blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced a
partnership with EuroNews (www.euronews.net), the first multilingual
pan-European news channel. Broadcast all over the world in several
languages, EuroNews´ international coverage is now more easily
accessible than ever before at www.blinkx.com. Under the terms of the
agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place
contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share
resulting advertising revenue with EuroNews.
EuroNews produces and broadcasts news programs simultaneously in
several languages on issues that are relevant to both the European
Union and the world. EuroWeb is available 24 hours a day in seven
languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
Portuguese and Russian, with Arabic set to be added later this year.
EuroNews offers viewers a complete news bulletin on the half hour,
followed by unique, in-depth feature programs covering a diverse
collection of topics ranging from science and technology to cinema and
fashion.
"Current affairs-oriented searches are among the most popular at
blinkx.com," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.
"EuroNews´ up-to-the-minute coverage brings the European perspective
to our users around the world. Our partnership gives viewers access to
one of the leading news channels in Europe."
"We´re pleased to be working with blinkx to make EuroNews´ content
available to the global audience," said Philippe Cayla, Chairman and
CEO of EuroNews. "blinkx´s technology enables users to search video
much more easily, delivering the most tailored, accurate results on
the Web."
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 EuroNews
Launched in January 1993 EuroNews covers world affairs from a
European perspective. EuroNews is the most-watched international news
channel in Europe: every day, 3.2 million Europeans watch EuroNews on
cable and satellite, while another 3.1 million watch on terrestrial
channels (Source: EuroNews/Telmar Peaktime(C), evaluation system based
on viewer ratings, 3rd quarter 2007).
EuroNews is broadcast all over the world, reaching 200 million
households in 130 countries by cable, digital satellite and
terrestrial distribution. The channel is also available on mobile
phones, ADSL, PDA, live on the internet and live on board the aircraft
of international airlines.
EuroNews is broadcast 24 hours a day, simultaneously in seven
languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and
Russian. Arabic will become EuroNews´ eighth fully-fledged language,
and the service will be launched by the channel´s newsroom in 2008.
