Thousands of Hours of Informative, Colorful Content Now Fully Searchable at
http://www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the world's largest video
search engine, today announced a content partnership with Travelistic.com,
a leading travel and vacation information video site. Under the terms of
the agreement, blinkx will transcribe and index Travelistic's library of
user- generated and professionally produced footage, making it easy for
users to find clips about thousands of destinations around the world at
http://www.blinkx.com.
Travelistic.com lets you explore the world through video. The site
hosts a wide variety of travel videos, including user uploads, professional
content, and tourist board videos.
"Travelistic.com is a wonderful resource that offers high quality
videos for people researching interesting destinations around the world or
planning holidays," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CTO, blinkx.
"We are pleased to provide Travelistic's footage at blinkx.com and look
forward to deepening our partnership to further extend the reach of their
long-form and high-definition quality video content in the future."
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 7,000,000 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.
"We're excited to add Travelistic to the blinkx lineup," said Diversion
Media founder & CEO, Nicholas Butterworth. "blinkx's search rocks."
About blinkx
blinkx is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today,
blinkx has indexed more than 7,000,000 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 Viral Video
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 a privately-held company
based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at
http://www.blinkx.com
About Travelistic/Diversion Media
Diversion Media, LLC is a New York-based publisher of broadband
channels for niche consumer audiences, with an initial focus on the travel,
leisure, and recreation categories.
Featuring both professional and user-generated content, Diversion's
network leverages a proprietary platform and shared infrastructure to
rapidly deploy compelling, engaging user experiences.
Diversion's network includes Travelistic.com, a leading travel video
site launched in October 2006, and Snowvision.com, a broadband channel for
snowboarders launched in February 2007.
Diversion was founded in 2004 by former MTVi and SonicNet CEO Nicholas
Butterworth. Diversion's technology team is led by former iFilm executive
Tatum Lade.
For more information, please contact:
For blinkx:
Kim Bardakian
OutCast Communications
415-392-8282
KBardakian@outcastpr.com
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