blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced a
partnership with Estates Gazette TV (EG TV) to give viewers free
access to an expansive library of topical broadcasts and stories
affecting the UK property industry. Through the partnership, Estates
Gazette´s Internet TV channel will be fully searchable and playable at
www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also
place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will
share resulting advertising revenue with Estates Gazette TV.
EG TV includes an online archive of stories with recent programmes
featuring the UK housing crisis, industry reaction to Real Estate
Investment Trusts and the impact of the credit crunch on the market.
"It is imperative for property buyers and sellers to stay informed
on the ever-evolving and unpredictable real estate market," said
Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "blinkx´s on-demand
platform will allow EG TV´s viewers to search for and watch real
estate news without having to work around a traditional television
schedule."
"We are thrilled to partner with blinkx," said Geoff Hadwick,
publishing director, Estates Gazette Group. "blinkx´s unique
technology allows us to better serve our users and provides a great
platform to reach a global 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 EG TV
Launched in 2004 to provide topical news and interviews, EG TV is
a free access site provided by the Estates Gazette Group, part of Reed
Business Information and the largest provider of commercial property
news and information in Europe.
The EG Group´s flagship title, Estates Gazette, is complemented by
the web-based services EGi, EG PropertyLink and EG TV. The Group also
includes EuroProperty and AsiaProperty, representing the Group´s
European and Asian position while EG Capital is a recent addition
covering the real estate finance markets. The EG Group events
portfolio has grown substantially over the last three years and now
organises the key annual industry awards and conferences.
For more information, please visit www.estatesgazettegroup.com.
