Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK) has launched
Mediaseed(TM), a Web-based content management platform that offers a
digital suite of collaboration, archiving, distribution, publishing, and
evaluation features for corporate marketing and communications
professionals. By establishing a customized portal via Mediaseed's
website www.mediaseed.tv, clients can more easily partner with Medialink
for video and rich media production and distribution services, as well
as store, share and track assets employed in broadcast and Web campaigns
for marketing, public relations or public affairs efforts.
Mediaseed is built upon a state-of-the-art digital asset management
system that the company deployed and integrated into its global media
operations in 2006, which now becomes the "heart" of
Mediaseed. With Mediaseed, Medialink clients can enter their
specially-designed "Control Room," to post video and other
rich media, select media distribution options, and expedite delivery of
content worldwide. Clients also can access reports of video usage on
television via Medialink's exclusive global television tracking
service, Teletrax(TM), and view its publication on various Internet
sites. Monthly client fees for Mediaseed are determined based on the
amount of rich media they need to manage and by the distribution and
tracking features they select.
The American Lung Association became the first official Mediaseed
client, having signed a multi-year contract for asset management and
digital newsroom services. Medialink already supports a number of media
and public-facing websites for clients, including Bridgestone
Corporation, Lanxess Corporation and Royal Philips Electronics, which
contain video, audio, still images, and text that are typically
distributed to broadcasters and websites digitally and via satellite.
"As a trusted health organization with a critical mission to
inform and educate, we are excited to team up with the seasoned
professionals of Medialink, whose proven record of technological
innovation and global media expertise will help to enrich our
communications strategy," stated Hallema Sharif Clyburn, Director
of Media Relations for the American Lung Association. "We look
forward to working with Medialink to enhance our public information
efforts through the Mediaseed multimedia platform."
"Medialink is proud to partner with the American Lung
Association to provide a new generation of communications tools and
consultancy designed for marketing and public relations decision-makers
who demand world-class client service and robust media management
technology," said Larry Thomas, chief operating officer of
Medialink. "From global marketers and organizations to niche
businesses, clients rely on Medialink to create dynamic messages that
resonate with specialized or broad audiences. Mediaseed is the platform
on which Medialink's clients can effortlessly organize and track
content for TV, radio and Web strategies that share the unique stories
about their brands, issues and industries."
Audience interest in professionally produced Web video is on the
rise. Recent estimates from digital media research firm comScore, which
include passive viewing from rich media banner advertising, suggest that
as much as 70% of the total U.S. Internet audience is exposed to
streaming video. In its recently published study on online video, the
Pew Internet & American Life Project reported that that 62% of
online video viewers prefer professionally produced video over content
produced by amateurs.
Medialink produces and distributes branded and fully sourced video
and audio domestically and internationally to thousands of Internet
sites and television and radio networks and stations on behalf of its
750 clients worldwide. In recent years, the company has been steadily
expanding its broadband distribution network by posting its
clients' content on such popular sites as Yahoo!, Google, YouTube,
MySpace, AOL Uncut, Metacafe, Crackle, Revver, Veoh, Vmix, and
Broadcaster, and with syndicators and aggregators, such as Blinkx,
Brightcove, Voxant, and Clip Syndicate.
Medialink's Internet offerings range from viral video and rich
media advertisements to webcasts and "webisodes". Through its
alliance with Getty Images, Medialink also offers photographic creation
and distribution services.
"Strengthened by a vision that has remained unchanged for more
than a century, the American Lung Association is a prime example of a
truly modern organization whose fundamental communications strategy
embraces evolving media tools such as Medialink's Mediaseed
platform," remarked Laurence Moskowitz, president and chief
executive officer of Medialink. "Communications executives have
begun to realize that powerfully told stories serve as catalysts for
global conversations, which, when shared regularly with transparency,
can develop into lasting relationships with key stakeholders. We believe
that Medialink is uniquely positioned to help marketers and professional
communicators make the thousands of announcements of product launches,
business mergers and acquisitions, and public advocacy initiatives
issued every day even more compelling with well-crafted and precisely
delivered video and audio."
About Medialink:
Medialink is a global leader in providing unique news and marketing
media strategies and solutions that enable corporations and
organizations to inform and educate their intended audiences with
maximum impact on television, radio, print, and the Internet. The
company offers creative services and multimedia distribution programs
including video and audio news and short-form programming. Through its
majority-owned subsidiaries, Medialink also provides Teletrax(TM), a
global television tracking and media asset management service to help
clients evaluate return on investment from their programming and
advertising efforts. Teletrax is 76%- owned by Medialink and 24%-owned
by Royal Philips Electronics. Based in New York, Medialink has offices
in major cities throughout the United States and an international hub in
London.
For more information, visit http://www.medialink.com and
http://www.mediaseed.tv or call 212/682-8300.
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