SnapStream


SnapStream is a privately held software company based in Houston, Texas, USA that focuses on building TV monitoring software for organizations in broadcast, government and education. Prior to developing [|TV Search], SnapStream was long recognized in the consumer world of HTPC for the creation of Beyond TV. However, Beyond TV has not been updated since 2010, as a result of the company shifting focus towards the Enterprise Search product.

Products

SnapStream TV Search

In mid-2007, SnapStream developed an enterprise product using its own namesake, for the purposes of searching, recording and monitoring television. 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. 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.

Beyond TV

Firefly PC Remote

Released in 2004, this remote control uses radio frequency to operate a Windows-based computer via its Beyond Media Basic software and can control other applications.

TV Trends

TV Trends, a free and open resource to the public, was SnapStream's online database of searchable TV. TV Trends extrapolates hot words and cold words from a spectrum of national news programs such as ABC, CBS, NBC, Fox, Fox News, MSNBC, CNN, and HLN.
Accordingly, these patterns may align with trending topics on Twitter and Google, and provide a measurable indicator of the associative relationship between traditional media and social media at any given time.
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. TV Trends graphs can be embedded so that users can interact with and manipulate the timeline view.
The service was taken down on June 21, 2011, according to the company's blog.