10. The method for identifying television data of interest of claim 9, wherein said one or more search parameters comprise one or more key words.
9. A method for identifying television data of interest, comprising the steps of: specifying one or more search parameters for identifying television data of interest, said search parameters representing information content of interest; receiving a television signal; decoding a closed captioning portion of said television signal to produce a closed captioning stream of textual data; searching said closed captioning stream of textual data for data which matches said one or more search parameters; identifying one or more segments of said television signal, each said segment corresponding to an occurrence of said closed captioning stream of textual data matching said one or more search parameters.