Fliqz Continues Rapid Growth Trajectory by Signing Nearly 50 New Customers in Two Months

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2008

Leading Provider of Plug-and-Play Video Solutions Hits the 18,000 Customer Mark; Sees a High-Level of Interest from Sports, Automotive and Social Networking Companies

EMERYVILLE, Calif -- Today, Fliqz, the leading provider of plug-and-play video solutions announced it has signed 47 new premium subscribers and 3,000 new publishers since June 1, 2008, bringing the total number of online video publishers using the Fliqz platform to 18,000. Many of the company's new customers fall into three key verticals: sports, automotive and social networking. New clients include Edmunds' Carspace and Autobytel MyRide, Nextscreen and Hemmings in the automotive sector, social networks grandparents.com and babysitters.com as well as RockYou, a developer and publisher of social networking applications and sports companies Open Sports Network and gosportsnow.com.

"Video is a critical form of content for all business sites today, which is why we have seen a one thousand percent increase in companies adopting online video in the past year," said Benjamin Wayne, CEO of Fliqz. "Today more businesses have chosen Fliqz than any other provider, and we expect this unprecedented growth to continue, as more and more companies realize web video is a marketing and branding tool they cannot live without."

The Fliqz solution enables sites to create customized players, uploaders, and webcam capture widgets in a matter of minutes using intuitive tools. Customers can brand every aspect of the user experience, and Fliqz provides management and approval tools, detailed analytics, and out-of-the-box integration into a wide range of ad solutions.

"In selecting Fliqz, we evaluated a wide range of video solutions platforms," said Sylvia Marino, Executive Director of Community Operations for Edmunds, the Internet's leader in providing free, third party automotive information, tools and services for consumers. "No other provider came close to the Fliqz offering in terms of affordability, technology, ease of integration, or range of features."

In the coming months, Fliqz will be releasing a number of new products, including High Definition, mobile uploading and streaming, gallery and widget creation tools, as well additional business intelligence and in-video community features. Fliqz will also be providing expanded tools for the acceptance, management, and deployment of other media formats, including audio and image files.

"Creating applications and widgets for social networks requires a fast development and distribution turnaround," said Ro Choy, vice president of business development at RockYou. "This is why RockYou works with companies like Fliqz, that offer an intuitive yet robust product that can be up and running in a matter of hours."

Fliqz provides integrated video solutions for a number of popular platforms, including the only video plug-in for Movable Type 4, as well as powering video for PBwiki's more than 400,000 communities.

About Fliqz

Fliqz is the leader in full-service, plug-and-play video solutions. The company offers the most flexible video solutions available online, providing seamless integration and full customization to companies of any size. Fliqz eliminates traditional barriers to online video by removing the complexity associated with both site implementation and user deployment, ensuring that there is no code to develop, no infrastructure to own, and no software to maintain. The company maintains a customer network of more than 18,000 sites worldwide and is based in Emeryville, Calif. Additional information can be found at www.fliqz.com.