In a "fast-moving race to combine Internet content with conventional TV" where the goal is the marriage of the Web and TV, Google is working with Dish Network on a new television-programming search service. The service "runs on TV set-top boxes containing Google software, allows users to find shows on the satellite-TV service as well as video from Web sites such as Google's YouTube, according to these people." Past efforts failed, "partly because they required consumers to purchase extra hardware. By working directly with an operator such as Dish and its hardware, Google could avoid the such issues." TiVo just released its new digital video recorders that blend broadcast and online content.
Read more at the Wall Street Journal.
