Internet TV & search
by brian_turner
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Internet TV is a big topic at the moment - Microsoft hooked up with SBC to provide software for internet TV earlier this month - and then Yahoo! expanded their contract with SBC to provide internet TV itself.
According to the first article, Microsoft has blown around $20 billion on fruitless internet TV development. However, today’s internet environment is entirely different - with broadband rampant across the internet user base, the approach of Internet 2 standards that will far exceed current DSL transfer, the odds are looking warm on general mainstream take-up of internet TV, namely because the technology and market conditions will finally allow it to become a feasible reality in the very near future.
However, what is truly fascinating, is that it’s search technology that is apparently erally pushing the issue, with Google allegedly approaching a number of media outlets to use transscripts for TV search - apparently Google’s first stage will be a media-only search engine, planned for release next year.
I’ve already allowed my mind to be blown away by the possibilities of this at the SEW forums - esepcially the idea of individuals cerating and airing their own internet channels. For example, how many developers have considered the implications of turning their mere websites into niche internet TV channels within 5-10 years?
For more information, SearchEngineWorld does a nice concise abstract of the progress in internet TV plus search here: Video Search: Google, Yahoo, and MSN, with further comments on Closed Captioning search, Blinkx, and Feedroom
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