<s>
SnapStream	B-Device
is	O
a	O
privately	O
held	O
software	O
company	O
based	O
in	O
Houston	O
,	O
Texas	O
,	O
United	O
States	O
that	O
focuses	O
on	O
building	O
TV	O
monitoring	O
software	O
for	O
organizations	O
in	O
broadcast	O
,	O
government	O
and	O
education	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Prior	O
to	O
developing	O
TV	O
Search	O
,	O
SnapStream	B-Device
was	O
long	O
recognized	O
in	O
the	O
consumer	O
world	O
of	O
HTPC	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
Beyond	B-Device
TV	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
Beyond	B-Device
TV	I-Device
has	O
not	O
been	O
updated	O
since	O
2010	O
,	O
as	O
a	O
result	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
shifting	O
focus	O
towards	O
the	O
Enterprise	O
Search	O
product	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
mid-2007	O
,	O
SnapStream	B-Device
developed	O
an	O
enterprise	O
product	O
using	O
its	O
own	O
namesake	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
searching	O
,	O
recording	O
and	O
monitoring	O
television	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapStream	B-Device
,	O
the	O
TV	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
,	O
enables	O
users	O
to	O
interface	O
with	O
television	O
as	O
a	O
clippable	O
,	O
editable	O
and	O
linkable	O
medium	O
from	O
their	O
Mac	O
or	O
PC	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SnapStream	B-Device
was	O
a	O
broadcast	O
industry	O
pioneer	O
in	O
creating	O
such	O
a	O
crossover	O
device	O
,	O
converging	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
capabilities	O
and	O
digital	B-Application
video	I-Application
recording	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Released	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
this	O
remote	B-Protocol
control	I-Protocol
uses	O
radio	O
frequency	O
to	O
operate	O
a	O
Windows-based	O
computer	O
via	O
its	O
Beyond	O
Media	O
Basic	O
software	O
(	O
or	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
XP	I-Application
Media	I-Application
Center	I-Application
Edition	I-Application
PC	O
via	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Media	O
Center	O
Edition	O
operating	B-General_Concept
system	I-General_Concept
)	O
and	O
can	O
control	O
other	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	O
Trends	O
,	O
a	O
free	O
and	O
open	O
resource	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
,	O
was	O
SnapStream	B-Device
's	O
online	O
database	O
of	O
searchable	B-Application
TV	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TV	O
Trends	O
extrapolates	O
hot	O
words	O
(	O
in	O
ranking	O
popularity	O
)	O
and	O
cold	O
words	O
(	O
by	O
reduced	O
frequency	O
)	O
from	O
a	O
spectrum	O
of	O
national	O
news	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
ABC	O
,	O
CBS	O
,	O
NBC	O
,	O
Fox	O
,	O
Fox	O
News	O
,	O
MSNBC	O
,	O
CNN	B-Architecture
,	O
and	O
HLN	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Accordingly	O
,	O
these	O
patterns	O
may	O
align	O
with	O
trending	O
topics	O
on	O
Twitter	B-Application
and	O
Google	B-Application
,	O
and	O
provide	O
a	O
measurable	O
indicator	O
of	O
the	O
associative	O
relationship	O
between	O
traditional	O
media	O
and	O
social	O
media	O
at	O
any	O
given	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
