blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced
new partnerships with some of the world´s leading how-to video sites,
including ExpertVillage.com, Growing Wisdom and HowTo.tv, to offer
users thousands of self-improvement videos. Through these
partnerships, viewers now have an extensive library of visual aides to
help them master a wide range of skills, from the basic (e.g. brewing
the perfect cup of tea) to the extreme (e.g. fighting off a bear).
Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place
contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share
resulting advertising revenue with the partners.
"How-to videos are in high demand right now. Most adults are
strong visual learners, making this type of programming extremely
useful when tackling something new," said Suranga Chandratillake,
founder and CEO, blinkx. "We are thrilled to offer these instructional
videos to users via blinkx´s easy-to-search and share platform."
Click here to view blinkx´s fun sample of how-to videos, or visit
www.blinkx.com/blinkxHowtos, to learn how to:
-- Cheat at poker
-- Pick a lock
-- Beat video games
-- Self-tan safely
-- Give yourself a pedicure
-- Play beer pong
-- Poach eggs
-- Make the perfect cup of tea
-- DJ
-- Teach a child how to ride a bike
-- Potty train
-- Fight a bear
-- Buy a snake
As the pioneer in video search technology, 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 Growing Wisdom
Hosted by well-known New England meteorologist and horticulturist
David Epstein, Growing Wisdom is a weekly online video site presenting
hands-on gardening advice and inspiration for home gardeners. The
Growing Wisdom Web site contains compelling articles, podcasts and
blogs that provide timely, week-by-week instruction on topics such as
flower and vegetable gardens, lawn care and garden pests.
www.growingwisdom.com
About HowTo.tv
Producing brand funded on-demand video for brand owners HowTo.tv
offers a unique way to reach a target audience with brand funded
content, wherever the audience happens to be. Giving brands the
opportunity to provide advice and cultivate relationships with their
consumers at the right time, in the right place and right situation to
be influential. HowTo.tv offers cost-effective broadcast media
marketing solutions for online advertising, direct marketing, social
networking and brand customer relationship management. www.howto.tv