TheBigDave

They brought it up again last week:

CBS ‘Toying’ With Commercial-Free All Access Option

I'd pay $10/month if it included CW shows.

dvd-4-life

I just rejoined a few weeks ago. Trying too complete Hawaii Five-O(new) season 6.

I don't know about 10 bucks a month for commercial free. There isn't enough programming compared to Amazon,Hulu or Netflix.

It's too bad that they can't get another partner like WB(besides CW) so there would be plenty too watch and you wouldn't have to worry about running out of stuff too see.

windom

CBS has announced the commercial free version of CBS All Access will be $9.99 per month.

http://deadline.com/2016/08/cbs-all-...on-1201811555/

I don't know if $4 more is worth it unless you're watching a lot of shows on here. My main use is the Big Brother live feeds and watching the occasional CBS show that my DVR messes up.

DJariya

That's good news.

I have roughly 20 episodes of NCIS LA and New Orleans that I need to catch up on before the new seasons start and this will help out going through them.

I use CBS All-Access mainly as a backup as well.

TheBigDave

I don't mind paying an extra $4/month to skip all the commercials. But now that Supergirl and POI are gone, I don't think I watch any CBS shows.

Also, I noticed this in the Deadline article:

WTF does “promotional interruptions” mean?

I don't mind a short promo for other CBS stuff before/after the show I'm watching. But if they're "interrupting" the show, then that sounds a lot like a commercial.

DJariya

My guess that applies to shows not actually owned by CBS like The Big Bang Theory. That's a WB show and I know CBS pays a fortune for it, so they probably have to have some kind of short interruption for it. Hulu does it for select shows as well even with the commercial free option.

But, shows like Criminal Minds, NCIS, Elementary, which are all owned and produced by CBS won't have that issue.

TheBigDave

The CBS All Access FAQ says:

I don't mind if it's like the short promos on ad-free Hulu. But if it's in the middle of shows, I'm not paying.

DJariya

Okay I've watched a few hours of NCIS New Orleans today and they show around 3 15-second CBS promotional spots for their own shows. They pop in during the act break to commercial.

TheBigDave

So there's 3 commercial breaks in the middle of a show on the "Commercial Free" plan? That sucks.

dvd-4-life

I haven't watched their Classics lately so are they still commercial free at the 5.99 charge?

Are these promos on all their current shows(from this last season) or are there only a few?

Also once CBS's tv season get's underway will they stop with the promos and then make it officially commercial free(9.99 charge)?

DJariya

The 15 second spots that I saw were from current CBS shows like NCIS, Elementary, Blue Bloods and Hawaii Five-O.

Have no clue. The news in the link did say that some shows would include them.

These spots probably aren't considered commercials to CBS because they aren't advertiser sanctioned making them money. These are just short in-house spots.

TGM

I'd probably subscribe for one month once the entire Star Trek show has rolled out, binge it, and cancel.

Shannon Nutt

You're making the mistake that the CBS app will have the entire series available on there at one time. I don't see that happening for a while. My guess is they'll gradually remove episodes as new ones come, so there's never more than, say, 8 episodes available at any one time. I'm sure they're aware of people planning to buy one month to binge them all.

majorjoe23

But I suspect that they will also want to build a large library, which will make it easier to attract subscribers. There isn't really anywhere else for the Star Trek show to go. Keeping it available is one of the few things that can attract new subscribers.

dvd-4-life

What new content have they added in the last six months?

I quit last year and just came back recently.

dvd-4-life

As far as I know that once a new season starts all of the show's for that season remain available for the whole season. It's not like on-demand. Everything stays. At least that was what they did last season before I quit.

TheBigDave

FREE Month of CBS All-Access

Typically you only get a 7-day free trial but this week only you can get a 30-day free trial. To get this deal use Promo Code FALLACCESS when you sign up!

http://cordcuttersnews.com/deal-aler...th-cbs-access/

Shannon Nutt

Yes, but you're not talking about exclusive to the service material. We don't know what their policy will be with that. All the stuff currently on there is either airing on TV, available on other apps, and/or available on home video. Star Trek Discovery (aside from the pilot) will be exclusive to CBS: All Access, and we already know they're not releasing the whole season at once - which is a hint to me that the whole first season won't be available all at once until maybe Season 2 comes out and/or the first season gets a video release.

dvd-4-life

I called them the other day and she didn't know about Star Trek Discovery(as far as the timeline for releasing each episode).

Alan Smithee

Free trial not good for the commercial-free option. Wonder if the quality has at least gotten any better since last time?

DJariya

http://deadline.com/2016/12/cbs-all-...al-1201862962/

CBS All-Access has acquired the rights for NFL content, including streaming live games starting this Sunday.

DJariya

Also, I've been using CBS All-Access to catch up on Bull and NCIS. It looks like they took out the short CBS promos. The commercial free option is truly 100% commercial free now.

Wolf359

This thing is completely worthless. Tried watching a show and it started with one ad, played literally two minutes and then FIVE more. After about 7 minutes, four more ads! Canceled.

dvd-4-life

Don't understand why they are missing Perry Mason episodes? Weren't these released on dvd box sets?

TheBigDave

This looks interesting. I wonder what the price will be? Showtime's streaming service is $10.99. CBS All Access is $5.99 (or $9.99 ad-free).