Former Ask.com CEO Lanzone Launches Video Search Engine
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Next on for former Ask.com CEO Jim Lanzone: Clicker, a startup that promises to be a TV guide of sorts for video content online. Lanzone, who leads Clicker as CEO, introduced the startup’s service at TechCrunch 50, explaining that it provides a structured way to search for available video content across the web. A deal with Boxee will also let users search Clicker from their TV sets.
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The service is currently in private beta (Sign up to test it here). It’s ad supported, but Lanzone said the company is also planning to introduce a paid “Pro version,” which will presumably have some additional features. He also said Clicker had raised $8 million in a round earlier this year from Redpoint Ventures and Benchmark Capital. Lanzone joined Redpoint as an entrepreneur in residence after leaving Ask in early 2008.
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