Canada's Leading Consumer Internet Portal Selects Thomson multimedia for Streaming Content Search.Business Editors and High Tech Writers SEATTLE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 4, 2001 Leading Multimedia Search Service Enables Sympatico-Lycos Users to Quickly Locate Links to Web's Best Audio and Video Content Singingfish, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomson multimedia (Paris Euroclear: 18453) (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TMS TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (alternative medicine for depression) TMS Test Match Special (sports - cricket) TMS Texas Motor Speedway TMS Transportation Management System TMS Toyota Motor Sales ) announced today that it has been chosen to provide multimedia search capabilities to Sympatico-Lycos, Canada's leading consumer Internet portal. Sympatico-Lycos is among Singingfish's first portal customers to integrate a recently updated service that enables Internet users Internet user n → internauta m/f Internet user Internet n → internaute m/f access to the largest database of links to audio and video content found on the Web. The technologies developed by Singingfish allow Internet users to find digital audio and video files on the Internet. With this technology, Singingfish has indexed millions of links to streaming and downloadable media files. Singingfish launched its first offerings during the past year via Web-based metasearch customer sites including MetaCrawler, Dogpile and SwissSearch. Last week, the company also announced that it is the exclusive streaming search provider to RealNetworks'(R) RealOne Player(TM). "Sympatico-Lycos users are becoming increasingly net savvy," said Nick Gaudreau, vice president, Sympatico.ca. "There's a great deal of high quality broadband content on the Web and within our portal in our news, entertainment and music channels. The Singingfish technology will help our users find precisely what they're looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. ." Executives at Singingfish believe that the service will create a more enjoyable and productive experience for Sympatico-Lycos users. "Singingfish technology allows end users to find valuable streaming content not typically found via traditional, non-multimedia search engines," said Singingfish president Michael Behlke. "We've fundamentally altered how this powerful communications medium is experienced online by offering the largest index of streaming content and making it easily accessible to end users." Singingfish uses a combination of a sophisticated, second-generation search architecture and an automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. , rule-based classification system to find and classify clas·si·fy tr.v. clas·si·fied, clas·si·fy·ing, clas·si·fies 1. To arrange or organize according to class or category. 2. To designate (a document, for example) as confidential, secret, or top secret. the largest index of multimedia on the Web. The company has by far the largest streambase of any multimedia search engine, with metadata (1) (meta-data) Data that describes other data. The term may refer to detailed compilations such as data dictionaries and repositories that provide a substantial amount of information about each data element. on over seven million streams. Version 1.5 of the Singingfish service includes new support for Apple(R) QuickTime(TM), special filtering for screening and generating Walled Garden Refers to a network or service that restricts its users to its own content. Cable TV and satellite TV are walled gardens, offering a finite number of channels and programs to its subscribers. content, and among other enhancements, it has the unique ability to automatically group streams by media format, bit rate, length of segment, genre and category. About Streaming Media See streaming audio, streaming video and digital media hub. "Streaming media" refers to audio, video and interactive files delivered to a user's computer via the Internet or other network environment. The advantage over traditional formats is that streaming files begin to play before the entire file is downloaded, saving end-users the long wait. A "Walled Garden" is an environment that controls user's access to Web content by directing navigation within particular areas. It can allow access to a selection of material, or prevent access to other material. About Singingfish, Inc. Singingfish, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thomson multimedia, develops multimedia search services that enable Internet users to quickly and easily locate and access popular streaming media content including entertainment, news and sports via any Internet accessible PC or CE device. Based in Seattle, Wash., the company has firmly positioned itself as the leader in multimedia search by compiling the world's largest index of streaming media, incorporating proprietary automation into its search solutions, and offering a robust suite of search services that are easily adaptable a·dapt·a·ble adj. Capable of adapting or of being adapted. a·dapt  a·bil to each customer. More information about Singingfish is available online at www.singingfish.com About Thomson multimedia With sales of 9.1 billion Euros (U.S. $8.3 billion) in 2000 and 73,000 employees in more than 30 countries, Thomson multimedia (Paris Euroclear: 18453) (NYSE: TMS), provides a wide range of video (and enabling) technologies, systems, finished products and services to consumers and professionals in the entertainment and media industries. To advance and enable the digital media transition, Thomson multimedia has five principal activities: Digital Media Solutions, Displays and Components, Consumer Products, Patents and Licensing, and New Media Services. The company distributes its products under the THOMSON, RCA See RCA connector and video/TV history. and TECHNICOLOR brand names. For more information: www.thomson-multimedia.com About Sympatico-Lycos Sympatico-Lycos (http://www.sympatico.ca) is Canada's leading Web communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. and provides Canadians with the most comprehensive Internet experience, combining world-class Internet technology and applications including search, community, personalization Custom tailoring information to the individual. On the Web, personalization means returning a page that has been customized for the user, taking into consideration that person's habits and preferences. and a wealth of Canadian content. Its flagship properties include sympatico.ca; tripod.ca; canada411.ca; yellowpages.ca; vancouverplus.ca; calgaryplus.ca; edmontonplus.ca; montrealplus.ca; ottawaplus.ca; quebecplus.ca; and toronto.com, owned in partnership with Torstar Corp. Sympatico-Lycos Inc., with offices in Toronto, Montreal, Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver, is part of Bell Globemedia Interactive, which is a sister division to CTV CTV Canadian Television (Network Limited) and The Globe and Mail within the Bell Globemedia family. Sympatico-Lycos is jointly owned by Bell Globemedia and Lycos Inc. This press release contains forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. regarding prospects for the future that involve a number of risks and uncertainties. Among the factors that could cause actual income to differ materially from those expected are the following: business conditions and general economic conditions; competitive factors such as pricing and marketing efforts of rival companies; timing of product introductions; ability of contract manufacturers to meet product price objectives and delivery schedules; legislative, regulatory, and industry initiatives that may affect planned or actual product features and marketing methods; and the pace and success of product research and development. For more information on the potential factors that could affect the company's financial income, please review the relevant SEC filings. |
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