CBS All Access will expand globally

CBS Corporation has announced that it is expanding the availability of CBS All Access internationally through a partnership of its CBS Interactive and CBS Studios International divisions.

The digital subscription VOD and live streaming service, will launch initially in Canada in the first half of 2018, with other markets to follow.

“CBS All Access is growing faster than we anticipated domestically, and now represents a whole new opportunity internationally as well,” commented Leslie Moonves, Chairman and CEO, CBS Corporation. “By going direct-to-consumer around the world, we will facilitate new connections between the global audience and our industry-leading premium content. I look forward to introducing CBS All Access to Canada in early 2018, followed by a number of other markets in multiple continents around the world.”

Last year, the company stated that by 2020 it would have eight million subscribers combined for CBS All Access and Showtime´s direct-to-consumer products. CBS has also announced that it is ahead of that pace and will exceed more than four million subscribers combined by the end of 2017.