43-601: AMG LASSO is a media recognition service launched by the All Media Guide in 2004. The LASSO service automatically recognizes CDs , DVDs , and digital audio files in formats such as MP3 , WMA , and others. The service uses CD table of contents (ToC), DVD ToC, and acoustic fingerprint based recognition to recognize media. LASSO is available in versions for PCs and embedded devices. LASSO competes with user submitted services like freedb , Gracenote , MusicBrainz , and Discogs . This music software article
86-509: A family was $ 99,123. Males had a median income of $ 55,635 versus $ 36,486 for females. About 1.3% of families and 1.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 2.8% of those under age 18 and 1.8% of those age 65 or over. As of 2019 , 23.8% of the residents of Burlington were born outside of the United States. Burlington is governed by a 126-member representative Town Meeting (18 representatives elected per precinct) and
129-470: A female householder with no husband present, and 23.1% were non-families. Of all households, 19.1% were made up of individuals, and 7.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.76 and the average family size was 3.18. In the town, the population was spread out, with 23.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 31.1% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 13.9% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age
172-445: A five-member executive Select Board . Burlington Cable Access Television (BCAT) is a non-profit Public-access television cable TV facility that was formed in 1987. BCAT operates three: Public, educational, and government access (PEG) cable TV channels. Town meetings and events can also be seen on demand on BCAT's website. The Burlington Police Department (BPD) has the primary responsibility for law enforcement and investigation in
215-641: A hazardous materials/cascade unit and a brush unit. The Burlington Fire Department Headquarters is located at 21 Center Street in Burlington. The Burlington Fire Department Station Two is located at 114 Terrace Hall Avenue in Burlington. Burlington has six public schools (four elementary schools, one middle school, and one high school) which comprise the Burlington Public School District. The elementary schools are Fox Hill, Francis Wyman, Memorial, and Pine Glen. The middle school
258-456: A massive drop in Blinkx's stock price, and further noted that Blinkx's initial, now-deleted corporate response on 30 January 2014 was largely an attack on Edelman's methods, rather than on the content of his analysis. However, New York Times blogger Mark Scott theorized that Edelman's undisclosed client(s), who funded his research on Blinkx, may have been hedge funds who profited from shorting
301-520: A mobile video search site; in July Blinkx announced the launch of a new mobile API ( Application Programming Interface ). In October 2010, Blinkx launched Blinkx Beat for Google TV and Cheep, a social shopping service. In November 2010, the company achieved profitability and positive operating cash flow, doubling revenue year on year. In February 2011, Blinkx introduced TV API (Application Programming Interface). In February 2011, Blinkx announced
344-476: A partnership with woomi, the connected TV destination from Miniweb Interactive, the cloud-based video distribution platform. In April 2011, Blinkx announced the acquisition of Burst Media, an online media and technology company headquartered in Burlington , Massachusetts . This acquisition brought 35 million hours of online video and TV to Burst Media's audience of over 130 million unique users. In May 2011,
387-585: A total area of 11.9 square miles (31 km ), of which 11.8 square miles (31 km ) is land and 0.1 square miles (0.26 km ), or 0.59%, is water. There are different area codes in Burlington: 781, 617, and 339. As of the census of 2010, there were 24,498 people, 9,668 households, and 6,374 families residing in the town. The population density was 1,936.4 inhabitants per square mile (747.6/km ). There were 8,445 housing units at an average density of 2,087.7 per square mile (806.1/km ). The racial makeup of
430-550: A variety of websites including iTunes , Pandora , and Spotify . Formerly, All Media Guide sold print compilations of its information. RhythmOne's database was initially set up by Vladimir Bogdanov . Information in the database is licensed and used in point-of-sale systems by some music retailers, includes the following: A lengthy criticism of Blinkx by Harvard Business School Associate Professor Ben Edelman, published in January 2014, sought to prove that Blinkx continued
473-540: Is Greenleaf Mountain (290 feet (88 m) above sea level), and its lowest point is the Great Meadow 150 feet (46 m) above sea level. The elevation at Town Hall is 220 feet (67 m) above sea level. The largest body of water is the 500-million-US-gallon (1,900,000 m ) Mill Pond Reservoir in the eastern part of the town. According to the United States Census Bureau , the town has
