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This close to throwing out the TV
November 12, 2007

Another product to make sense of the heaps of rich video content streamed online, the video indexing service, Clipblast, has launched a new service that allows users to index and search for streaming videos on the web.

That includes watching television shows online.

With the advent of Hulu, the partnership of NBC-U and Fox to put their television shows online, as well as countless peer to peer sharing of commercially produced content -- the idea of watching television seems rather trite. .. but for live sports.

ClipBlast, which formed three years ago, was primarily a search engine for saved video clips. This latest incarnation searches live streaming video, which allows users to search among thousands of web streams that are embeded on web sites.

From CNN news clips, to the latest episode of Heroes, ClipBlast scans 100 insitutional content providers as well as user generated video. 

In the three days since its launch, the service has gotten strong play on Apple's Mac platform, becoming one of the most downloaded "widgets" among Mac users to store on their toolbar, a ClipBlast representative said.

"As more and more TV news organizations worldwide are making their streams available online, we're delighted to be able to provide virtually instant access to those who want to search, browse and watch live broadcasts – accurately and reliably,” said Gary Baker, ClipBlast! founder and CEO.  "Whether it’s the recent wildfires in Southern California, upheaval in Pakistan or any other breaking news, we’re fulfilling our mission as the go-to source for all video on the web… not just clips.”

Posted by Ned Randolph on November 12, 2007 | Comments (0)