CNET Plans CNET-TV Video-on-Demand Network

By Geoff Duncan April 17, 2006

CNET Networks announced today that it plans to launch CNET TV, an on-demand video network to be available in the second half of 2006 via cable television, TiVo subscriber service, and via the Internet.

CNET’s distributions partners in CNET TV currently include DVR maker TiVo, Cox Communications, and TVN Entertainment. CNET’s video properties include Weekend Project,First Look from the Labs, and Insider Secrets; CNET TV will also feature news reports and special coverage of major industry shows and events, plus user-submitted videos. CNET’s GameSpot site will also be producing two half-hour series under the banner GamePlay HD, focusing on video game news, reviews, and previews.

CNET has previously worked with TiVo on a trial project to distribute video-on-demand programming. Other CNet properties include Download.com, News.com, and the re-birthed MP3.com.

Editors' Recommendations

Former Digital Trends Contributor

Geoff Duncan writes, programs, edits, plays music, and delights in making software misbehave. He's probably the only member…

Audio / Video

YouTube TV now lets you subscribe to some add-ons without a base plan

YouTube TV on Apple TV.

À la carte TV is a myth. The idea that you can subscribe to -- and pay for -- channels individually is just something that the money folks will never let happen. The closest we're going to get is with something like Sling TV, which sports smaller packages with a plethora of add-ons that you can mix and match.

But YouTube TV is now doing something a little different, giving you the opportunity to subscribe to a number of networks on their own without also subscribing to the $65-a-month base YouTube TV plan.

Audio / Video

T-Mobile adding a free year of Apple TV+ to its most expensive plans

Apple TV icon on Apple TV.

T-Mobile today announced that it's giving subscribers to its most expensive mobile plan a free subscription to Apple TV+, which normally costs $60 a year. Those who are subscribed to the Magenta Max plan — which costs $85 a month for a single line — will get Apple's streaming service for free. If you've got T-Mobile's Magenta plan, which costs $70 a month for one line, you'll get six months of Apple TV+ for free.

The perk takes effect on August 31, 2022, and it's good for the foreseeable future. (A previous version of this story stated it was just for one year, but that's legacy copy on T-Mobile's website for the old perk that's being supplanted.)

Audio / Video

YouTube TV adds new Spanish plans

YouTube TV on Roku.

YouTube TV today announced a pair of new Spanish-language plans. One is an add-on to YouTube TV's base plan, and the other is all Spanish all the time.

The separate plan — aptly named "the Spanish Plan" — costs $25 a month for the first six months and $35 a month after. You're able to sign up for this package without requiring the $65-a-month base YouTube TV plan. It features nearly 30 Spanish-only channels.