Clicker is Your Complete Guide for Internet Television (UPDATED)
by rahsheen
You missed that recent episode of V or the first episode of CSI’s crossover week. You know they aren’t showing re-runs and you can’t believe you forgot to set the DVR. Maybe you can catch them online, but where? Clicker is a service that will help you answer that exact question: Where are the shows I want to see playing online?
As massive amounts of programming move online, consumers are entering a world of infinite choices, all on-demand. Great! Finding the show you want to watch? Painful. Thousands of episodes from thousands of shows are housed on thousands of different sites, mixed among billions of random clips and videos.
Clicker boasts more than 450,000 episodes, from over 6,000 shows, from over 1,200 networks. They also contain 40,000 movies and 50,000 music videos from 20,000 artists. They refer to themselves as “one part directory, one part search engine, one part wiki, one part entertainment guide, and one part DVR.”
Clicker basically indexes video from various sources across the web. Rather than trying to sift through YouTube, Hulu, or other video sites, Clicker serves as your one-stop shop for locating exactly what you need. When possible, you can even watch your shows right from the Clicker website. Otherwise, it links you to the relevant source.
Even if the content you’re looking for is not free, Clicker will show you where you can buy it. The search features auto-complete and thumbnails of the shows you might be searching for. If you’re not even sure what you’re looking for, you can browse through the extensive selection of categories or visit Trends to see what’s hot.
As you browse through the site, you can add items to playlists for later viewing. This works much like Hulu’s queue, including a history of items you’ve already watched. You can also connect Clicker to your Facebook account to let your friends know what you’re watching .
Clicker is currently in private beta, but I’m told they will be opening up to the public very soon. Until then, Clicker has given BlackWeb 2.0 500 invites to share with our readers. Click this link to get yours and tell us what you think.
UPDATE: Looks like Clicker has no intentions of losing momentum. They just went public this morning, so you can sign up without an invite. They’ve also added a few more features, including:
- 33% more content than beta! We now have over 400,000 full episodes of programming from more than 7,000 shows.
- Netflix and Amazon VOD Movies: Clicker now includes Instant Streaming movies and Amazon VOD for-purchase movies. To view Netflix movies, you must have a Netflix account. Amazon VOD movies are available for either purchase, or rent. (TV coming in the next couple of weeks. Gotta fit it all into our data format so it’s actually useful before we let it go live!)
- Facebook Connect: You can now connect to Clicker using your Facebook account. This allows you to share content with your Facebook friends, maintain a Playlist, and edit our wiki.
- Revamped Playlist UI, nomenclature, and functionality: Save episodes, music videos, or movies into your playlist. Or subscribe to a show, so when a new episode becomes available it will be added to your Playlist automatically.
- Search Within: Want to find the 60 Minutes interview with President Obama? Just search purely within the 60 Minutes catalog. Want to find episodes of Charlie Rose where he interviews Warren Buffett? Do the same!
- Related Search: During beta, we dramatically improved our algorithms for making suggestions related to the shows you’re watching. It’s a good thing our Playlist has been improved so much because you’re going to be adding a ton of programs you just discovered.
- Editing: We were getting so many people recommending edits to our pages, so we made a number of improvements to make it easier for you to submit changes.
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