According to emailed press releases timed to coincide with Larry Page's CES keynote this afternoon (4pm Pacific U.S. time), Google will satisfy day-old rumors by announcing Google Video Marketplace, and Google Pack.

Video marketplace is (or will be "soon") an expansion of Google Video, incorporating content from CBS, NBA Basketball, and several other first-wave providers. A directory will make content easier to find than the current hunt-and-peck near-random experience of Google Video. The press release indicates, without offering details, that the Video Marketplace stores will be Web-based, as opposed to the client-driven iTunes Music Store. A new software player will also be availalbe, though, that will offer frame-by-frame viewing and other advanced features.

Clearly, Google Video Marketplace is meant to compete with iTMS's video portion, and is inspired by the suddenly growing on-demand video market. CSI and Survivor are two CBS programs that will be offered. The NBA will provide every game on the schedule, including post-season--24 hours after the conclusion of the game. (It'll be interesting to see whether time-sensitive video content sells.) Music videos from Sony BMG. Charlie Rose interviews. Classic cartoons. Promises of new content added daily. Some kind of iPod and PSP compatibility will work. No prices are divulged as of this post.

Google Pack is a bundling of Desktop, Earth, Talk, Toolbar, Picasa, and other non-Google programs including RealPlayer (!), Trillian, Adobe Reader, Firefox, and Adobe Reader. Included is a shell that manages installation, uninstallation, and updating. Very much as Windows does for OS updates. Google Pack isn't exactly an operating system, but it sure wraps a lot of day-to-day functions into an easy package.

Google Pack is for XP only.