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#1732779679700516-686: Is Marshall Simonds, and one of the town parks is named after Marshall Simonds. The high school is Burlington High School . Burlington is also served by the Shawsheen Valley Technical High School . In addition, it is home to several private schools. The town operates a Before and After School Program and offers an integrated preschool program. Burlington is also the home to a satellite campus of Northeastern University . Companies based in Burlington include: Routes 128 (I-95), 3, 3A and, 62 passes through Burlington. MBTA bus routes 350, 351, 352 and 354 operated by
559-541: Is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . All Media Guide RhythmOne plc , a subsidiary of Nexxen , is an American digital advertising technology company that owns and operates the web properties AllMusic , AllMovie , and SideReel . Blinkx was founded in 2004, went public on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange in 2007, and began trading as RhythmOne in 2017. The company
602-869: Is also used by several generations of Windows Media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox to identify and organize music collections. Windows Media Player 11 and the integrated MTV Urge music store have expanded the use of AllMusic data to include related artists, biographies, reviews, playlists and other data. All Media Network licenses large databases of metadata about movies, video games, audio books, and music releases from Rovi Corporation and publishes them online for consumer use. This includes credits, and staff-written biographies, reviews, ratings, and recommendations as well as categories such as theme or mood. Rovi also makes this content available for point of sale systems in stores globally, for CD and DVD recognition in software media players such as Windows Media Player and Musicmatch Jukebox , and for providing content for
645-560: Is currently a residential and professional hub. Located in the Greater Boston Area of eastern Massachusetts, Burlington is bordered by Bedford on the west, Billerica on the north, Wilmington on the northeast, Woburn on the southeast, and Lexington on the south. Burlington is 12 miles (19 km) south of Lowell , 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Boston , 36 miles (58 km) southeast of Fitchburg , and 224 miles (360 km) from New York City. Its highest point
688-851: Is headquartered in San Francisco and London , England . RhythmOne acquired All Media Network and its portfolio of web properties in April 2015. In April 2019, RhythmOne merged with Taptica International (renamed Tremor International in June 2019), an advertising technology company headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel . Blinkx was named after blinkx.com, an Internet Media platform which connects online video viewers with publishers and distributors, using advertising to monetize those interactions. Blinkx has an index of over 35 million hours of video and 800 media partnerships, as well as 111 patents related to
731-667: The All Music Guide , the content is now freely available to the public for online reference and information as well as available via licensing for point-of-sale systems, media players, and online music stores. RhythmOne also produces the AllMusic guide series that includes the All Music Guide to Jazz and the All Music Guide to the Blues . Vladimir Bogdanov is the president of the series. AllMovie, launched in 1994 as
774-465: The Boston market and produce milk, fruit, and vegetables. This picture changed drastically, however, as soon as Route 128 was built. The highway kicked off an enormous expansion, and between 1955 and 1965 Burlington was the fastest growing town in the state. In one five-year period, its population tripled as residential and commercial retail development exploded creating the town's present character. It
817-616: The All Game Guide, offered information and reviews about many console , handheld , arcade , and PC games released in the US. The site started in February 1998 with the goal of becoming the most comprehensive game database available. In a farewell message on their site, the staff noted that they "didn't all know exactly what we were doing in those early days but it was an exciting time to be helping build an online game database before
860-485: The All Movie Guide, provides access to information about actors, films, and filmmakers with staff-authored news, reviews, ratings, and recommendations. It offers limited information about Television productions, focused mainly on those released on DVD. Like AllMusic , the content is also available via licensing to point-of-sale systems, media players, and online stores. AllGame, active between 1998 and 2014 as
903-537: The All Music and All Movie Guides was provided via AllRovi.com from 2011 until 2013. In 2013, Rovi sold consumer access of the content to the newly established All Media Network, LLC, but retained control of licensing the content to other businesses. The overall website is allmedianetwork.com (previously allmediaguide.com and allrovi.com). Rovi sold the consumer access to them to newly established All Media Network, LLC in 2013, while retaining ownership and maintenance of
