According to Sony, "The Interview" will be available to stream via affiliates for iN Demand (Time Warner Cable, Comcast, Bright House Networks, Cox Communications) and VUBIQUITY Cablevisionn, Charter and AT&T U-verse TV) as well as on Verizon FiOS, VUDU and DirecTV.
Prior to the CBSN addition, CBS All Access had a number of other news programs available, including via its live TV streams from affiliates which brought local and national news coverage to its service.
But then Orwell was living in an age before "automated income streams" and "affiliate marketing".
"I'm not affiliated to any political stream, I'm affiliated to Islam.
The service, which is now available, allows streaming of full seasons of current and past CBS shows, and also lets users stream local CBS affiliates live.
At first, the store would refer subscribers to other sites selling interesting products related to cooking, but not as an affiliate stream of revenue.
"The cable players have a robust affiliate fee stream that allows them to better finance original programming," said Anthony DiClemente, a media analyst at Barclays Capital.
There's no sign, though, of the artists who generate the most heat – those whose profiles are high and are kept high, who are media staples (as well as affiliates of streaming service Tidal): no Kanye West, no Rihanna, no Jay Z. Beyoncé only creeps in at No 20.
ivi currently streams programs from New York and Seattle affiliates of ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, and a few other networks.
Amazon didn't disclose its deal terms, but, according to prior reports, there's an affiliate revenue stream involved.
