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Veoh Takes You to the Video
In yet another sign that online video is looking a lot more like TV, Veoh Networks has developed a browser and search engine that acts like an electronic version of TV Guide for Web-based content.
The application, dubbed VeohTV - currently in beta testing - is designed to combat the two biggest complaints about online video: finding a specific video is often difficult and viewing them is often even harder.
“Video lives on thousands and thousands of Web sites,” said Veoh CEO Dmitry Shapiro. “With our browser you don’t have to go to any of them. VeohTV will connect you to those Web sites to stream video directly.” Users can also download and store content for future playback like a digital video recorder.
Not unlike Apple’s iTunes or the electronic program guides found on digital cable systems, VeohTV allows users to browse for video content by channel or keyword search, store favorites and even recommends videos based on past searches.
For instance, a search on “red Corvettes” would return, in list form, any video on the Web tagged with those words, creating an instant channel that can be watched in its entirety or one at a time via Veoh’s full-screen player.
Users that have their computers hooked up to their television sets can also use the remote control to access and watch video from VeohTV.
Veoh.com, whose backers include Time Warner, Goldman Sachs and former Disney CEO Michael Eisner, among others, gets about 12 million unique visitors per month and has content deals with Paramount Pictures, Lionsgate and US Weekly, among others.
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