Yahoo! Inc. announced that Yahoo! Video Search has launched with new content partners. Yahoo!'s Video Search relationships include Buena Vista Pictures, CBS News, CMT, Discovery Communications, MTV, Reuters, Scripps Networks, VH1 and more.
Yahoo! Video Search beta launched in December 2004. The Yahoo! service enables consumers to find and view any type of online video. This puts the company in more competition against rival Google, Inc., who launched their own video search product in January 2005.
"Yahoo! Video Search provides consumers with a comprehensive source for video on the web. Our powerful media crawling, extraction, and ranking technology as well as our broad relationships with content partners enable Yahoo! Video Search to provide users with the leading online video search experience," says John Thrall, head of media search engineering, Yahoo! Search.
Yahoo! Video Search also obtains content from independent publishers and online video sites such as Internet Archive.
"Yahoo! Video Search caters directly to MTV Networks' global network and fan base, so users have the ability to access our content in an even more customizable way," says Jason Hirschhorn, senior vice president of digital music and media, MTV Networks Music Group.
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