Comments on: CastTV Raises $3.1 Million, Battles Google And AOL In Video Search http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/ Startup and Technology News Thu, 26 Nov 2009 17:02:46 -0800 hourly 1 By: Corvallis Apartment Rentals http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1356114 Corvallis Apartment Rentals Mon, 30 Apr 2007 11:29:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1356114 CastTV doesn't seem to resemble search name, but I guess neither does google! CastTV doesn’t seem to resemble search name, but I guess neither does google!

]]> By: Andrew http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351519 Andrew Wed, 25 Apr 2007 19:23:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351519 This is a similar approach to what Google does with it's image search. The information about an image is based on such factors as image name, text around the image and links to the the page with that image. How accurate this approach you can check for yourself by trying to search something on Google Image search. There are chances that you will find whatever you looking for, however there are more chances to find something relevant using stock photography or clip art. When it comes to visual data, text search approach has disadvantages. Instead of just give the user text info about the video, the results should display larger thumbnails and not only one thumbnail. So far I've been using http://yuxt.com . It's easier to find something there, plus I like to store the results so I can access them later. This is a similar approach to what Google does with it’s image search. The information about an image is based on such factors as image name, text around the image and links to the the page with that image. How accurate this approach you can check for yourself by trying to search something on Google Image search. There are chances that you will find whatever you looking for, however there are more chances to find something relevant using stock photography or clip art.
When it comes to visual data, text search approach has disadvantages. Instead of just give the user text info about the video, the results should display larger thumbnails and not only one thumbnail.

So far I’ve been using http://yuxt.com . It’s easier to find something there, plus I like to store the results so I can access them later.

]]> By: heroesfan http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351352 heroesfan Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:57:30 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351352 I found www.sidereel.com in a forum a few days ago and have been using it to find places to catch up on Heroes (www.sidereel.com/Heroes). It's like a wiki, so I added some information about some of the older episodes. It's not perfect, but it helped me out. I found http://www.sidereel.com in a forum a few days ago and have been using it to find places to catch up on Heroes (www.sidereel.com/Heroes). It’s like a wiki, so I added some information about some of the older episodes. It’s not perfect, but it helped me out.

]]> By: john griffin http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351328 john griffin Wed, 25 Apr 2007 15:35:54 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351328 congrats to casttv. i remember TC writing about them what seemed like ages ago and then not hearing anything. glad to have their services out there and good luck to alex and edwin. congrats to casttv. i remember TC writing about them what seemed like ages ago and then not hearing anything. glad to have their services out there and good luck to alex and edwin.

]]> By: daddyclay http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351282 daddyclay Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:42:02 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351282 As a web video producer, we're having to do some inelegant things like publish transcripts of video segments below the player to make our content visible to current search (I've noticed other producers doing this as well). We can't wait for an engine that can mine the video data so we can go to a cleaner interface. I hope CastTV and all the rest get this right. We need them. As a web video producer, we’re having to do some inelegant things like publish transcripts of video segments below the player to make our content visible to current search (I’ve noticed other producers doing this as well). We can’t wait for an engine that can mine the video data so we can go to a cleaner interface. I hope CastTV and all the rest get this right. We need them.

]]> By: pallet jack http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351259 pallet jack Wed, 25 Apr 2007 14:13:53 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351259 - honestly - - video search will always be second - to word search. So Google being #2 (Although they are #1) - isnt the worst thing in the world - honestly –

– video search will always be second – to word search. So Google being #2 (Although they are #1)

– isnt the worst thing in the world

]]> By: videosearchinchina http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351031 videosearchinchina Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:22:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351031 Check out the video search engine in China: www.souxou.com. Michael, I wish you can read Chinese! Check out the video search engine in China: http://www.souxou.com. Michael, I wish you can read Chinese!

]]> By: xtraa http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1351008 xtraa Wed, 25 Apr 2007 09:00:42 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1351008 They may suck. Look at their job descriptions, doesn't sound like fun. They may suck. Look at their job descriptions, doesn’t sound like fun.

]]> By: cdo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350676 cdo Wed, 25 Apr 2007 04:24:04 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350676 The founders are whipsmart. And user-focused - been at work on this for a while. There will be different approaches to video, like other types of search. While switching costs are low to zero, if cast tv gets it right more than half the time, it will be better than the current experience that is charitably described as video 'search.' They have a gem, methinks. The founders are whipsmart. And user-focused – been at work on this for a while. There will be different approaches to video, like other types of search. While switching costs are low to zero, if cast tv gets it right more than half the time, it will be better than the current experience that is charitably described as video ’search.’
They have a gem, methinks.

]]> By: RaJ http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350617 RaJ Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:18:49 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350617 Nice domain. Lots of sites with video search. Never know even google can improve the video search. www.suggestusability.com Nice domain. Lots of sites with video search. Never know even google can improve the video search.

http://www.sugg...stusability.com

]]> By: Jay (living in First Life) http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350603 Jay (living in First Life) Wed, 25 Apr 2007 03:06:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350603 @ tvlover - I think you are right, there is a need. That being said, I doubt any of these start-ups are going to solve the need. Everyone will still turn to Google or YouTube. Another case of designing products for the TechCrunch readership and VCs blowing away money. @ tvlover – I think you are right, there is a need. That being said, I doubt any of these start-ups are going to solve the need. Everyone will still turn to Google or YouTube.

Another case of designing products for the TechCrunch readership and VCs blowing away money.

