CBS News' CBSN is First 24/7 Digital Streaming News Service to Launch on Xbox 360

By: Caryn Robbins Jun. 21, 2016

CBSN, CBS News' 24/7 digital streaming news service featuring live, anchored coverage of the latest breaking world and U.S. news is available today in the new CBS News app for Xbox 360 from Microsoft.

CBSN makes all the resources of CBS News available directly on digital platforms and is free to access with no authentication required. The new CBS News app for Xbox 360 launches immediately into the live CBSN stream in a full-screen viewing experience, allowing viewers to access the digital service's wide-ranging, anchored coverage and original reporting of breaking news, current events and political, entertainment and sports news 24 hours a day.

The launch of the CBS News app for Xbox 360 further extends the reach of CBSN, which drew a record 48.6 million streams in the first quarter of 2016. Additionally, CBSN engagement levels remain high, with average viewing sessions of 45 minutes on connected TV devices.

CBSN is also available on Xbox One and connected TV devices including Amazon Fire TV, Android TV, Apple TV, Roku players and Roku TV models, as well as the CBS News apps for iOS, Android and Windows 8.1, and CBSNews.com on desktop and mobile devices.