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27 May 2009 09:00
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blinkxΒ Brings Users Courtside With SportsΒ VideoΒ Footage From FOXSports.com on MSN
www.blinkx.comΒ takes youΒ out to the ballgameΒ
SAN FRANCISCO,Β CALIF.Β -Β MayΒ 27, 2009 -Β blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announcedΒ a partnership with FOXSports.com on MSN, one of the Web's leading sports sites. MoreΒ sports newsΒ and clipsΒ than everΒ beforeΒ are now available onΒ www.blinkx.com.
Visitors toΒ www.blinkx.comΒ will now have easy access toΒ nearlyΒ 1,000Β sportsΒ videoΒ clips, including exclusiveΒ footage of top athletes and daily, up-to-the-minuteΒ sports updates with Fox Wire. In total, FOXSports.com produces more than four hours per day of exclusive Web video content, all of which will now be discoverable viaΒ blinkx's search engine.Β Β
"Sports video isΒ in very high demand right now. ManyΒ sports fansΒ get an itch for more footage of their favorite teams and athletesΒ longΒ after game season has passed," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "We're thrilled to partner withΒ FOXSports.com, oneΒ of the world's leadingΒ sportsΒ sites, and think many of our viewers will enjoy getting their sports fix with this premium content."
"We are excited to extend our leading online sports video content to blinkx's leading video search engine," saidΒ Ed Bunnell, vice president of programming forΒ FOX SportsΒ Interactive. "blinkx has developed a very innovative way for us to expand our reachΒ and we're excited to give make our content easily discoverable to their users."
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 thanΒ 530Β 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.Β
About FOXSports.com.com on MSN
FOXSports.com on MSN is a leading sports Website that delivers breaking news, real-time stats and fantasy games to more than 15 million unique visitors every month. FOXSports.com, a unit of Fox Interactive Media, is the exclusive provider of sports content for MSN in the US and is the online extension of FOX Sports television coverage. Located atΒ http://msn.FOXSports.com.com, the site provides sports fans with a wealth of exclusive online video, and is the industry leader in the delivery of sports content to mobile devices. Sports fans can access the latest scores, stats and news while on the go from FOXSports.com on MSN Mobile, simply by entering FOXSports.com on their Web-enabled mobile phones, or texting SPORTS to either 36977 or FOXSP.
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