January 25, 2005
* Google Joins Gaggle of Engines Offering Video Search

About Google Video: "Google Video enables you to search a growing archive of televised content...Right now we're just testing this product, so you'll find programs only from a limited number of channels, which we've been indexing since late December 2004." These channels include PBS, C-SPAN, C-SPAN2, Fox News, and four San Francisco Bay Area stations.

  • Press release: Google Tunes Into TV

  • Google Video Beta

  • See also: Video Search Engine Will Offer Archive of TV Broadcasts and New Online Video and Audio Search Tool.

  • Yahoo! Video Search BETA - Find TV clips, videos, and more.

  • Update: From PCWorld, Jeers, Cheers Greet Google's Video Search - Critics say the service doesn't actually deliver video clips, and is limited in scope.
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