Internet search engine giants Google today announced the availability of Google Video, a new service that enables users to search the content of television programs from leading TV content providers including PBS, the NBA, Fox News, and C-SPAN, among others.
The Google Video beta enables users to search across the closed captioning content of a growing number of TV programs that Google began indexing in December, 2004. Entering a query such as "iPod" will return a list of relevant television programs with still images and text excerpts from the exact point in the program where the search phrase was spoken.
Larry Page, co-founder and president of Google said,
"What Google did for the web, Google Video aims to do for television. 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."
This early-stage release of Google Video does not include any advertising or playback options.
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