Video Search Tool


Alta Vista/Video
Click on the advanced search button and choose from: Avi, MPEG, Quicktime, Windows Media, and Real.

All the Web / Fast Multimedia Search Select video from the menu and go

KaZaA You must download some software to access their "communities" Beware of Kazaa, as all your files may be up for grabs, according to a June 7, 2002 article in PC World. It looks like Kazaa will soon be out of business soon anyway, as they have surrendered in their battle to the music and motion picture industries. (Pruitt, 2002)

Lycos Multimedia You can select video on the Lycos Multimedia search page

PBS Newshour with Jim Lehrer video search. "Archive includes programs broadcast after February 7, 2000."

PicturesNOW! According to their homepage, "free video clip on nearly every popular subject.

Sadly, some of the best search tools for video are gone like: Streamsearch.com, Whoopie, and Streambox. They are now all history.

From Gary Price:

MediaLink NewsIQ is a breakthrough service, based on a patented technology, that automatically generates transcripts of television newscasts nationwide on a real-time basis and aggregates the content into a searchable, user-friendly on-line database. Subscribers are automatically alerted via e-mail whenever their company, competitors or other selected topics are mentioned on any one of 1,500 newscasts covering more than 250 stations in major television markets in the US and in Canada.

ShadowTV a new patent pending streaming video service. ShadowTV was developed from the ground up to manipulate video for efficient delivery via the Internet. ShadowTV can provide all-digital continuous-access to live and archived television content via the web.


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January 27, 2004 11:51 AM