• Bits Blog, Monday, August 30, 2010 12:08 PM

As the Web TV landscape continues to take shape, a handful of Web sites are positioning themselves as one-stop shops for finding the best programming across the digital ether. A startup named SideReel is "trying to get an edge by not only offering links to legitimate sources of shows, like network sites, but also letting users share links to sites where illegal copies are available for instant viewing," writes The New York Times' Bits blog.

SideReel visitors can search for the latest episode of a show like "The Office" or "Entourage" and then be directed to all of the various sites where those episodes can be viewed. Based in San Francisco, the start-up has so far raised $1.5 million from angel investors, and lists around 17,000 shows -- or half a million episodes, Bits reports. According to a recent survey of 3,000 users, SideReel found that 90% of them who watch television on a laptop don't bother plugging it into their television sets.

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