Yann Blandy, Managing Director for Cision Northern Europe, said “We are witnessing a dramatic increase of video for online communication. Most of our clients are already using video to make their messages much more powerful, personal and creative. Video makes complex ideas easier to understand. With the help of Picsearch we have taken CisonPoint and CisionWire to new heights, enabling our clients to be much more efficient in their communication.”
“With the help of Picsearch we have taken CisonPoint and CisionWire to new heights, enabling our clients to be much more efficient in their communication.”
Besides video, CisionWire contains press releases, images, financial statements and other documents from a large number of listed as well as non-listed companies, organizations and public authorities. Cision Wire uses state-of-the-art technology for Search Engine Optimization which together with so called ‘social bookmarking’ and tags increases exposure and visibility in search engines, news aggregators and social media. Cision Wire is the leading Nordic website for news if you are a journalist, blogger, investor or have other reasons why you want to follow the flow of news.
Heidi Wendt, External Communication at SSAB, said “We have been working with video communications for many years, and we strongly believe that video will be an even more important tool in the future. We have been using Cision for a long time and we are glad to see that Cision is bringing onboard video in their new platform.”
Robert Risberg, Picsearch’s CEO, said “We are pleased that our Video Integration service solves Cision’s advanced requirements and we are proud to power one of the world’s largest newswire services.”
About Picsearch
Picsearch AB (publ) is a premium provider of online video and multimedia search services. Picsearch’s flexible and reliable video solutions power market leading businesses online. Picsearch multimedia search services are market leading in relevancy and family friendliness and power numerous leading Internet sites as well as its own Internet properties. Picsearch was founded in 2000, is privately held and headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information please visit http://about.picsearch.com.
About Cision
Cision empowers businesses to make better decisions and improve performance through its CisionPoint software solutions for corporate communication and PR professionals. Powered by local experts with global reach, Cision delivers relevant media information, targeted distribution, media monitoring, and precise media analysis. Cision has offices in Europe, North America and Asia, and has partners in 125 countries. Cision AB is quoted on the Nordic Exchange with a turnover of SEK 1.8 billion in 2008.
For more information please contact:
Carl Särnstrand, Communications Manager at Picsearch
Tel: +46 73 204 14 79
E-mail: carl.sarnstrand@picsearch.com
Magnus Thell, Managing Director, Cision Scandinavia
Tel: +46 70 895 08 22
E-mail: magnus.thell@cision.com
