Will everybody love Google video? Chris Rock's new UPN show debuts on a ... Web 'Switchboard'.(Google's experimental video-search site)

Multichannel News, October, 2005 by Donohue, Steve

The first test of Google's ability to both deliver TV programming via the Internet and drive viewers to traditional TV networks is riding on the shoulders of comedian Chris Rock. Last week, Google's experimentalvideo-search site, Google Video (video.google.com), carried the debut of Everybody Hates Chris for four days.

The episode was taken off when the second episode of the Rock show aired on UPN Thursday evening. For Google, the presentation of a complete episode of a broadcast-network TV show allowed it to demonstrate how Web surfers could use the service like a personal video channel or digital video recorder in the future. For CBS and other Viacom Inc. networks, it was a toe in the water for yet another programming outlet, beyond cable,...

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