Google Testing TV Set-Top Search Device in talks with Dish Networks Corp.
Google (GOOG) is reportedly working with Dish Network Corp. (DISH) on the development of a new search service that will allow audiences to locate content on satellite television, as well as search for video on the Web, the Wall Street Journal reported Monday.
The Journal, citing people familiar with the matter, said search the feature would be available on set-top boxes that contain Google software.
The search-engine giant is testing the search service on a small group of its employees and their families and could discontinue the test any time, the paper said, again citing people familiar with the matter.
SUch a service would be the latest among many media and technology companies' attempts to merge video on the Web with traditional broadcast television.
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