MeeVee set to launch Web 2.0 features
You can sit at home and surf TV channels, but that's so
20th century. Sitting on your computer looking up TV channels? You might as well be using a Navigator 4.7, because the
new hotness is Web 2.0 everything. In fact, MeeVee has caught the bug,
and according to BetaNews, will be rolling
out some very web-friendly new services today. What kind of services? The money quote from MeeVee's pres is this:
"[The site] literally takes consumers by the hand and introduces them to all the new content that exists on the
Internet beyond the traditional content they currently know." Really? All the new content? How is this possible?
For one thing, MeeVee has developed some of their own search tools which might allow you to look for scenes with
specific actors. For another, they will be rolling out forums, where users can comment on content. As a final
Tivo-esque trick, MeeVee will ultimately make suggestions on content from traditional and net sources for your viewing
pleasure.MeeVee has already landed several million in VC money. And they didn't do that by being another TVGuide or TitanTV clone. In fact, MeeVee began life in 2000 as MyDTV. Since then, they've been toiling on search capabilities, sharing tools, and all those nifty things that make web 2.0 our beloved Web 2.0. Or whatever. Look, they have some search patents, experience in TV listings, and iPod/iTunes integration (you can supposedly push content to the device). Since this is a free service, what's to lose? Whenever they launch these cool new toys, I'll test them out against what I normally use (TitanTV, because I use it with my EyeTV) and see how they compare.
