Watch live TV on your Google home page
Cory Bergman March 19th, 2007
I’m a little baffled by this new widget that’s available for your Google home page that lets you watch live cable TV from a variety of channels such as CNN, MSNBC, ESPN and CNBC. Well, turns out it’s not a Google production, but a third-party from Amsterdam. You can also embed the live player on your own blog. Pretty slick, but I realize by blogging this, at least one of the aforementioned media companies will contact Google and ask them why they’re promoting this widget, which clearly breaks U.S. copyright laws. So enjoy it while it lasts…
6 Comments Add your own
1. thedubaichannel | March 20th, 2007 at 6:41 am
it’s just google’s way of telling the world they are moving to amsterdam.
heck, halliburton just split so they could circumvent US laws too.
2. Safran | March 20th, 2007 at 7:11 am
Wild. A concept that will be shut down by the bigs, and then eventually adopted.
But for now very balky on my Mac in Firefox.
3. thedetroitchannel | March 20th, 2007 at 7:13 am
“WATCH YOUTUBE TV!”
is that what that screen grab reads?
4. The Tony | March 20th, 2007 at 10:56 am
That’s something neat and convenient that I like. Seems like its purpose is to help people personalize their viewing and watch what they like.
So…yeah, somebody with way too much money already is going to come along and ruin it sooner than later.
Man, I hate people.
5. Stephen Downes | March 20th, 2007 at 2:07 pm
If it’s from Amsterdam, it’s pretty irrelevant if it breaks U.S. copyright laws.
6. m schultz | October 10th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Google search is really screwed up. I’m trying to find another search engine. If it isn’t broken don’t fix it!
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