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PodZinger Brings Video Search to Micro-Game Show, 88SLIDE.


CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- Search Technology Helps Viewers Find Specific Content in Expanding Video Archive

PodZinger (www.podzinger.com), the only audio and video podcast Video podcast (sometimes shortened to vidcast or vodcast) is a term used for the online delivery of video on demand video clip content via Atom or RSS enclosures.  search engine that enables full-text search A search that compares every word in a document, as opposed to searching an abstract or a set of keywords associated with the document. Word processors and text editors contain full-text search functions that let you find a word or phrase anywhere in the document. , today announced that the popular one-minute daily trivia video podcast, 88SLIDE (www.88slide.com), has selected PodZinger to power its search capabilities on its Web site. 88SLIDE joins the ever-growing roster of video podcast creators who have chosen PodZinger to increase the value of their content through speech-to-text search.

Launched in early 2006 with a mission to entertain, interact, and enlighten en·light·en  
tr.v. en·light·ened, en·light·en·ing, en·light·ens
1. To give spiritual or intellectual insight to:
, 88SLIDE produces a daily one-minute video trivia challenge, where viewers are invited to submit their answer for a chance to win one of many prizes. Distributed at 88SLIDE.com--and as a video podcast in RSS (Really Simple Syndication) A syndication format that was developed by Netscape in 1999 and became very popular for aggregating updates to blogs and the news sites. RSS has also stood for "Rich Site Summary" and "RDF Site Summary.  format--88SLIDE is hosted by Rachel Rhodes and Blaine Rucker and executive-produced by Noah Bonnett. With topics ranging from rock bands to baseball, history to holidays, as well as the popular weekly bloopers and outtakes episode, the video podcast is watched by thousands of viewers around the world on a number of different platforms. Most recently, 88SLIDE announced its availability on Amp'd Mobile's broadband wireless See wireless broadband.  service.

"Since its inception, 88SLIDE has continued to provide its daily viewers with a fun, rewarding experience," said Noah Bonnett, executive producer, 88SLIDE. "Our partnership with PodZinger enables 88SLIDE to offer our growing viewer base the ability to find their favorite 88SLIDE episodes by unique keywords spoken, opening up a rich archive of our content for replay. We've found that once viewers are introduced to 88SLIDE, they immediately dive into our archives to challenge themselves with past episodes. Our archive is a very important part of our brand, and that's why this deal makes sense."

PodZinger uses speech-to-text technology to create a text index of the audio, which enables users to find content anywhere within both audio and video podcasts and jump directly to the point where their keyword is spoken. Available immediately on the 88SLIDE Web site, PodZinger's innovative technology provides search for more than 125 video trivia podcasts. For 88SLIDE and others, PodZinger makes video content more accessible thereby improving the user experience and generating more exposure for visitors looking for Looking for

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 the best online content.

"The expanding archives of useful and entertaining content are like silver in the mine for the new generation of video content creators See content provider. ," said Alex Laats, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board.  and chairman, PodZinger. "PodZinger's technology is the tool that extracts the content users are seeking and brings it to the surface. 88SLIDE stands at the forefront of content creators who realize the value of their content and who are implementing breakthrough technologies to ensure it's easily accessible to viewers."

About PodZinger

PodZinger is powered by BBN Technologies (company) BBN Technologies - A company, originally known as Bolt, Beranek and Newman, Inc. (BBN), based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

BBN were awarded the original contract to build the ARPANET and have been extensively involved in Internet development.
, leveraging its 30 years of speech recognition research to transform multimedia content into searchable words. PodZinger opens up a previously untapped source of content via a simple Web search. Also, from the PodZinger site, users can subscribe to Verb 1. subscribe to - receive or obtain regularly; "We take the Times every day"
subscribe, take

buy, purchase - obtain by purchase; acquire by means of a financial transaction; "The family purchased a new car"; "The conglomerate acquired a new company";
 podcasts, download, view or listen to them, and have PodZinger deliver new podcasts on their own topics of interest using standard RSS feeds Summaries of Web site content that are published in the RSS format for download. See RSS. . So when it comes to finding what you want in podcasts and vodcasts...just ZING IT!

About 88SLIDE

88SLIDE is a daily one-minute trivia challenge format, distributed via the Internet at 88SLIDE.com, and through iTunes as a video podcast. Most recently, 88SLIDE announced their availability on Amp'd Mobile's broadband wireless service. Visit them Monday through Friday to watch new videos and submit your answers; stop by Saturday to view outtakes and bloopers. Our mission is to entertain, interact, and enlighten, daily, in 60 seconds.
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