Teletrax Announces Long-Term Contract Renewal With Newly Formed Mercury Communications

Teletrax Announces Long-Term Contract Renewal With Newly Formed Mercury Communications

Direct Response Industry's Largest Agency Committed to Broadcast Intelligence Provider

NEW YORK, Feb. 19 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Teletrax, the global broadcast intelligence company, today announced a four-year contract renewal with Mercury Communications, LLC, the largest independent measurable media company in North America. Teletrax is a subsidiary of Medialink Worldwide Incorporated (NASDAQ:MDLK).

Mercury Communications was formed by the combination of two direct response industry pioneer agencies -- Mercury Media and Advanced Results Marketing, which both have been long-term Teletrax clients. Mercury Communications will continue to utilize the Teletrax(R) suite of broadcast intelligence services to electronically monitor and track airings of its long and short form direct response television advertisements.

"Prior to the merger of Mercury and Advanced Results Marketing, each agency had been using Teletrax to provide its respective clients with critical performance details of advertising campaigns, resulting in enhanced customer satisfaction," said John Blake, senior vice president of administration for Mercury Communications. "Once we decided to move forward with the merger, we agreed unanimously to continue to use the Teletrax service and have committed to a longer-term contract renewal."

"Mercury Communications is the direct response industry's premier agency network, and their long-term commitment to Teletrax demonstrates our position as a leading player in this industry," said Andy Nobbs, president of Teletrax. "We are very proud that our level of service has enabled us to turn our initial contract with two separate agencies into an ongoing relationship with Mercury Communications."

Teletrax offers the only digital video monitoring and content tracking service that provides vital broadcast intelligence on a global scale to video providers such as entertainment studios, news organizations, TV syndicators, and the advertising industry. The company is a joint venture between Royal Philips Electronics of the Netherlands (NYSE:PHG) and Medialink, with an underlying technology that is patent protected both by Philips and Digimarc Corp. (NASDAQ:DMRC).

Teletrax currently maintains a proprietary network of detectors that monitors the television broadcasts of nearly 1,500 channels from more than 50 nations, including all 210 markets in the United States, representing all measured U.S. television households. Its international network covers television stations across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Australia, South and Central America, and Canada. Teletrax clients include ABC Television Network, Associated Press, Atlas Agency, BBC, CBS Television, CBS Television Distribution, Disney-ABC Domestic Television, Fox Broadcasting Company, the International Committee of the Red Cross, NBC News Channel, The NBC Agency, NBC Universal Domestic Television, Reuters Television, United Nations, ITN Networks, Euro RSCG 4D DRTV, and Medialink. A number of other companies are also in active trials with the Teletrax service.

About Teletrax:

Teletrax (www.teletrax.tv) is the world's first global digital video broadcast intelligence and video asset management service. Teletrax provides clients with video watermarking services that enable them to precisely track and monitor where, when and how their content is being aired via cable, satellite and terrestrially. Clients can easily evaluate, respond to and manage broadcast information relating to their video content through Teletrax's Web-based reporting tools. Teletrax yields critical media intelligence that is of proven value to motion picture studios, news organizations, network and syndicated TV programmers, brand marketers, corporate communicators, and advertising and public relations agencies. Teletrax is headquartered in London, has offices in New York and Hollywood, and maintains its operations hub in Norwalk, Connecticut.

About Mercury Communications:

Mercury Communications formed by the combination of three direct response industry pioneer agencies -- Mercury Media, Advanced Results Marketing, and RMG Marketing Inc. Mercury Communications is the largest measurable media company in North America, specializing in media buying for long-form and short-form advertising.

Mercury Communications offers in-depth marketing management, personalized service and real-time sales analysis to a prestigious list of blue-chip clients. The company headquartered in New York has offices in Santa Monica, Boston and Phoenix. Information on the company can be found at www.mercurymedia.com.

About Medialink:

Medialink (www.medialink.com) is a global leader in providing unique news and marketing media strategies and solutions that enable corporations and organizations to inform and educate their intended audiences with maximum impact on television, radio, print, and the Internet. The Company offers creative services and multimedia distribution programs including video and audio news and short-form programming. Through its majority-owned subsidiaries, Medialink also provides Teletrax, a global television tracking and media asset management service to help clients evaluate return on investment from their programming and advertising efforts. Teletrax is 76%-owned by Medialink and 24%-owned by Royal Philips Electronics. Based in New York, Medialink has offices in major cities throughout the United States and an international hub in London.

With the exception of the historical information contained in the release, the matters described herein contain certain "forward-looking statements" that are made pursuant to the Safe Harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements in this release are not promises or guarantees and are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. These statements are based on management's current expectations and are naturally subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances. We caution you not to place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements herein. Such statements may relate, among other things, to our ability to respond to economic changes and improve operational efficiency, the benefits of our products to be realized by our customers, or our plans, objectives, and expected financial and operating results. Forward-looking statements may also include, without limitation, any statement relating to future events, conditions or circumstances or using words such as: will, believe, anticipate, expect, could, may, estimate, project, plan, predict, intend or similar expressions that involve risk or uncertainty. These risks and uncertainties include, among other things, our recent history of losses, our ability to achieve or maintain profitability; potential regulatory action; worldwide economic weakness; geopolitical conditions and continued threats of terrorism; effectiveness of our cost reduction programs; the receptiveness of the media to our services; changes in our marketplace that could limit or reduce the perceived value of our services to our clients; our ability to develop new services and market acceptance of such services, such as Mediaseed(TM); the volume and importance of breaking news, which can have the effect of crowding out the content we produce and deliver to broadcast outlets on behalf of our clients; our ability to develop new products and services that keep pace with technology; the process of embedding a Teletrax watermark or the watermark itself rendering client content unsuitable for broadcast; our ability to develop and maintain successful relationships with critical vendors; the potential negative effects of our international operations on the Company; future acquisitions or divestitures, which may adversely affect our operations and financial results; the absence of long term contracts with customers and vendors; and increased competition, which may have an adverse effect on pricing, revenues, gross margins and our customer base. More detailed information about these risk factors is set forth in filings by Medialink Worldwide Incorporated with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company's registration statement, most recent quarterly report on Form 10-Q, most recent annual report on Form 10-K and other publicly available information regarding the Company. Medialink Worldwide Incorporated is under no obligation to (and expressly disclaims any such obligation to) update or alter its forward-looking statements whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

For more information:
Andy Nobbs Maria Di Masi
President PR/Marketing Manager
Teletrax Teletrax
Tel: +44 207 845 7300 Tel: 212-812-7010
anobbs@teletrax.tvmdimasi@teletrax.tv

First Call Analyst:
FCMN Contact: mbuhay@medialink.com

Source: Medialink Worldwide Incorporated

CONTACT: Andy Nobbs, President, +44-207-845-7300, anobbs@teletrax.tv, or
Maria Di Masi, PR/Marketing Manager, +1-212-812-7010, mdimasi@teletrax.tv,
both of Teletrax

Web site:

http://www.medialink.com/
http://www.teletrax.tv/
http://www.mercurymedia.com/

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