Agence France-Presse Signs With Teletrax for Global Analysis of Video News Content Usage

Agence France-Presse Signs With Teletrax for Global Analysis of Video News Content Usage

Teletrax to Provide Vital Business Intelligence for International News Agency

BERLIN, Oct. 24 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teletrax, the global broadcast intelligence company, has signed a contract with Agence France-Presse (AFP), a leading global news agency, to monitor broadcast usage of AFP's video news content by its network and station clients, it was announced at News Xchange, a premier international news industry annual conference. Teletrax is a subsidiary of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK) .

Earlier this year, AFP announced a major strategic development of its television division and is now delivering a broader array of video features and news packages daily to subscribers worldwide. AFP will use the Teletrax(TM) comprehensive suite of video monitoring and reporting services to track broadcast usage of this news content, enabling the organization to obtain near real-time proof of what material is being used, aiding in the planning of more effective editorial, marketing and sales initiatives.

"It is critical for us to know precisely how our clients are using our news feeds, and what portion of the segments air," said Erik Monjalous, commercial and marketing director of AFP. "The intelligence gathered will result in greater efficiency and optimum return-on-investment."

"We are extremely pleased to be working with such a distinguished news agency and to be recognized as a vital part of its global broadcast analysis," said Andy Nobbs, president of Teletrax. "AFP's reliance on our broadcast intelligence demonstrates the importance of our service and reinforces the need for news providers, and all content owners, to know exactly how their video is used around the globe."

Teletrax offers the first and only digital video monitoring and content tracking service that provides vital broadcast intelligence on a global scale to video providers such as entertainment studios, news organizations, TV syndicators, and the advertising industry. Launched as a service developed by a joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE:PHG) and Medialink, with an underlying technology that is patent protected both by Philips and Digimarc Corp. (NASDAQ:DMRC) , Teletrax's technology embeds an imperceptible and indelible digital watermark into video whenever it is edited, transmitted, broadcast or duplicated.

A global network of detectors then captures all occurrences of the embedded video being transmitted and generates tracking reports for the content owners. Reports of individual broadcast airings are delivered online in near real-time to each client's custom-designed portal or in data file transfers. Each client's broadcast activity is updated dynamically, 24 hours a day, enabling clients to respond immediately to reported results such as changes in end-user preferences or detections of unauthorized use.

Teletrax currently maintains a proprietary network of detectors that monitors the television broadcasts of nearly 1,500 channels from more than 50 nations, including all 210 markets in the United States, representing all measured U.S. television households. Its international network covers television stations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America, and Canada.

Entertainment, news and media organizations both within and outside of the United States that also have contracted to use Teletrax for the tracking of news video, advertising or promotional content include ABC Television Network, BBC, CBS Television, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Fox Broadcasting Company, NBC News Channel, The NBC Agency, NBC Universal Domestic Television, Reuters Television, United Nations, ITN Networks, Euro RSCG 4D DRTV, and Medialink. A number of other companies are also in active trials with the Teletrax service.

About Teletrax:

Teletrax (www.teletrax.tv) is the world's first global digital video broadcast intelligence and video asset management service. Teletrax provides clients with video watermarking services that enable them to precisely track and monitor where, when and how their content is being aired via cable, satellite and terrestrially. Clients can easily evaluate, respond to and manage broadcast information relating to their video content through Teletrax's Web-based reporting tools. Teletrax yields critical media intelligence that is of proven value to motion picture studios, news organizations, network and syndicated TV programmers, brand marketers, corporate communicators, and advertising and public relations agencies. Teletrax is headquartered in London, has offices in New York and Hollywood, and maintains its operations hub in Norwalk, Connecticut.

About AFP:

AFP (www.afp.com) is the world's oldest established news agency, founded in 1835 by Charles-Louis Havas, the father of global journalism. Today, the agency continues to expand its operations worldwide, reaching thousands of subscribers via radio, television, newspapers and companies from its main headquarters in Paris and regional centers in Washington, Hong Kong, Nicosia and Montevideo. All share the same goal: to guarantee top quality international service tailored to the specific needs of clients in each region. AFPTV, a major actor on the French market was established in 2001, produces video news for television, the Internet and mobile phone service. AFPTV embarked on a global expansion program this year. Its rapidly expanding international network now delivers a variety of news and feature packages in 5 languages (French, English, German, Spanish, and Arabic) daily to subscribers worldwide.

About Medialink:

Medialink (www.medialink.com) 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.

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First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: mbuhay@medialink.com

Source: Medialink Worldwide Incorporated

CONTACT: Maria Di Masi, PR-Marketing Manager of Teletrax,
+1-212-812-7010, mdimasi@teletrax.tv; Ray Yeung or Nancy Zakhary of Brainerd
Communicators, +1-212-986-6667, yeung@braincomm.com, nancy@braincomm.com

Web site: http://www.medialink.com/
http://www.teletrax.tv/
http://www.afp.com/

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Profile: International Entertainment