BBC taps IBM's new video search
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(InfoWorld) - The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has turned to IBM Corp. to introduce a new video search system and provide support in other technology areas such as content distribution and rights management. Under a partnership announced Monday, the BBC will introduce IBM's video search system, code-named "Marvel," which is designed to analyze images and video, and categorize the content based on appearance. The U.K. public broadcaster plans to offer the new video search service initially for users of its CBeebies and CBBC children's Web sites. Video search technology is becoming a hot topic as numerous Web sites expand beyond their traditionally text-based content to video, creating the need for users to be able to find videos and movies more easily. On the video front, the BBC is stepping up efforts to distribute its content to a larger, more international audience, agreeing last Friday to create new channels on YouTube Inc.'s popular online video sharing site. Aside from Marvel, BBC aims to work with IBM in areas such as CRM (customer relationship management), content distribution and rights management. In addition, IBM and Siemens AG, which provides systems integration services to the BBC, will collaborate to test a new media hub system to help creative teams. The pilot follows the recent deployment by Siemens of IBM's WebSphere products, which sit at the heart of the U.K. broadcaster's service-oriented architecture, the broadcasting company said. Â
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blinkx (AIM:BLNX), the world's largest video  search engine, today announced that it has reached a new milestone by  indexing over 12,000,000 hours of audio, video, viral and TV content,  and making it fully searchable for free to users on the Web.
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The company's latest digital camera includes advanced video features.
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iDontbelieveit! The BBC is considering ditching Adobe's Flash system for its iPlayer streams to improve the video quality of the on-demand service, it said on Tuesday.â¦
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LONDON and SEATTLE, June 27  /PRNewswire/ -- thePlatform, the leading broadband video application service provider, today announced that BBC Global News will use thePlatform's media management and publishing system to distribute short-form video content to YouTube.
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Internet search providers are reacting to users' rising interest in finding video content on the Web, while acknowledging that there are steep challenges that need to be overcome.
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Video search AdHocracy Blinkx ('blinks'), the transatlantic video search engine, has beaten Google, Yahoo! and MySpace to a big technology punch by going live with a system that "listens" to speech in clips in order to allow advertisers to target users more specifically.â¦
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Billingsgate The BBC has hired another Microsoft executive in a shakeup of its digital media technology teams earlier this week.â¦
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Google and BSkyB in a video-sharing deal? Oh, the irony.
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The British Broadcasting Corp. began showing excerpts from its news and entertainment programs on the YouTube video-sharing Web site Friday, becoming the first international broadcaster to ink a major deal with the Google Inc.-owned portal.
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Calls to make the BBC's iPlayer work on all types of computer are to get a fresh look by the BBC Trust.
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Blinkx, a start-up in San Francisco, has created a video search method, a kind of remote control for Web videos.
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British satellite broadcaster BSkyB Plc  said on Wednesday it would tie up with Google Inc  to deploy the Internet search giant's suite of search, advertising and video functionality on its broadband service.
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The same week Microsoft released a beta version of its desktop search the butler Jeeves has released a beta of their own. The software is for Windows based pcâs only and will allow a user to search their
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Search engine giant may want to solidify its place in hot online video market.
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In time Google plans to add country-specific video rankings and comments.
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Users of YouTube's online video service will soon be able to view news, TV series, documentaries and other programs from the BBC.