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blinkxΒ BringsΒ Voyagers and Vacationers the Best in Travel VideoΒ from Popular Guides
www.blinkx.comΒ puts you on the map
SAN FRANCISCO,Β CALIF.Β -Β March 24, 2008Β -Β blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announcedΒ new partnerships with some of the world's leading travel video sites, includingΒ LonelyPlanet.tv,Β Compulsive Traveler,Β andΒ Overlander.tv. Through these partnerships,Β travel enthusiastsΒ now haveΒ immediate access toΒ the world's most beautiful travel destinationsΒ and best travel tips. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with the partners.
Seasoned globetrottersΒ and armchair travelersΒ alikeΒ canΒ satisfy their wanderlustΒ atΒ www.blinkx.com. FromΒ Sydney's Opera House down under,Β to the dunes ofΒ Huacachina,Β Peru,Β blinkx has video footageΒ of just about every location on the map. Users can now find thousands of travel videos on blinkx, includingΒ traveler tales and tipsΒ from Lonely Planet, the world's most successful independent travel information company, andΒ stories fromΒ passionateΒ trekkersΒ fromΒ the Compulsive Traveler, which started asΒ a series on CBS Television in 2002 and is now a video travel portalΒ thatΒ showcases and distributes "videos for travelers, by travelers." Also readily available are clips from Overlander.tv, a one-man crew that films allΒ over the world and offers insight into incredible, never-before-seenΒ destinations.
"Travel videos have always beenΒ hugelyΒ popular on blinkx. People now have the opportunity toΒ tourΒ a destinationΒ virtuallyΒ before committing to an expensive plane ticket or a lengthy train ride,"Β said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "WeΒ expect toΒ inspire all types of travelers by makingΒ theseΒ high qualityΒ travel videos available on blinkx.com, and look forward to moreΒ touring and trekkingΒ to come!"Β
"Travel is all about expanding horizons and sharing cultural experiences,"Β saidΒ Lainey Franks, director of client solutions, Lonely Planet Americas. "Our partnership with blinkxΒ furtherΒ enables us toΒ fulfill this mission byΒ extendingΒ our viewership across the globe. We are thrilled toΒ bring our compelling footage to travelers everywhereΒ so that they canΒ share and learn from one another."
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has made more than 450 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio content to date.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 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 Lonely Planet
Established in 1973, Lonely Planet is one of the world's leading travel media companies. With operations inΒ Melbourne,Β LondonΒ andΒ Oakland, the company employs over 400 staff worldwide. Lonely Planet travel information is available across all media platforms, including travel guides, TV programming, wireless products and an award-winning website. In October 2007, BBC Worldwide acquired a 75% share in Lonely Planet. BBC Worldwide is the primary commercialΒ arm and a wholly owned subsidiary of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).Β For more information about Lonely Planet, visit our website atΒ www.lonelyplanet.com.Β
AboutΒ Compulsive Traveler
The CompulsiveTraveler.tv has been a video filmmaker for 15 years with a film library of 2500 hours on 65 countries. It launched its travel video website in 2007:Β www.compulsivetraveler.tv.Β Β The site showcases its own as well as video travel stories from invited filmmakers. CompulsiveTraveler.tv produced a highly rated travel series on CBS Television for several years, recently aired a special on the Travel Channel and works with destinations around the world to create and stream videos for their destination websites. In addition, CompulsiveTraveler.tv has developed proprietary technology for widely distributing its own and others' travel videos on the World Wide Web.
About Overlander.tv
Overlander.tv features the travel videos of Australian filmmaker Mark Shea. Mark represents the new breed of 'backpack filmmaker' who can do it all, film, edit and tell a story. Mark's 'Meet a Local' concept whereby he interviews a local person at each location he visits, has proved to be a popular online series amongst the viewers ofΒ Overlander.tv.
Press ContactsΒ forΒ blinkx:
Tim Turpin
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tturpin@sparkpr.com
Nicole Love
Marlin PR
+44 207 869 8328
Nicole.love@marlinpr.comΒ
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Charles Lytle
Citi
Press Contacts forΒ Lonely Planet:
Frank RuizΒ
Lonely PlanetΒ
+1 (510) 250Β 6427
frankr@lonelyplanet.comΒ
Press Contacts forΒ Compulsive Traveler:
Roberto MitrottiΒ
Compulsive Traveler
+1 (718) 729 0460
Roberto@compulsivetraveler.tvΒ
Press Contacts forΒ Overlander:
Mark SheaΒ
Overlander.tv
+Β 61 (0)Β 414 25 1970
info@overlander.tvΒ
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