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14 Apr 2009 07:00
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blinkx Expands Ever-Growing Index of Premium Entertainment Content;Β Β 'Entertainment Tonight,'Β HipHollywood,Β andΒ TheCinemaSourceΒ Sign on as Partners
Reach for the starsΒ atΒ www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO,Β CALIF.Β -Β AprilΒ 14,Β 2009Β -Β blinkx, the world's largest video search engine,Β today announced newΒ partnershipsΒ withΒ "Entertainment Tonight,"Β HipHollywood, andΒ TheCinemaSource. Hundreds of new entertainment and celebrity videos have been made available atΒ www.blinkx.com, including clips fromΒ "Entertainment Tonight,"Β the #1 syndicated entertainment newsmagazine.
From Jim Carrey clowning around at the "Yes Man" movie premiere,Β to an intimate conversation with Beyonce, hundreds ofΒ celebrity news clips and features are now directly viewable atΒ www.blinkx.com. The newest entertainment content includes footage fromΒ "Entertainment Tonight,"Β HipHollywood,Β a premiere destination forΒ entertainment news and content for the African-American community created byΒ current "Entertainment Tonight" weekend host and correspondent Kevin Frazier,Β andΒ TheCinemaSource, a one-stop shop for new release trailers and original celebrity interviews.
"Celebrity news and video footageΒ is extremely popular on our site,Β andΒ we're proud to partner withΒ someΒ of the bestΒ and most establishedΒ entertainmentΒ companies," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "We'reΒ delightedΒ to offer our users more high-quality video content than ever before,Β nowΒ includingΒ clips fromΒ "Entertainment Tonight,"Β HipHollywood, and TheCinemaSource."
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way toΒ find rich media on the Web. The company has madeΒ more than 450 partners andΒ indexed overΒ 35 million hours of video and audio contentΒ 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 HipHollywood
HipHollywood.com is emerging as a main source of multi-media content in the entertainment marketplace. Based out ofΒ Hollywood,Β California, our crew has access to some of today's biggest stars including Will Smith, Taraji P. Henson, Beyonce and others. "Entertainment Tonight's" Kevin Frazier launched the site with the intention of helping promote African-American stars in a positive light while maintaining an ethical and balanced approach to reporting. At HipHollywood.com, our motto says it all: "We Don't Talk ABOUT Stars, We Talk WITH Them."
AboutΒ TheCinemaSource
TheCinemaSource.com is fast becoming one of the newest, most heavily trafficked online locations for Movie Reviews, Celebrity Interviews, Movie News, Trailers and Clips. The largest independently owned and operated entertainment site out there, TheCinemaSource.com offers interviews and access not only to the biggest stars in Hollywood, but also to the most promisingΒ up and coming talent of tomorrow. With a staff largely consisting of college and post graduate writers and interviewers we live up to our tag line which guarantees you,Β "Today's Movies From Tomorrow's Perspectives."
Press Contacts for blinkx:
Tim Turpin
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tim.turpin@sparkpr.comΒ
Nicole Love
Marlin PR
+44 207 869 8328
Nicole.love@marlinpr.comΒ
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Charles Lytle
Citi
Press Contacts for HipHollywood:
Matt Steffe
HipHollywood.com - President
+1 (972) 672Β 7977Β
matt@HipHollywood.com
Press Contacts forΒ TheCinemaSource:
Dan Deevy
TheCinemaSource.com - Owner
+1 (917) 699 4592
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