CBS says YouTube Boosts Sagging Ratings

by nukegingrich | November 24, 2006 at 04:13 pm
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It'€™s been a month since CBS began its partnership with YouTube, and the network has uploaded 300 videos. Since that time, the clips have racked up a total of 29.2 million views for an average of 857,000 views a day. Many of the clips are from CBS'€™ Late Show with David Letterman and The Late Late Show, and the network says ratings have risen 5 and 7 percent respectively since the YouTube deal began. "€œAlthough the success of these shows on YouTube is not the sole cause of the rise in television ratings, both companies believe that YouTube has brought a significant new audience of viewers to each broadcast,"€ reads the press release, which follows below along with a list of the top 15 clips so far...¦
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