CBSN is an
internet television news channel operated by the
CBS News and
CBS Interactive divisions of
CBS Corporation which launched on November 6, 2014. As well as being a competitor to the
cable news channels operated by the other major U.S. television companies (such as
Turner's
CNN,
Fox's
Fox News Channel,
NBC's
MSNBC and
CNBC, and
Disney-ABC's
Fusion), CBSN was designed primarily as a digital-oriented service; CBSN is distributed solely through the CBS News website,
mobile apps, and on television via apps for
digital media player devices such as
Apple TV,
Amazon Fire and
Roku, rather than traditional platforms such as
cable television, though since September 21, 2015, some CBSN segments are repurposed on the
CBS broadcast network itself as part of the new overnight news program
CBS Overnight News.