Blinkx.tv today announced an agreement with BusinessWeek Online to index BusinessWeek content, including video and podcasts. Meanwhile, the New York Times Company announced that NYTimes.com and About.com would provide video content for indexing by blinkx's video search engine.
"Video content development and delivery is a key part of our digital strategy going forward," said Martin Nisenholtz, senior vice president, digital operations, The New York Times Company.
More than 25 premier content providers now make their video clips available to and fully searchable from blinkx.tv, the only search engine optimized for rich media. It uses speech-recognition technology to transcribe the content of audio and video segments allowing users to access clips from content partners based on keyword and conceptual searches.