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SnapStream Mini is a dual-channel TV search appliance that allows individuals or organizations to record 1000s of hours of television and then search within those television shows for whatever it is they might be looking for. A cross between a DVR and a search engine, the SnapStream Mini gives individuals and organizations the ability to record television, search within those recordings, create TV clips and then take those clips and email, store or burn them to DVD.
Political video blogger Jed Lewison, whose videos have logged more than 15 million views, uses SnapStream to find relevant TV content for his video blog posts. Presidential hopeful Hillary Clinton’s Campaign team used SnapStream TV search to stay informed of campaign news and the media's reaction to her campaign's platform.
SnapStream Mini allows organizations to:
- Record 2 channels of traditional TV from regular cable, digital cable, or satellite
- Schedule recordings using a simple program guide
- Search by keyword within recordings
- Get email alerts notifying mentions of keywords on TV
- Create clips and download or email them
- Burn DVDs of full recordings or TV clips
The SnapStream Mini costs $2,000, includes 1 terabyte (TB) of storage (~1000 hours of recorded video) and is geared towards individuals and smaller organizations including bloggers, independent media, classrooms and small media monitoring companies. SnapStream expects to ship the first batch of Minis in the first quarter of 2009.
Monday, February 23, 2009
SnapStream Mini offers video search for the individual
You might remember my interview with SnapStream CEO Rakesh Agrawal from last summer. We talked about the SnapStream Enterprise server. Now the Houston-based company is targeting the individual or smaller group that wants the same video searching power:
