blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced
that it has partnered with 13 new independent content providers
including Calon TV, ChannelFlip.com, Channel X, Foothill
Entertainment, Future Shorts, jeko.tv, Journeyman Pictures, Looking
Glass International, MoMedia, Monster Distributes, Reelport, Wysiwyg
Films and YoungCuts to bring users thousands of hours of cutting-edge
film, television and music programming. Through the partnerships,
content will be fully searchable and playable at www.blinkx.com.
Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place
contextually relevant advertising against the video and share
resulting revenue with partners.
As barriers to online content distribution fall and search
continues to improve, many independent filmmakers are able to realize
the true potential of online television and video. Traditionally,
showcasing and distributing work to large audiences has been a
struggle. However, as levels of quality and consumption evolve,
independent producers are well-positioned to leverage and monetize
their work online via partnerships with companies like blinkx.
"The Internet has enabled a generation of young filmmakers to
express creativity and make it available for millions of viewers
around the world in a way never before possible," said Louise Kierans,
president of YoungCuts Film Festival, an event showcasing the best
independent films by undiscovered talents.
"Forget the movie theater, Sundance, or even your television -
many of the most talented and innovative writers, producers and
directors are bringing content directly to the Internet," said Suranga
Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "blinkx is thrilled to
serve as a vehicle for making this original, avant-garde entertainment
easily searchable and available to viewers everywhere."
"We create original programming and channels designed specifically
for digital platforms," said Mark Benmore, chief operating officer of
MoMedia International, a leading producer and distributor of digital
video for IPTV, mobile, broadband and narrowcasting platforms. "There
is an insatiable appetite for digital entertainment and it´s growing
all the time. With blinkx, we easily deliver our content, making it
available to a limitless audience."
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx serves more than
50 million unique visitors every month. blinkx has built a reputation
as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as
video. With more than 220 partners and 18 million hours of indexed
video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips,
short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses
advanced speech recognition technology to deliver 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 18 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 www.blinkx.com.
About Calon TV
Calon TV is a new company formed by the former management of
Siriol Productions. Siriol were the producers of the BAFTA-winning
SuperTed, Hilltop Hospital and the animated Under Milk Wood.
www.calon.tv/keepfit.html
About ChannelFlip.com
ChannelFlip.com is an end-to-end video production company based in
Oxford, England, that makes TV programs, sells advertising on them and
distributes them over the internet to viewers. www.channelflip.com
About Channel X
Channel X is one of the U.K.´s leading comedy and entertainment
specialists with a 20 year history of producing cutting-edge
award-winning programs for all the major U.K. broadcasters. The
company specializes in scripted broken and narrative comedy,
comedy-entertainment formats and game shows and has worked with all
the leading comedy talent in the U.K. for the last two decades.
www.channelx.co.uk
About Foothill Entertainment
Foothill Entertainment is a family-owned production company based
in Santa Barbara, California. Formed September 2000 by Gregory Payne
and Jo Kavanagh-Payne, Foothill specializes in the co-development and
distribution of family and children´s entertainment programming.
Foothill also acts as executive producer of projects in all media,
using years of media expertise to help fund and distribute advances
and pre-sales of family-friendly entertainment across the globe.
www.foothillentertainment.com
About Future Shorts
Future Shorts is the largest and most innovative short-film label
in the world. Operating in 25 countries with 15,000 attending monthly,
the festival has redefined the short-film medium in international
screen culture. Future Shorts Distribution acts as a unique deliverer
of the very best short format entertainment to multiple platforms
worldwide. www.futureshorts.com
About jeko.tv
jeko.tv was created to broadcast high-quality documentaries, short
films, music videos, reports and video art. www.jeko.tv
About Journeyman Pictures
Journeyman Pictures is London´s leading independent distributor of
topical news features, documentaries and footage. We´re like a video
encyclopedia of the world. Use this Web site to preview our latest
films, as advertised in ´The Journeyman Weekly´, or to search our
archive of over 4,000 films. http://journeyman.tv
About Looking Glass International
LGI is an Australia-based independent production and distribution
company specializing in factual programming to the international
market. Our catalogue includes award-winning documentaries as well as
programmes covering the genres of history, science, natural history,
travel/lifestyle and people & places. Whether you are looking for
compelling stories about the world or an irreverent but passionate
look at the world from another point of view, LGI will bring you some
of the best stories out there! www.lookingglassint.com
About MoMedia International
MoMedia International is a leading digital producer and
distributor of entertainment programmes for mobile networks, broadband
internet, IPTV and emerging digital platforms. Backed by Endemol and
with offices in London and Hong Kong, MoMedia manages the digital
rights to thousands of hours of content from 60+ production companies,
distributing content globally to over 35 countries. The company also
creates original programming and channels that are designed
specifically for digital platforms. MoMedia was founded in 2004 by
Lucas Bertrand and Mark Benmore. www.momediatv.com
About Monster Distributes
Monster Distributes is an international distribution company. Its
flagship projects include the 130 episode music series, Planet Rock
Profiles, which has sold to 162 countries and 61 airlines, the 2005
Oscar nominated best Short Animation, The Mysterious Geographic
Explorations of Jasper Morello, the 2004 Oscar winning Short Animated
Film, Harvie Krumpet, and more. www.monsterdistributes.com
About Reelport GmbH
Reelport.com is the only platform world-wide that enables a
complete digital submission process for buyers and sellers, film
festivals and film archives. Thousands of users distribute more than
10,000 short and feature films via the online b2b platform
reelport.com. Renowned international festivals and satellite TV, VoD
and Web-TV services view and acquire films in Reelport´s online film
catalogue. www.reelport.com
About Wysiwyg Films
Wysiwyg acquires independent content and distributes it through
all reputable digital outlets. If you have bought a set-top-box,
downloaded a DVD or streamed a show from any reputable service then
the chances are that you already have access to Wysiwyg´s quality
content. This ranges from the Mike Leigh endorsed urban drama, ´The
Plague´, to the immensely popular Caribbean TV serial, ´Westwood
Park´. www.wysiwygfilms.com
About YoungCuts
The YoungCuts Film Festival is the premiere showcase for great
short films by the best young filmmakers. In addition to promoting
great undiscovered talent, YoungCuts works with young filmmakers to
produce and virally distribute branded entertainment.
www.youngcuts.com