]]> By: David Mackey http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350492 David Mackey Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:45:58 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350492 :-P Not too big on video search. I'll just StumbleUpon. :-P Not too big on video search. I’ll just StumbleUpon.

]]> By: API Advocate http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350443 API Advocate Wed, 25 Apr 2007 01:01:44 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350443 One way to get a leg-up and beat the incumbents is to quickly release and promote an open API to CastTV--any plans of doing that? One way to get a leg-up and beat the incumbents is to quickly release and promote an open API to CastTV–any plans of doing that?

]]> By: dreadsword http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350432 dreadsword Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:47:16 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350432 tvlover - fair enough, there's lots of stuff scattered everywhere. That being said, I'll still ask you to really consider the usage scenarios implied by your examples. If you're looking for Grey's Anatomy, where are you going to look? iTunes if you want it legally, YouTube or P2P if not. By providing the most popular platform for distribution YouTube has already addressed a great deal of the problem CastTV seeks to solve. Certainly, there's a slice of content out there that isn't well indexed on one of the big video sites, but I'd argue that that slice is very small and not in demand enough to build a profitable business around. Cool technology != business model. The comparative example I'm really thinking of is Riya - remember them? http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/06/15/riya-20-on-the-way-major-strategy-shift/ Riya = CastTV for images Personally, I'd take the technology to collect meta-data around an object (be it a word, phrase, video, etc) across sites and adapt it to a full-on search engine positioned for acquisition by Yahoo or MSN, or build a hyped-up Powerset competitor. ——- http://techfold.com tvlover – fair enough, there’s lots of stuff scattered everywhere. That being said, I’ll still ask you to really consider the usage scenarios implied by your examples. If you’re looking for Grey’s Anatomy, where are you going to look? iTunes if you want it legally, YouTube or P2P if not. By providing the most popular platform for distribution YouTube has already addressed a great deal of the problem CastTV seeks to solve.

Certainly, there’s a slice of content out there that isn’t well indexed on one of the big video sites, but I’d argue that that slice is very small and not in demand enough to build a profitable business around. Cool technology != business model.

The comparative example I’m really thinking of is Riya – remember them?

http://www.tech...strategy-shift/

Riya = CastTV for images

Personally, I’d take the technology to collect meta-data around an object (be it a word, phrase, video, etc) across sites and adapt it to a full-on search engine positioned for acquisition by Yahoo or MSN, or build a hyped-up Powerset competitor.

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http://techfold.com

]]> By: tvlover http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350395 tvlover Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:06:29 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350395 rod- of course there is a need for video search, and a smart one at that. there's a lot of video on the web beyond google and youtube - like all the content from major networks (grey's, lost, everything!) - and sometimes it's hard to find the video you want and weed out what you don't. rod- of course there is a need for video search, and a smart one at that.

there’s a lot of video on the web beyond google and youtube – like all the content from major networks (grey’s, lost, everything!) – and sometimes it’s hard to find the video you want and weed out what you don’t.

]]> By: rod http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350273 rod Tue, 24 Apr 2007 22:10:10 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350273 To some degree I question the need for video search beyond keywords, tags, and social referral. Generally, you can find what you want at YouTube or Google Video without the need for an entire complex meta-video-search-engine. Additionally, verticals like SuTree will provide more relevant results within their silo than CastTV will be able to. So- ultimately, does this idea/technology really service a need? Or is it going to be one of those firms with a technology flailing around for a business plan? ------- http://techfold.com To some degree I question the need for video search beyond keywords, tags, and social referral. Generally, you can find what you want at YouTube or Google Video without the need for an entire complex meta-video-search-engine. Additionally, verticals like SuTree will provide more relevant results within their silo than CastTV will be able to.

So- ultimately, does this idea/technology really service a need? Or is it going to be one of those firms with a technology flailing around for a business plan?

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http://techfold.com

]]> By: maddy http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350216 maddy Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:16:15 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350216 i too love Blinkx - have just started using them. especially love the "Blinkx Remote". great little tool to find entire TV shows online. check em out. i too love Blinkx – have just started using them. especially love the “Blinkx Remote”. great little tool to find entire TV shows online. check em out.

]]> By: jacobo http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350187 jacobo Tue, 24 Apr 2007 20:48:21 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350187 what about blinx? They do speech recognition (so no meta data at all) and also add metadata from other sites to video descriptions so sounds very similar. They also did a deal with quintura recently who is a very cool new visual search site you should check out too at www.quintura.com! jacobow what about blinx? They do speech recognition (so no meta data at all) and also add metadata from other sites to video descriptions so sounds very similar. They also did a deal with quintura recently who is a very cool new visual search site you should check out too at http://www.quintura.com!

jacobow

]]> By: videofanboi http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350072 videofanboi Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:14:07 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350072 "Since many videos posted on the internet contain little or no associated meta data to describe what’s in the video, services like AOL’s Truveo and CastTV look at surrounding text to" This will be interesting. I can only imagine what will happen when they try to make sense of viewer comments, the like of which can be found on YouTube. ;) “Since many videos posted on the internet contain little or no associated meta data to describe what’s in the video, services like AOL’s Truveo and CastTV look at surrounding text to”

This will be interesting. I can only imagine what will happen when they try to make sense of viewer comments, the like of which can be found on YouTube. ;)

]]> By: DramedyTV http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/comment-page-1/#comment-1350067 DramedyTV Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:12:26 +0000 http://www.techcrunch.com/2007/04/24/casttv-raises-31-million-battles-google-and-aol-in-video-search/#comment-1350067 Nice domain name! .com domains are still king! Nice domain name! .com domains are still king!

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