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Hot on the heels of the DirecTV / NBC Deal, Comcast has made a deal with CBS to offer a number of shows from its Prime Time lineup as a Video on Demand (VOD) Service. The shows will cost 99 cents each and will be available the midnight following their broadcast on CBS.

The deal includes the following CBS shows:

• NCIS
• Amazing Race
• CSI
• Survivor

Just like the DirecTV / NBC deal, you will be able to fast forward through commercials! They won’t be skipped automatically, but the fast forward is not disabled. It is definitely starting to look like the Networks have conceded viewers skipping through commercials and they are trying to create a new revenue model based on selling the shows on VOD.

I still don’t see why anybody would buy these shows on VOD. If you have a DVR, just record them! Then you can watch them anytime you want. If you don’t have a DVR, get one! Comcast is charging 99 cents per show and you only get the show for 24 hours. Comcast also offers a DVR for $9.95 a month. If you’re going to by 10 or more of these shows per month, you’ve already paid for the DVR. And with the DVR, you can record any show you want, watch it whenever you want, and pause/rewind/fast forward live TV.

Sometimes things just don’t make sense — but I’m sure people will buy these shows, anyways.

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