CBS Corp. (CBS) made a big splash in the tech world today, announcing it has acquired online television guide Clicker.com and named the site’s co-founder and CEO, Jim Lanzone, as the new President of CBS Interactive. What exactly is Clicker, and just what would the “Tiffany network” want with a fairly new-to-the-game TV guide for the Web?
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CBS Interactive clicked on acquire and reached an agreement to buy Internet TV guide Clicker Media, also naming its co-founder and CEO, Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, overseeing all of its operations worldwide.
Clicker, a guide to legal broadcast programming on the Internet, launched in November 2009 and boasts more than 2.5 million monthly users, as well as proprietary recommendation engine Clicker Predict and integration with Facebook.
Lanzone succeeds Neil Ashe, who came on board as president of CBS Interactive under similar circumstances when it acquired CNET Networks in June 2008. Ashe announced in December that he would leave CBS Interactive when a successor was named.
Prior to Clicker, Lanzone was with Ask.com from 2001-08, ending up as its CEO.
You don’t have to worry about missing your favorite television shows anymore, as you’re likely to find them online within days after they air. New statistics from online video search site Clicker say that half of all TV episodes make their way online within a day after their original air date, and nearly all episodes are available within a 2-week window following their original air date. Get the lowdown on these statistics and more after the jump.
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