blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake to Speak at Canaccord Adams' 30th Annual Global Growth Conference
By Blinkx, PRNETuesday, August 3, 2010
SAN FRANCISCO, August 4, 2010 - blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today
announced that Founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake will be presenting at
Canaccord Adams' 30th Annual Global Growth Conference at 2 p.m. EDT on August
12 at the Intercontinental Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. For three decades,
the conference has brought together the best small- to mid-cap public
companies, institutional and private equity investors, and industry experts.
Mr. Chandratillake will participate in a 30-minute presentation and Q&A
session to share his expert perspective on online video and advertising.
A highly regarded expert on the convergence of the Web and TV, Mr.
Chandratillake has more than a decade of experience in next-generation
search. He has been recognized as a thought leader in the media industry,
including being named a Young Global Leader Honoree by the World Economic
Forum, one of 25 Digital Entertainment Executives to Watch by Digital Media
Wire, and a top 10 leader in Science and Innovation by The Observer.
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation
as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has made more
than 720 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio
content to date.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video
search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 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.
Nicole Love of Marlin PR, +44-207-869-8328, nicole.love at marlinpr.com, for blinx; or Tim Turpin of Sparkpr, +1-415-321-1894, tim.turpin at sparkpr.com, for blinx; or NOMAD and Broker, Charles Lytle or Christopher Wren, both of Citigroup Global Markets Ltd, +44(0)207-986-9756, for blinkx plc
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