CBS News for the first time is opening its decades of archives to the public through a deal with online retailers CustomFlix and Amazon.com.
The deal initially will offer access to dozens of full-length reports and segments from the “CBS Evening News” and “60 Minutes” that have aired since 2000. But in the future, CBS News will offer footage stretching back to the 1950s.
“Up until now it’s been closed except to researchers,” CBS News senior Vice President Linda Mason said. “This opens it up to the public. It’s a sampling now, but the variety will grow over time.”
CBS partnered with CustomFlix and Amazon.com for the service, which will allow customers to put up to 10 segments or 90 minutes of video on a custom-made DVD for $24.95. The DVD is produced within two or three days and shipped with a custom-made case that identifies the segments on it, CustomFlix co-founder Dana LoPiccolo-Giles said.
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