[opendtv] Google to Branch Into Television
- From: Monty Solomon <monty@xxxxxxxxxx>
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- Date: Tue, 25 Jan 2005 00:19:36 -0500
Google to Branch Into Television
- Jan 25, 2005 12:13 AM (AP Online)
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE AP Business Writer
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Google Inc. is using its popular Internet
search technology to find information and images broadcast on
television, continuing a recent effort to extend its reach beyond the
Web.
The Mountain View-based company planned to introduce the new video
search service Tuesday in an index that will be operated separately
from the market-leading search engine offered on its home page. The
feature pinpoints content previously aired on a variety of television
networks by scanning through the closed caption text that many
programmers offer.
Google's index, which began storing information last month, includes
programming from ABC, PBS, Fox News and C-SPAN.
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- http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=46404215
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