CBS Wireless Alerts
CBS Corp. said Monday it would offer a wireless subscription service allowing users to have video-enhanced breaking news and entertainment alerts sent to their mobile phones.
The announcement is an indication of how television networks and studios are trying to adapt to changing viewing habits in an era of handheld video devices, digital video recorders, and other new tools for watching news and entertainment.
Subscribers will get as many as five alerts each day. They can either read text or watch matching pictures and video if their phone is so enabled.