Google is making a greater push toward the video content business by offering users the ability to buy videos from a new line of content partners. The new service, to be announced at the Consumer
Electronics Show tomorrow, allows users of its site to buy videos from content partners in an upgrade to its video-search service,
The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing sources
familiar with the matter. The paper said Google plans to enable consumers to download television programs from CBS Corp., the National Basketball Association and others, though this was not confirmed
by the
Journal. The report says Google also plans to introduce software offerings from both Google and its partners.
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