TV.com iPhone App Streams Full CBS Shows

By Nick Mokey Published February 27, 2009

TV.com iPhone App Streams Full CBS Shows

Streaming television has made another (legal) stride toward the small screen. Earlier this week, TV.com launched an iPhone app that brings full episodes of many CBS, Showtime and CW shows right to the handset, even without Wi-Fi.

The free application offers access to episodes of CSI, the original Star Trek series, Late Night with David Letterman,NCIS, Beverly Hills 90210, and in an odd anachronism, MacGyver. Though the entirety of any given show is available from the app, they must be viewed as a series of clips.

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Videos are browsable by channel, searchable, and include keywords that can be used to create custom feeds of videos. Users can also save shortcuts to favorite clips, and shake the iPhone to get a random video.

Unlike Joost, which offers access to its own library via an iPhone app as well, the TV.com app does not need Wi-Fi to function, and works anywhere users have 3G connectivity.

Users can download the app directly through iTunes or the iPhone’s built-in app store.

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