Teletrax to Provide Monitoring Services for Television Show Promotions to CBS Television Distribution

Teletrax to Provide Monitoring Services for Television Show Promotions to CBS Television Distribution

Syndicator Will Use Broadcast Intelligence to Manage Extensive Television Library

HOLLYWOOD, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teletrax today announced that CBS Television Distribution (CTD) will electronically monitor and evaluate usage of its broadcast marketing and promotional content on television stations nationwide using the digital watermarking and broadcast tracking service. Teletrax is a subsidiary of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK) .

CTD, a unit of CBS Corp. (NYSE:CBS.A) (NYSE:and) (NYSE:CBS) , a leader in worldwide television syndication, will utilize the Teletrax(TM) comprehensive suite of broadcast intelligence services to electronically monitor and analyze affiliate stations' usage of its on-air television show promotions across all 210 major cities, or DMAs, in the United States. Teletrax will provide CTD with reports detailing how its video content is used and aired by affiliate stations, so it can evaluate marketing campaign performance and more precisely measure return-on-investment and maximize overall profits.

Under terms of the agreement, Teletrax will monitor the promotions of CTD's top syndicated series including "The Oprah Winfrey Show," "Wheel of Fortune," "Jeopardy!," "Entertainment Tonight," "The Insider," "Judge Judy," "Judge Joe Brown," "Inside Edition," "Half & Half," "Montel Williams," "Dr. Phil," "CSI: Miami," "Everybody Loves Raymond," "Rachael Ray" and "Star Trek."

"We recently announced a contract agreement with CBS Television Network, and we are very excited to now extend our relationship with CBS to provide broadcast intelligence services to another division, CBS Television Distribution," said Andy Nobbs, president of Teletrax. "Our contract with CTD demonstrates CBS' trust in our ability to provide valuable intelligence on affiliate usage of promotional campaign material and is further evidence of the organizations' reliance on our near-real time monitoring and reporting capabilities to impact its bottom-line."

Teletrax offers the 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. The company is 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 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. Teletrax clients include ABC Television Network, Associated Press, 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 (http://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 Medialink:

Medialink (http://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:
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Source: Medialink

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

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