LocateTV Blog

KillerStartups have included LocateTV as one of their 30+ daily profiles of innovative web 2.0 companies that are lighting up the internet. The idea behind the website is to present a score-and-a-half of flourishing new companies and invite their readers to vote for the one that they think will be ‘killer’. We’re up against some pretty interesting fellow start-ups (our favourite being Is it 2.0? – the website that asks you to rate the web 2.0ness of the real world including penguins, Angelina Jolie and the Apple Store in New York), so feel free to jump across and boost our killer score!

Bruna, who wrote LocateTV’s review, explained why our TV search engine might be killer:

“LocateTV.com has a cute logo, the magnifying glass incorporated into the title is very clever. LocateTV.com is easy to navigate. It is nice that you can change your location depending on where you are from to get results that will benefit you. The search results are very detailed and thorough, they include; summaries, cast members, channels, dates, and credits. You can find all the information you need about, actors, TV shows, or movies.”

Sadly, our embed was not mentioned, but we appreciate the reference to the mighty magnifying glass! At the end of each review on KillerStartups, they ask questions and highlight areas of the site that they believe the could be improved:

“LocateTV.com has a very simple plain interface, it wouldn’t hurt to add more colorful modern graphics. When you do the search, it would be nice if in the listings a photo image or video clip could be included with the title. When will LocateTV’s coverage broaden to include other countries besides the US and the UK”

Good feedback, duly noted. We’re rather fond of the current colour scheme, which we hope is rather more subtle and unobtrusive than most, but if anyone else has any thoughts on this topic, please let us know. The problem with images is one of copyright issues, we’ve considered ways around this (including sketched caricatures, or user-generated fan art) and we’ll keep you posted on this matter. With regards to broadening our scope…obviously we’re keen to open our service to as many people as possible but, in this beta stage, we’re focusing on improving what we’ve got before leaping too far forward.