Video search: blinkx partners with Young Hollywood
By Andrew Redfern @ 7th February 2008 6:40 pm
blinkx today announced a partnership with Young Hollywood to offer users a backstage pass to the site’s exclusive celebrity programming.
Young Hollywood, a leading destination for online entertainment, provides users with original and professionally-produced content from celebrity interviews and news to behind the scenes coverage of the hottest Hollywood events.
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 Young Hollywood.
Providing the ultimate insider’s perspective on celebrity lifestyle, travel, nightlife, music, fashion and more, Young Hollywood’s high-quality entertainment content allows users to get closer to their favorite celebrities than even the most aggressive paparazzi.
Young Hollywood gives users the ultimate entertainment experience through compelling video interviews with top celebrities and rising talent, and timely and relevant entertainment news that they know they can trust.
“Entertainment news and celebrity video footage is becoming increasingly popular on the Web,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.
“We are thrilled to bring Young Hollywood’s high-quality entertainment news content to our viewers – and just in time for awards season!”
“Our agreement with blinkx gives users around the world even more ways to access Young Hollywood’s content,” said RJ Williams, CEO, Young Hollywood. “Leveraging blinkx’s unique technology and vast network brings Young Hollywood even closer to our long-term goal of becoming a multi-platform entertainment experience.”
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.
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