FAIRFIELD, Conn. and NEW YORK, Oct. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — LexisNexis® Business Information Solutions (www.lexisnexis.com), a leading global provider of content and technology solutions, and TVEyes, the search engine for TV and radio, today announced a multi-year agreement for TVEyes to provide a consolidated feed of indexed television and radio content.
“We are dedicated to providing a comprehensive collection of news and business sources for our customers from leading suppliers around the globe,” said Paul Al-Nakaash , Head of Content for LexisNexis Business Information Solutions. “Partnering with TVEyes enables us to offer access to a selection of broadcast licensed TV and radio news content.”
The first content to be provided by TVEyes under the agreement is from the United Kingdom: BBC TV and radio and Independent Television News (ITN) will be made available to subscribers who will use keyword search to find and play clips that mention words or phrases of interest.
“To assure continued relevancy and profitability, television and radio content owners need to fully exploit opportunities from cloud-based services,” said David Ives , chief executive officer of TVEyes, Inc. “Business, government and political users want real-time notification and historical search of broadcast content, and they’re willing to pay a premium for it. For broadcast content owners to efficiently monetize their investments they need distribution and fee-collecting platforms and partners like TVEyes and LexisNexis.”
TVEyes is exhibiting at the PRSA 2012 International Conference, Oct. 13-16, in San Francisco, Booth #8.
About LexisNexis Legal & Professional
LexisNexis Legal & Professional (www.lexisnexis.com) is a leading global provider of content and technology solutions that enable professionals in legal, corporate, tax, government, academic and non-profit organizations to make informed decisions and achieve better business outcomes. As a digital pioneer, the company was the first to bring legal and business information online with its Lexis® and Nexis® services. Today, LexisNexis Legal & Professional harnesses leading-edge technology and world-class content, to help professionals work in faster, easier and more effective ways. Through close collaboration with its customers, the company ensures organizations can leverage its solutions to reduce risk, improve productivity, increase profitability and grow their business. Part of Reed Elsevier , LexisNexis Legal & Professional serves customers in more than 100 countries with 10,000 employees worldwide.
About TVEyes
TVEyes Inc. is headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut and has operational facilities located across the United States and internationally. The company was formed in 1999 in the field of television and radio monitoring and quickly became the most technically advanced media monitoring company in the world. TVEyes technology has been recognized by the United States Department of Defense as a sole source provider for key monitoring applications around the world.
The TVEyes business model has grown to encompass a wide range of services and market segments involving automated speech-to-text and advanced audio/video search. TVEyes was the first media monitoring company to deploy a worldwide network of fully automated TV and radio monitoring servers and continues to add coverage aggressively to its network.