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#1732779679700946-499: The Internet exploded with numerous websites dedicated to video games." SideReel, launched in 2007, is a TV community site which provides information about TV shows and episodes. Celebified offers celebrity news and interviews and started in 2012. As of December 2023, all prior existing URLs now return a 404 error. The homepage of Celebified.com now only exists as a feed of posts from other network websites. The AllMusic database
989-652: The MBTA run through the town, as do Lowell Regional Transit Authority , Lexpress (Lexington), and B-Line (Burlington) buses. The closest MBTA 'T' subway stations are Alewife, Cambridge , on the Red Line , 9 miles (14 km) to the south-east (which has a large parking garage) and Wellington Station , Medford, on the Orange Line , roughly 10 miles (16 km) to the east (which also has large parking garage). MBTA Commuter Rail and Logan Express services are available at
1032-780: The North Eastern Massachusetts Law Enforcement Council (NEMLEC). The Burlington Police Department is located at 45 Center Street in Burlington. Route 128/I-95 and Route 3 traverse through Burlington and motor vehicle laws are enforced primarily by the Massachusetts State Police on these roadways. The Burlington Fire Department has a force of 44 firefighters and 16 officers who are commanded by Chief Andrew Connerty. Two engines, one tower, and one BLS and one ALS rescue/ambulance respond from two fire stations and average over 3,200 runs annually. Burlington also operates
1075-591: The Shawsheen River. Burlington is now a suburban industrial town at the junction of the Boston - Merrimack corridor, but for most of its history, it was almost entirely agricultural, selling hops and rye to Boston and supplementing that income with small shoe-making shops. Early railroad expansion passed the town by (although the town was serviced by the Middlesex Turnpike ), limiting its early development, and Burlington continued to cure hams for
1118-460: The United States. All Media Network was founded in Big Rapids, Michigan in 1990 by Michael Erlewine. With the All Music Guide the aim was to "[compile] discographic information on every artist who's made a record since Enrico Caruso gave the industry its first big boost", which launched in 1991. All Music Guide (now AllMusic) was launched in 1991. In 1994, the All Movie Guide (now AllMovie)
1161-559: The adware operations of two companies it acquired, Prime Visibility Media Group and Zango, and was defrauding advertisers. Blinkx responded point-by-point in March 2014, saying that it did not install adware without user consent and that they did not wholly acquire Zango or its assets. An earlier, 2009 blog post by Ken Smith, Zango co-founder and former CTO, supported Edelman's assertion that Blinkx acquired all of Zango's assets. Forbes contributor Peter Cohan claimed that Edelman's post caused
1204-411: The company announced the Blinkx app would be available on Roku . In November 2011, Blinkx announced a partnership with Orb Networks to bring 35 million hours of TV, video, and audio to Orb TV and Orb BR Users. In November 2011, the company acquired Prime Visibility Media Group (PVMG). In January 2012, Blinkx received a U.S. Patent for Moving Thumbnails technology. In September 2012, an open beta of
1247-484: The company launched Blinkx Remote, a directory of full-length TV shows online for the US and UK. In December 2008, Blinkx introduced the Un-roll Unit, a new ad unit for online video. In April 2009, Blinkx acquired some of the assets of the bankrupt Zango company under its Pinball Corporation subsidiary. In April 2010, the company launched behavioral targeting through Blinkx AdHoc. In May 2010, Blinkx launched
1290-571: The content itself. The AllGame section of the site was shut down on December 12, 2014. On April 16, 2015 Blinkx Plc acquired All Media Network and rebranded the website under the new unified RhythmOne Group banner. In 2019 the company was acquired for $ 174M by Taptica, which in 2023 rebranded as Nexxen . AllMusic is an online database which provides access to information about songs, albums, musicians, bands, and musical styles alongside staff-authored news, reviews, biographies, ratings and recommendations. Initially published in book form in 1991 as
1333-423: The drop in Blinkx's stock price. Edelman published further research in April 2014, claiming that Blinkx offered users deceptive software installers and used deceptive pop-up advertisements. He continued to defend his claim that Blinkx purchased all of Zango's assets, including its physical headquarters, and argued that a Federal Trade Commission order against Zango in 2007 may still apply to Blinkx. A section of
