CBS All Access Commercial-Free Streaming Costs An Extra $4 Per Month

United States broadcaster CBS has launched a commercial-free option for its subscription video-on-demand service, CBS All Access.

Noticeably excluded from the commercial-free zone is All Access’s live streaming offering of local CBS Television stations; the Supreme Court decided in 2014 that the network has the exclusive right to offer that local content. And Hulu’s ad-free option is $12 per month for far more content than CBS’s $10 per month tier – another factor that could make it hard for the network attract viewers to either tier of its streaming service.

All Access features shows from the CBS library and will be the home of the new Star Trek series Star Trek: Discovery. The local programming is available on CBS All Access in about 150 US markets.

Paying $9.99 per month for content from a single network might not make sense to some.

There was a recent report that CBS put on its main website about the online version, with the intent to spark a lot of interest on social media. No one talks about CBS shows.

The problem is that most CBS programming is garbage. “Well, sort of; the announcement does note that the plan will include some “promotional interruptions”.

Subscribers to the $5.99/month plan will continue to experience reduced commercials when watching on-demand content and be able to watch CBS Classics without commercials.

CBS says the company has launched an ad-free version of its All Access streaming video service. This premium ad-free tier is cheaper than Hulu’s nearly-ad-free option ($12/month), and gives subscribers access to a catalog of about 7,500 shows new and old. The newest series in the Star Trek franchise will also be made available through the service at launch.

The new commercial-free content will include the entire current seasons of primetime hits like BIG BROTHER, BLUE BLOODS, MADAM SECRETARY and THE ODD COUPLE.

The All Access service works on a range of mobile devices, TV boxes and game consoles.