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Searchable Audio/Video Technology

Posted by michael on from the locate-oprah dept.

wyldchild37 writes: "Business 2.0 has an article on an interesting new technology - TV That Works Like the Web. A new startup wants to make all television content archived, indexed, and searchable."

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  1. This would be kinda cool. by GuNgA-DiN · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Since the advent of the Web, I find myself wishing more and more physical media was indexed and searchable.

    Ever read "Fellowship of the Ring" and wish you could search the book you're holding? Or watched a bunch of shows end wish you could grep for something you remembered hearing?

    As the TV/Computer/Film merge and become more dense we need better ways to pick out pertinent information 'nuggets'. Otherwise, it is just information overload.

  2. Pipe dream by Supa+Mentat · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Ok, I've got well over three hundred channels, a friend of mine has over eight hundred, all of these are constantly putting out new content simultaneously. I cannot begin to imagine the resources that it would take to record this all and then storing it, say digitally, would be a storing all the data that _three_ atom smashers pump out (a shitload of information, and an exageration on my part). There's also the issue of intellectual property, they're gonna have to get more licenses than I want to even begin counting. This seems like an incredibly naieve (sp?) dream. PS first _real_ post. I had to say it I'm sorry.

    --
    "A witty saying proves nothing." - Voltaire
  3. Fairness by Spoh · · Score: 4, Interesting

    If it were implemented, how useful would the tools provided be? This raises the same questions as a Google or an IMDB:

    1) Will the database be open to _all_ content providers, or just big-media?

    2) Will search results be fairly reported, or will they be skewed by paid placement?

    I dug around Dremedia.com looking for answers, but couldn't find anything. Has anyone read anything relevant to this?

    -Tom