Previous info indicated the service would focus more heavily on movies than the back catalog of TV shows that is a part of Netflix Watch Instantly and Amazon Prime Instant Video, and Bloomberg reports Redbox will break with their models by paying its content providers per subscribercable TV-style, instead of a flat rate decided up front.
The cable industry continues to see stagnant TVsubscriber growth, thanks to the weak economy, anemic new home sales, market saturation and the rise of Internet video options.
While political ad spending, the Superbowl and ad pricing growth lifted the results for CBS-owned TV stations and CBS Radio, cable networks benefited from continued subscriber growth and higher subscription pricing.
Compared to the cable companies which have suffered consistent subscriber losses for the past few years, satellite pay-TV service providers have done well.