Critical Mention Wins Multi-Year FBI Contract to Provide Real-Time Web-based Broadcast Monitoring

Critical Mention Wins Multi-Year FBI Contract to Provide Real-Time Web-based Broadcast Monitoring

FBI to Use CTV Platform to View Local, National & International Broadcast in Real-Time

NEW YORK, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Critical Mention announced today that it has been awarded a multi-year contract to provide the FBI with a real-time web-based broadcast monitoring service. The service will generate automatic real-time alerts and enhance the ability of the FBI to search international, national, and local broadcasts for critical issue media coverage.

CriticalTV is a comprehensive Web-based television search and monitoring service that allows users to search, track and view critical information from television news. The platform provides real-time monitoring and email alerts for organizations that require up-to-the-minute news and alerts on any term or subject. CriticalTV alerts users about a relevant clip seconds after a broadcast, and allows users to share the clip instantly within a workgroup via secure video-email or a private video gallery. Users can also order a professional transcript or hard copy online.

Critical Mention recently announced an agreement with IBM Research, to incorporate real-time Arabic speech to English text translation technology to monitor Arabic media through keyword searches and alerts when search terms are detected.

About Critical Mention

Critical Mention Inc.'s CriticalTV, 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 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. Critical Mention's new ClipSyndicate business unit provides video syndication services to web publishers and new revenue opportunities for leading content partners. Founded in 2002, Critical Mention (www.criticalmention.com) is privately held, with headquarters in New York City.

Source: Critical Mention

CONTACT: Sharon Tolpin of Critical Mention, +1-917-826-2894, or
stolpin@criticalmention.com

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

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