The Courier is an advertiser sponsored, week-long micro-series

Micro-series

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 debuted in 2006 on CBS

CBS

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, during the first act break of CSI: Miami

CSI: Miami

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. The premiere is a sixty second installment followed by forty second editions. It tells the story of a mystery man named "iiro" who races against time to uncover clues and perform a sequence of deadly tasks in a desperate attempt to rescue his kidnapped wife.The debut episode of "The Courier" utilized an original composition from Los Angeles experimental composer Devin Sarno

Devin Sarno

Devin Sarno began CRIB in early 1990 as a solo bass sound project focusing on improvised subsonics. Over the course of a decade his music evolved from high volume feedback experimentation to a sonic examination of the meditative properties of low-end drone music...

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After each broadcast episode of "The Courier" viewers were able to go to CBS.com to find out more about "iiro" (played by magician and BASE jumper

BASE jumping

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 Iiro Seppänen

Iiro Seppänen

Iiro Seppänen is a Finnish producer, director and author. After successful careers as a master magician and professional BASE jumper, Seppänen turned his talents to filmmaking and since 2005 has produced two award-winning documentaries , more than 50 hours of prime time TV entertainment, the CBS...

) and his adventures. The web site offered each episode for viewing on-demand

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after its broadcast, and fleshed out the cryptic narrative via rich video and text components.