The phrase "a brief segment" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a short part or portion of something, such as a text, video, or conversation.
Example: "In the presentation, I will show a brief segment of the documentary to illustrate my point."
Alternatives: "a short excerpt" or "a concise portion".
But in 1987, ABC's "Nightline" prepared a brief segment on the 40th anniversary of Robinson's debut.
For SETI@home the procedure is fairly straightforward: at any one time each volunteer is working on a brief segment of a signal from Arecibo.
Here's a brief segment of the tape, which we're going to play in its entirety for the United Nations Security Council tomorrow.
If you want to listen to just a brief segment, skip forward to "From this valley" at 8 40, and wait for the a capella section.
A report by Reuters in the "Arts, Briefly" column on May 11 about criticism of a brief segment on Nickelodeon, on the Battle of the Alamo, referred incorrectly to part of the narration.
I had seen a brief segment of Ian Hislop's Channel 4 documentary Not Forgotten, which featured Tull in his capacity as one of the first black professional footballers in Britain.
Nearly anyone who has watched TV in the last twenty years is familiar with The Simpson's intro, which always features a different brief segment at the end as the family rushes to sit together on their couch.
In one brief segment, she dumps a can of pasta sauce into a pan, then loosens it with water and pours in a bunch of basmati rice.
Each brief segment was defined by a string-quartet texture: dense, aggressive counterpoint, or eerie sliding chords, or weightless slow-motion polyphony, or scampering pizzicatos.
Al Jazeera ran a brief promotional segment but then did not broadcast the full video at the request of The Times.
On Tuesday, "The Early Show" on CBS also featured a brief, noncrisis segment at the end of its show, introducing the contestants of the next installment of "Survivor".
