• E-mail
• Print
• Comment
• Font Size
• Digg
• del.icio.us
• Discuss article

Blinkx Partners With Turning Point TV to Add Original Entertainment & Informational Programs to Video Search Index

Posted on: Thursday, 14 June 2007, 09:27 CDT

SAN FRANCISCO, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX), the world's largest video search engine, today announced a content partnership with Turning Point TV (http://www.turningpointtv.com/) an on-demand video network aimed at active Baby Boomers, adults 45-65 years old. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index Turning Point TV's library of footage, making it easy for users to find clips at http://www.blinkx.com/.

"Turning Point TV offers high quality programs for the Boomer generation, a potential audience of 78 million people," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "We are pleased to be working together and look forward to bringing relevant and quality video content to Turning Point TV's fans."

The pioneer of video search technology, blinkx has established its reputation as the smartest way to find new forms of rich media content online. blinkx has indexed over 12,000,000 hours of video and audio content, including top TV shows, news, short documentaries, and music from more than 150 partners. Using advanced speech recognition technology, blinkx delivers 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 12 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 in San Francisco and London. More information is available at http://www.blinkx.com/

About Turning Point TV

Turning Point TV is an exciting on-demand video network featuring entertainment & informational programs that speaks directly to the dynamic members of the Boomer generation.

Turning Point TV is the sole information and entertainment site for the 78 million 45-65 year-olds. Turning Point TV takes advantage of the rapidly changing media environment to create a video-based programming service available over the Internet and archived indefinitely. More information is available at http://www.turningpointtv.com/

For more information, please contact: For blinkx: Kim Bardakian OutCast Communications 415-392-8282 KBardakian@outcastpr.com

blinkx

CONTACT: Kim Bardakian of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282,KBardakian@outcastpr.com, for blinkx

Web site: http://www.turningpointtv.com/http://www.blinkx.com/

Source: PRNewswire

More News in this Category