The Roundabout Tapes – Frameblast aims to be the Google for TV and video archives

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Monday, May 30th, 2011

Continuing our series of interviews with companies in the Silicon Roundabout area of London (we’re calling this The Roundabout Tapes), we interviewed Clearer Partners.

Clearer is a specialised tech/media consulting company but is also doing a startup. The soon to launch Frameblast is aimed at SOHO companies who want to handle video in a smarter way along the lines of Media Silo. Companies can upload their archives into the cloud and use it like a Google search engine for their archive, with tags galore.

The ex-Joost team is also working with the The British Parliament on transforming its handling of its huge video archive from a modern approach – as opposed to an older, more broadcast way of doing things.