[2] SnapStream, the TV search engine, enables users to interface with television as a clippable, editable and linkable medium from their Mac or PC.

SnapStream was a broadcast industry pioneer in creating such a crossover device, converging search engine capabilities and digital video recording.

[3] Today, the TV search appliance is deployed at all kinds of organizations in government, education and entertainment who closely monitor and archive traditional television media.

[7] TV Trends extrapolates hot words (in ranking popularity) and cold words (by reduced frequency) from a spectrum of national news programs such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and HLN.

[8] Type in up to 10 keywords for comparison and the site creates visual graphs, showing a historical representation of televised media coverage dating back to late 2008.