Saturday, December 18, 2004
Searchable TV Broadcasts on the Way?
Posted by Andy Manea in "NEWS" @ 02:00 AM
"Google's plan is to create a TV-searchable database of Internet-only video content. I know it sounds confusing, but we're guessing that the Internet-only video content are shows that TV broadcasters will be making available via on-demand broadband services or on TV network websites. Reason being, CNET reports that “Google has demonstrated [their secret] technology to a handful of major TV broadcasters in an attempt to forge alliances and develop business models for a TV-searchable database on the Web."
Sounds just like Teletext with information on online programs also - or exclusively in this case. The only technical difference is that the database would be "on the Web" but still TV-searchable. For those of you who don't know what Teletext or Videotext is: every TV channel has its own. It conveys information of any type - news, TV guides, summaries of movies and shows; MTV has the charts, CNN foreign exchange rates, and I go to my local channel for arrival and departure times when I need to fly or pick someone up from the airport.
Sounds just like Teletext with information on online programs also - or exclusively in this case. The only technical difference is that the database would be "on the Web" but still TV-searchable. For those of you who don't know what Teletext or Videotext is: every TV channel has its own. It conveys information of any type - news, TV guides, summaries of movies and shows; MTV has the charts, CNN foreign exchange rates, and I go to my local channel for arrival and departure times when I need to fly or pick someone up from the airport.
