IP Democracy: Google Looking for a "GoogleTV" Manager

Google, Google, Google. Is there only one company left in the IP media space anymore? Still haven’t gotten Google off the brain. Ever since I posted an item on Monday about how Google is reviewing bids for an optical DWDM network, I’ve been inundated with Google-related phone calls and emails, with everyone wanting to know the skinny. (After Om Malik posted a reference to this item, the whole world, or so it seems, came to this site and IP Media Monitor.)

Then there’s all this escalating talk about Google’s imminent launch of an ambitious Wi-Fi initiative, spurred by a “secure access” tool the company made available on its Wi-Fi website. Not that Google isn’t pursuing Wi-Fi (or more likely WiMax) in a big way, but the secure access tool is hardly worth the pixels and ink that have been spilled over it.

Now comes a Slashdot item that says Google has posted an employment notice for a Product Manager, GoogleTV. Here’s the job description:

In this role, you will provide leadership on product vision and execution of projects that enable using Google’s search and advertising technologies to enhance users’ Television viewing experience. This is a leadership role that combines entrepreneurship, strategy formulation, product development, project management and communication to internal and external audiences. You will identify key market trends that are shaping user behavior when watching Television. These include but not limited to the intersection of Internet and Television technologies, Video-On-Demand, Personal Video Recorders and emergence of next generation set-top-boxes with IP connectivity.

That’s what I call a pretty cool job. Is this the first time that Google has used the term “GoogleTV?”

Posted by Cynthia Brumfield on September 22, 2005 6:29 PM to IP Democracy