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27 May 2009 09:00
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blinkxย Brings Users Courtside With Sportsย Videoย Footage From FOXSports.com on MSN
www.blinkx.comย takes youย out to the ballgameย
SAN FRANCISCO,ย CALIF.ย -ย Mayย 27, 2009 -ย blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announcedย a partnership with FOXSports.com on MSN, one of the Web's leading sports sites. Moreย sports newsย and clipsย than everย beforeย are now available onย www.blinkx.com.
Visitors toย www.blinkx.comย will now have easy access toย nearlyย 1,000ย sportsย videoย clips, including exclusiveย footage of top athletes and daily, up-to-the-minuteย 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 viaย blinkx's search engine.ย ย
"Sports video isย in very high demand right now. Manyย sports fansย get an itch for more footage of their favorite teams and athletesย longย after game season has passed," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "We're thrilled to partner withย FOXSports.com, oneย of the world's leadingย sportsย 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," saidย Ed Bunnell, vice president of programming forย FOX Sportsย Interactive. "blinkx has developed a very innovative way for us to expand our reachย 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 thanย 530ย 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 inย San Franciscoย andย London. More information is available atย www.blinkx.com.ย
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 atย 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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