CNN streams Gates.(Bill Gates's testimony available; covers antitrust suit launched by Department of Justice)(Brief Article)

Broadcasting & Cable, November, 1998 by Tedesco, Richard

Virage software lets PC users search and download VOD testimony Taking an approach that substantially changes online news streaming, CNN is making Microsoft CEO Bill Gates's testimony in the Department of Justice antitrust suit accessible in a searchable format using technology from Virage.

The new wrinkle from CNN Interactive is actually a prelude to anticipated use of the software to sort through the looming congressional impeachment hearings. "We saw the potential with the [impeachment] hearings coming up and the Clinton testimony that has already happened," says Chuck Westbrook, managing editor of CNN Interactive. "More and more electronic media tends to get into court records and [is] the way people are experiencing procedures in government." ...

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