Critical Mention Named Momentum 2006 Company at the IBDNetwork Annual Momentum Growth Conference

Critical Mention Named Momentum 2006 Company at the IBDNetwork Annual Momentum Growth Conference

NEW YORK, Sept. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical Mention will be honored as a Momentum 2006 Company at the upcoming Momentum Growth Conference to be held on September 27-28, 2006 at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, CA. The Momentum Growth Conference is produced by IBDNetwork. Critical Mention is the leading Web-based real-time television news search and broadcast monitoring service, changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view critical information from television news.

From the producers of the acclaimed Under the Radar conference series, the Momentum Growth Conference honors industry leaders dominating the next stage of the growth cycle -- a who's who of leading companies with real customers, real revenue, real partnerships, and the vision to change their market landscape. Companies granted this prestigious honor are recognized as "ones to watch" -- role models for growing exponentially while gaining rapid traction in an exploding market.

"We are proud to honor Critical Mention and are impressed by what they've been able to achieve in such a short amount of time," said Debbie Landa, CEO of IBDNetwork. "We're thrilled to be able to provide a meeting place for them to meet and discuss growth strategies, partnerships, and more with the major market stakeholders."

The Momentum companies were selected according to the following criteria: significant revenue growth over a short period of time; a proven, scalable business model; user-base size; customers; and strategic, high-profile partnerships. Companies were chosen by IBDNetwork's distinguished selection committee, who reviewed over 500 candidates and chose the top percentile to recognize.

"We want to thank IBDNetwork for this honor and their recognition of Critical Mention", said Sean Morgan, CEO of Critical Mention. "We've witnessed phenomenal growth in the past year on all fronts. Our efforts in product versioning, new feature sets and growing our data capture infrastructure have paid off significantly. Today, more than 2,500 business professionals have access to the Critical Mention real-time TV search service, representing an approximate increase in user access points to our service of over 500%. Aside from continued penetration in the corporate communications and public relations sector, we are enjoying solid penetration in many new sectors such as news organizations including newswires, magazines and newspapers, as well as the political, legal and government sectors."

"On the infrastructure side, we have increased our coverage of broadcast data capture from a 12 market capacity to a 50 market capacity, storing more than 25 terabytes of fully searchable broadcast video news and digitizing 400 minutes of broadcast news every 60 seconds in the nations top 50 DMA's. Our real time TV search and alerting product offerings are, for the first time, marching TV deep into the heart of business intelligence applications, which until now, have been void of this robust, real-time news medium. We have essentially carved out a new category, TV Intelligence, and have a huge market opportunity ahead of us."

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About Critical Mention

Critical Mention Inc., providers of the most comprehensive Web-based television search and broadcast monitoring service, is changing the way corporate communications and business intelligence professionals search, track and view critical information from television news. The company's CriticalTV platform provides real-time monitoring and email alerts for organizations that require up-to-the-minute news about their company, clients and competitors. Critical Mention provides clients the ability to search over 5 million clips and 25 terabytes of indexed television information, watch a clip within seconds of airing, and securely share clips with colleagues and clients. Critical Mention currently serves more than 475 clients, including Fortune 500 companies and market leaders in corporate communications, financial services, professional services, non-profit and government industries. Founded in 2002, Critical Mention (www.criticalmention.com) is privately held, with headquarters in New York City.

Source: Critical Mention

CONTACT: Sharon Tolpin, VP Marketing & Communications, Critical Mention,
+1-212-398-1141, stolpin@criticalmention.com; or Alison Murdock, President,
IBDNetwork, +1-415-885-7911, Alison@ibdnetwork.com

Web site: http://www.criticalmention.com/
http://www.ibdnetwork.com/

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