KingFish
26 Jan 2005, 2:19am
Google took the latest swing in its search scuffle with other heavyweights this week when it launched a beta version of Google Video. The search tool enables users to scour the content of television shows on PBS, the NBA, Fox News and C-SPAN among others.
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has recorded thousands of hours of programming since it began indexing shows in December. Viewers now can access content by entering a query for words or phrases that are embedded in closed captioning that comes with programs. The results list the programs alongside still images and text from the point where the search phrase was spoken.
So far the service only provides the single framed images with information about the programming. It doesn't allow users to view video on their computers.
"What Google did for the Web, Google Video aims to do for television," Larry Page, Google co-founder and president of products, said in a statement. "This preview release demonstrates how searching television can work today. Users can search the content of TV programs for anything, see relevant thumbnails, and discover where and when to watch matching television programs. We are working with content owners to improve this service by providing additional enhancements such as playback."
Source: Internet News (http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3463901)
The Mountain View, Calif.-based company has recorded thousands of hours of programming since it began indexing shows in December. Viewers now can access content by entering a query for words or phrases that are embedded in closed captioning that comes with programs. The results list the programs alongside still images and text from the point where the search phrase was spoken.
So far the service only provides the single framed images with information about the programming. It doesn't allow users to view video on their computers.
"What Google did for the Web, Google Video aims to do for television," Larry Page, Google co-founder and president of products, said in a statement. "This preview release demonstrates how searching television can work today. Users can search the content of TV programs for anything, see relevant thumbnails, and discover where and when to watch matching television programs. We are working with content owners to improve this service by providing additional enhancements such as playback."
Source: Internet News (http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3463901)