blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced
new partnerships with some of the world´s funniest online comedy video
sites, including DailyComedy.com, Comedy Time, Comedy.com and National
Banana. Through these partnerships, viewers, comedy enthusiasts and
joke-tellers alike will be able to browse and watch an extensive
library of stand-up, skits and parodies. Leveraging its unique AdHoc
platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising
against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with
partners.
Anyone with a sense of humor is guaranteed to find something to
laugh about at blinkx. Enjoy the hit comedy/variety show LateNet with
Ray Ellin at DailyComedy.com, check out a "funnysode" of "Roscoe the
Party Dog" at Comedy Time, take a look at what made Comedy.com´s "LOL
List" and view one of their acclaimed original series, or watch
National Banana´s "Web Site Story" musical, all available at
www.blinkx.com.
"With both professional and aspiring comedians taking their
stand-up and skits straight to the Internet, it shouldn´t come as a
surprise that some of the funniest content lives online," said Suranga
Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "We´re thrilled to make
this home-grown humor available on blinkx.com, and look forward to the
laughs to come."
"It´s crucial to National Banana, as a producer of comedic
content, that we do something to make our investors think that we are
a legitimate Internet company," said Patrick Panzarella, CEO of
National Banana. "blinkx has assured us that their unique technology
and vast network will enable us to get wider exposure than ever
before. Fingers and toes crossed."
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 DailyComedy.com
DailyComedy.com is the first and only comedy-specific social
networking website that provides people with fresh and topical
material from A-list professional comedians in both text and video on
a daily basis. The site allows aspiring comedians the chance to
feature their work for an opportunity to get discovered. Comedy
enthusiasts can create their own comedy pages, post their own content
and their own videos. DailyComedy.com is tailor-made for the
interactive space and includes several series of recurring "Bitcoms"
(bite-size sitcoms specially made for the internet), including The
Single Bachelor and Streettalk as well as the hit comedy/variety show
LateNet with Ray Ellin, a late-night format that has welcomed guests
such as Chevy Chase, Hank Azaria, Richard Belzer, Fran Drescher, and
many more.
About Comedy Time
The Comedy Time Network launched in July, 2004 as one of the first
made-for-mobile networks and has become the global market leader in
the production, distribution and licensing of original comedy content
created for mobile and broadband. In the U.S. alone it is distributed
to over 3,500,000 subscribers is one of the most popular mobile
channels in the United States. In the U.S. it is available on Sprint,
VCAST, Cingular, MobiTV, Altel, and U.S. wireless. Internationally
Comedy Time is distributed in the United Kingdom, Denmark, Sweden,
Canada, Mexico, South America, South Africa, the Philippines, Eastern
Europe, and Singapore and is rapidly growing its international
presence. Comedy Time is also available on broadband as a channel on
AOL Video, Google Video, Yahoo!, Real Networks Superpass, ROO and
others.
About Comedy.com
Comedy.com is the premiere destination for funny content on the
internet. The company features original content updated daily,
hundreds of stand-up clips, and the best content from across the web
handpicked by the Comedy.com staff. The company also syndicates
original content through leading video portals and social networks as
well as mobile and emerging technology platforms. Launched in 2007,
Comedy.com is quickly becoming the most trusted name in comedy on the
internet.
About National Banana
National Banana.com is a newly-established New Media company that
is creating comedic content for the web, wireless, e-commerce, and
traditional media outlets.
