their living rooms. The two sides have reached an agreement after dropping channels back in July and programming is set to resume at 6PM ET this evening. TWC says that all customers should have channels back in 24 hours at the latest. In a press release announcing the deal, specific terms were not disclosed but they do include retransmission consent alongside Showtime Anytime for VOD and CBS stations in New York, Los Angeles and Dallas. Of course, this means CBS will be up and running on TWC when the NFL regular season kicks off in less than a week’s time. For a look at the full statement, venture on past the break.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: CBS
Time Warner Cable may not be in a rush to end the CBS blackout, but it’s not leaving subscribers out in the cold. The TV provider is now giving away a “limited quantity” of basic TV antennas in the Dallas, Green Bay, Los Angeles, Milwaukee and New York City regions. For those who don’t snag a free antenna, the company is also offering $20 in credit toward buying a unit at certain Best Buy stores in those same cities. These sorts of stopgap measures aren’t new, but they may provide some comfort to TWC viewers who aren’t likely to watch CBS channels through cable anytime soon.
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Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Source: TWC Conversations
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