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A1GP Signs with Teletrax to Monitor Broadcast of Live Sports Events.


The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport Will Use Broadcast Intelligence to Fine-Tune Content Offering

LONDON -- Teletrax, the global broadcast intelligence company, today announced that it has signed a contract with A1GP, organizers of A1GP World Cup of Motorsport, where professional racing car teams from 24 nations compete on a level playing field See net neutrality. . A subsidiary of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (Nasdaq: MDLK), Teletrax offers the first and only digital video monitoring and content tracking service that provides critical television intelligence on a global scale to video providers such as entertainment studios, news organizations, TV syndicators, and the advertising industry. Teletrax is a joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE NYSE

See: New York Stock Exchange
: PHG) and Medialink.

Commencing with the first race of the second season, A1GP will use the Teletrax[TM] suite of broadcast intelligence services to detect and report on global broadcasts of its Grand Prix Grand Prix  
n. pl. Grand Prix
Any of several competitive international road races for sports cars of specific engine size over an exacting, usually risky course.
 motorsport races. The new initiative will allow A1GP to precisely and rapidly understand usage preferences of its video assets.

Teletrax will provide A1GP with evidence of its live coverage and highlights packages broadcast around the world. With the intelligence gathered, A1GP will be able to tailor its offering, improve allocation of its resources and provide precise details of airing coverage to its sponsors.

"A1GP is not just another motorsport, it reaches over three quarters of the world's population and provides a completely new and exciting opportunity for national and international brands to promote themselves on a global platform," said Richard Dorfman, Broadcast Director at A1GP. "Teletrax's broadcast verification services are critical for us to better understand our world and local reach, and provide a unique service to our sponsors about the global impact and performance of their brand."

"We are delighted that A1GP has chosen Teletrax to provide vital television intelligence on the broadcasts of its live sports events," said Andy Nobbs, President of Teletrax. "This contract is a significant win for Teletrax, marking our entrance into the sports marketing Sport marketing (or "sports marketing" in the US) (1) the specific application of marketing principles and processes to sport products (e.g., teams, leagues, events, etc.) and (2) the the marketing of non-sports products (e.g., cigarettes, beer, long-distance phone service, etc.  arena, and demonstrates the urgent need for sport executives to know the true value of their content."

Launched in 2002 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 DMRC Digimarc Corporation (stock symbol)
DMRC Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (India)
DMRC Digital Mobile Radio Communications
), Teletrax's technology embeds an imperceptible and indelible digital watermark A pattern of bits embedded into a file used to identify the source of illegal copies. For example, if a digital watermark is placed into a master copy of an audio CD or a DVD movie, then all copies of that disc are uniquely identified.  into video whenever it is edited, transmitted, broadcast or duplicated.

A global network of decoders, or "detectors," then captures all occurrences of the embedded video being transmitted via satellite, cable or terrestrially 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 provides vital broadcast television intelligence to video content providers such as entertainment companies, news organizations, TV syndicators, and the advertising industry. The company currently maintains a proprietary network of detectors that monitor the television broadcasts of 1,300 channels from more than 50 nations, including the top 150 markets in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , representing more than 90% of all U.S. television households. Its international network comprises 12 monitoring stations in Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America Central America, narrow, southernmost region (c.202,200 sq mi/523,698 sq km) of North America, linked to South America at Colombia. It separates the Caribbean from the Pacific. .

Entertainment, news and media organizations both within and outside of the United States that have also contracted to use Teletrax for the tracking of news video, advertising or promotional content include ABC Television ABC Television may refer to:
  • American Broadcasting Company, United States
  • Asahi Broadcasting Corporation, Japan
  • Associated British Corporation (1956-1968), United Kingdom
  • Associated Broadcasting Company, Philippines
 Network, BBC BBC
 in full British Broadcasting Corp.

Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927.
, Buena Vista Television, NBC News Channel, Fox Broadcasting, United Nations, The NBC NBC
 in full National Broadcasting Co.

Major U.S. commercial broadcasting company. It was formed in 1926 by RCA Corp., General Electric Co. (GE), and Westinghouse and was the first U.S. company to operate a broadcast network.
 Agency, NBC Universal Domestic Television, Reuters Television, Tribune Entertainment, Advanced Results Marketing, Direct Impact Group, ITN ITN n abbr (Brit) (= Independent Television News) → chaîne de télévision commerciale

ITN (Brit) n abbr (TV) (= Independent Television News) →
 Networks, Mercury Media, Euro RSCG 4D DRTV DRTV Direct Response Television (media) , Media Review International, 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 video broadcast monitoring and video asset management service. Launched in 2002, 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, TV sports producers and distributors, brand marketers, corporate communicators, and advertising and public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most  agencies. Teletrax is headquartered in London, has offices in New York New York, state, United States
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of
 and Hollywood, and maintains its operations hub in Norwalk, Connecticut.

About A1GP:

A1GP is the first opportunity in any area of motorsport for nations to compete on a level playing field. It is a series of 12 races covering all habitable habitable adj. referring to a residence that is safe and can be occupied in reasonable comfort. Although standards vary by region, the premises should be closed in against the weather, provide running water, access to decent toilets and bathing facilities, heating,  continents. Technology and innovation are deliberately equalised adj. 1.

p. p. os> of equalise; same as equalized.
 and performance is determined by human bravery, skill and excellence. Team and driver combine to create their advantage and the winning nation raises its flag in celebration. Pitting driver against driver and country against country for the first time in history, The A1GP World Cup of Motorsport brings together 24 nations representing 80 per cent of the world's population to actively compete on a level playing field. www.A1GP.com.

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 target 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, press release newswire distribution, and photography production and digital distribution. Through its subsidiaries, Medialink also provides Teletrax[TM], a global television tracking and media asset management service to help clients determine return on investment from their programming and advertising efforts. Based in New York, Medialink has offices in major cities throughout the United States and an international hub in London. For additional investor and financial information, please visit the Investor Relations Investor relations

The process by which the corporation communicates with its investors.
 section of the Company's Web site (www.medialink.com).

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2.
a.
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