It’s the fourth year that CBS Sports will offer the mostly regional games–ones that wouldn’t appear across the whole network. Beginning with the first games March 16, there will be up to 56 NCAA men’s tournament games available on the Web through the regional semi-finals.
For the first three years, including last year, it was a premium service through the college sports site CSTV.com. This year, CBS has shifted NCAA March Madness on Demand to an ad-supported service in an effort to gain more viewers.
The move is in line with CBS’ online strategy in news and elsewhere. "We felt it was time to continue the evolution to an ad-supported free model that will be the biggest growth down the road," said Michael Aresco, senior vice president of programming at CBS Sports.
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