PBS Improves Free Video Library

By John Eggerton
( Broadcasting & Cable )
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PBS has added a new search feature to its free video library.

Online surfers will now be able to search through transcripts of its 7,000 videos by title, producer, station, airdate and content. That includes Nova, Frontier, American Experience and NewsHour.

"The new search feature adds the unique ability to find and share resources, down to the exact second, within any program," said Jason Seiken, SVP, PBS interactive and product development, in announcing the development.

PBS is also ramping up social networking features to share newly aggregated content on Twitter and Facebook.

John Eggerton
John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.