Clicker debuted back in September 2009, via the TechCrunch website, appealing to their testers with organizational features like network, genre and series listings.  They are now making their services available beyond the testing stage to the general public.  While Clicker has no intention of providing the actual video content, they do plan to act as a top-notch video search engine, steering potential viewers to legitimate, quality videos for the shows they don’t want to miss.

Aside from relying on legitimate web sources, like Hulu.com, Fancast and major networks, Clicker is also connecting to Amazon Video and Netflix, allowing their subscribers to expand their resources when searching for hard to find episodes of favorite shows.

They are also offering subscription features that sends an alert when new episodes become available, and you can sign up for season passes, as well. Competing with the recent addition to the TV Guide Online website, TV Guide DVR, Clicker plans to follow the IMDb.com model to generate ad-revenue, eventually offering premium, ad-free accounts to paid subscribers.

In a September panel, the tech team at Clicker.com noted that much of the content will be automated, but because of how often video content is pulled and shifted even on the reliable websites that provide it, they will also be doing manual searches to keep their database current.

With many video services, like Hulu, talking about charging for content, one has to wonder how long it is before the other providers follow suit. It also begs the question: what we can expect from cable and satellite providers, whose subscription numbers face potential downturns in light of how easy it is to find free television content on the Internet.