CBS negotiates with Google, Yahoo for online video

So much for Apple. Now CBS confirms it is in talks with Google and Yahoo! for on-demand video service. The network started streaming episodes of Threshold off its own website earlier this fall, but it apparently has bigger plans. CBS president Les Moonves (one of my favorite Letterman phone guests) said the network wants to offer episodes of its CSI franchise online. He doesn't mention whether there will be a charge for such episodes, but that seems to be how these things work. One article about CBS' online plans says that 40 percent of American households now view video on the internet, and these television networks want a piece of that pie, darnit! It also appears that the other big networks saw how popular Lost and Desperate Housewives were on iTunes and jumped on the bandwagon.