• Gadgetwise, Thursday, January 6, 2011 1:55 PM

CBS has agreed to let Boxee sell TV episodes through its software platform beginning sometime this year. The New York Times' Gadgetwise blog calls the deal "a step forward for television episode sales." Announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, the partnership represents the first content deal between Boxee and a major television network.

"Boxee is one of several companies that wants to bridge television and the Internet, and it is hungry for deals with content providers like CBS," Gadgetwise points out. Indeed, "It's a major step for us, working with the biggest network in the U.S.," Boxee said on Thursday. "We hope it's the beginning of more deals with more major content providers both here in the U.S. and abroad." Presently, in the pursuit of additional digital revenue, CBS already lets television episodes to be purchased through Apple's iTunes store.

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