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4 Nov 2008 07:00
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blinkxΒ Partners with Clevver to Deliver the HottestΒ HollywoodΒ Newsbytes
Find out what's ClevverΒ atΒ www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO,Β CALIF.Β -Β November 4, 2008 -Β blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership withΒ ClevverΒ (www.clevver.com),Β a Beverly Hills-based streaming video entertainment Web site.Β Dozens of clips fromΒ Clevver TV,Β the company's onlineΒ television series, will be more easily accessible than ever before atΒ www.blinkx.com, with more shows being added each month.Β Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising againstΒ Clevver'sΒ video, and will share resulting advertising revenue withΒ Clevver.
Launched in September 2008, Clevver TVΒ features short entertainment newsΒ snippets highlighting what's coolΒ inΒ HollywoodΒ and beyond.Β Catering to young audiences with short attention spans, Clevver TV coversΒ entertainment news rangingΒ from the latest in celebrity gossip, to the most buzzed about movieΒ premieres.Β Hosted by Dana Ward and Joslyn Davis,Β theΒ episodes feature high-quality graphics, catchy soundtracks and cutting-edge production in an effort to be continuously progressive and evolving.
"Entertainment newsΒ searches areΒ without a doubtΒ among theΒ most popularΒ onΒ blinkx.com,"Β said Suranga Chandratillake, CEO and founder, blinkx. "The short, snappy clips will be very popular with our users and we'reΒ excited toΒ offerΒ Clevver TV'sΒ high qualityΒ contentΒ to our index."Β
"We're constantly looking for new ways of expanding our reach,"Β saidΒ Michael Palmer,Β director ofΒ production andΒ businessΒ development, Clevver. "blinkxΒ provides us withΒ an effective wayΒ toΒ share our programming with an even greater audience. We'reΒ thrilledΒ to partner withΒ the world's largest videoΒ searchΒ engine."
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 350 partners and 26 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech-recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 26 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - and even see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based inΒ San FranciscoΒ andΒ London. More information is available atΒ www.blinkx.com.
About Clevver
Based inΒ Beverly Hills, Clevver is a streaming video entertainment website. Clevver offers some of the best in premium video entertainment content (http://www.clevver.com) from major movie studios, record labels, television networks, video game developers and more. The site also allows visitors to watch and easily share their own original video content worldwide through the Web. In 2008, the site launched Clevver TV, its first original online television series, which has been seen by more than two million viewers.
Press Contacts for blinkx:
Tim Turpin
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tim.turpin@sparkpr.com
Clare Gayner
Bite Communications
+44 (0)20 8834 3454
Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com
Nomad for blinkx
Charles Lytle
Citi
Press Contacts for Clevver:
Michael Palmer
Clevver Media
+1 (323) 556-0723Β
Mike@clevver.com
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