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1376-482: The name RhythmOne. In June 2016, Blinkx plc changed its name to RhythmOne plc and began trading as RhythmOne plc on the London Stock Exchange . In December 2016, RhythmOne acquired Perk.com, a mobile rewards company with headquarters in Austin, Texas . In June 2017, RhythmOne acquired assets and 200 employees from RadiumOne . In September 2017, RhythmOne acquired YuMe Inc. for $ 185 million. In April 2019, RhythmOne
1419-419: The next-generation Blinkx site launched. In January 2013, the company's next-generation video search and discovery site went live. In Dec 2013, Blinkx acquired Rhythm NewMedia Inc., a Mobile Video Advertising Platform. In April 2015, Blinkx acquired All Media Network for an undisclosed amount, including website properties Sidereel.com , Allmusic.com , and Allmovie.com ; the company unified its brands under
1462-602: The post co-authored with digital fraud investigation consultant Wesley Brandi also defended and furthered his initial claims that Blinkx was defrauding its advertising affiliates. Burlington, Massachusetts Burlington is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts , United States. The population was 26,377 at the 2020 census . It is believed that Burlington takes its name from the English town of Bridlington , Yorkshire, but this has never been confirmed. It
1505-456: The site's search engine technology, which is known as CORE. In 2004, Suranga Chandratillake , former US chief technology officer of Autonomy Corporation , founded Blinkx as a toolbar for web search, specializing in video. In December 2004, Blinkx launched an audio and video search engine . In July 2005, Blinkx launched SmartFeed, an RSS web feed for video links. In October 2006, Microsoft Corp. agreed to use Blinkx technology to power
1548-505: The town of Burlington. The Burlington Police Department has 64 sworn officers who are commanded by Chief Thomas Browne. There are several Divisions within the BPD, including Patrol, Detectives, Domestic Violence, Traffic, Community Service, School Resource, Crime Analysis, Records, K-9, and the Bike Unit. The Burlington Police Department is also one of 54 law enforcement agencies that comprise
1591-406: The town was 79.2% White , 3.3% Black or African American , 0.1% Native American , 13.4% Asian , 0.02% Pacific Islander , 0.32% from other races , and 0.86% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.4% of the population. There were 8,289 households, out of which 32.6% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 65.2% were married couples living together, 9.1% had
1634-623: The video search on some parts of its MSN service and Live.com . In June 2007, Blinkx launched a contextual video advertising platform named AdHoc. In March 2008, Blinkx released the Blinkx Beat video screensaver and in April of the same year, the company launched its broadband TV application. In May 2008, Blinkx introduced the Advanced Media Platform (AMP), a proprietary video content management solution; in August 2008
1677-412: Was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 97.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 93.7 males. In 2014, the median household income of the town stood at $ 95,465. The per capita income was $ 41,849 and 4.7% of the population lived below the poverty line. According to an earlier estimate from 2007, the median income for a household in the town was $ 86,052, and the median income for
1720-442: Was acquired by Taptica International . All Media Network (AMN), formerly known as All Media Guide (AMG) and AllRovi, was an American company that owned and maintained AllMusic , AllMovie , AllGame (until its closure in 2014), SideReel and Celebified. The company was founded in 1990 by popular-culture archivist Michael Erlewine . All Media Network offices were located in San Francisco , Ann Arbor , and other locations in
1763-567: Was first settled in 1641, and was officially incorporated on February 28, 1799; several of the early homesteads are still standing, such as the Francis Wyman House , dating from 1666. The town is sited on the watersheds of the Ipswich , Mystic , and Shawsheen rivers. In colonial times up through the late 19th century, there was an industry in the mills along Vine Brook , which runs from Lexington to Bedford and then empties into
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1806-517: Was its parent company. Alliance was acquired in 1999 by Yucaipa Companies , a multibillion-dollar fund based in California. Macrovision (now TiVo) announced on November 6, 2007 that it had agreed to purchase All Media Guide for a reported $ 102 million; $ 72 million in cash was paid up front, and $ 30 million in contingent payments were made one year later. For a time, all of the guides were controlled by Rovi's nameservers and combined access to
1849-480: Was launched and in 1998 the All Game Guide (later AllGame—defunct in 2014). They expanded with the All Movie Guide (now AllMovie ) in 1994, and then the All Game Guide (now AllGame) in 1998. They moved to Ann Arbor, Michigan in 1999 to take advantage of the "rich talent pool". AMG was a business unit within Alliance Entertainment from 1996 until early 2005. In 2006, AEC One Stop Group, Inc.,
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