CBS crossed a new “Threshold” on Wednesday when it announced it would offer three episodes of the rookie suspense drama free and without advertising on its CBS Website .
Each episode will be streamed on demand following its airing in the Friday 9 p.m. time slot. At present, the episode “Blood of the Children,” which originally aired September 23, is available for viewing on CBS.com through Friday. “Revelations,” which airs Friday, will be available for streaming from November 9-11. “Progeny” will follow that same pattern and be available online from November 16-18.
“We think that the traditional network run will always be the primary broadcast, but this is an opportunity to recruit viewers that may not have experienced the show yet or (provide a chance) for those that missed an episode to get caught up,” said Chris Ender, senior vp CBS Communications Group.
The show is particularly well-suited for this type of promotion, he added. “The Internet audience loves to debate the paranormal and unravel mysteries, so this content fits perfectly with this platform.”
“Threshold” revolves around a team of experts that join forces when the U.S. Navy discovers an extraterrestrial craft has landed in the mid-Atlantic Ocean. It stars Carla Gugino, Charles S. Dutton and Brian Van Holt.
Larry Kramer, president CBS Digital Media, said the rebroadcasts will serve as a companion to the behind-the-scenes material featured for “Threshold” along with other original programming on the site from “Survivor,” “The Amazing Race” and UPN’s “America’s Next Top Model.”
Source: Reuters / Hollywood Reporter
And no – it does not work outside the U.S.
I tried.
…back to torrents of Lost…
Well since they seem to prefer using RealPlayer I don’t think that I’ll mind missing it because I’m out side the US.