LONDON, February 5 /PRNewswire/ -- Have you been Winkballed? Winkball reporters are known to everyone from politicians to celebrities to rap stars and football fans. They're being recruited from across the country and three months in - are now getting a name for themselves.

Despite only launching WinkBall.com in August 2009 the website already employs 50 reporters. They're based in London but can be sent anywhere around the UK. There are 5 in the United States and the company's currently recruiting for more video reporters in Manchester and the West Midlands. If the public is interested then WinkBall will be at the event. Last year WinkBall reporters covered London's Notting Hill Carnival, filming over 200 hours of interactive footage to create a giant on line archive of Europe's biggest street party. They've also been to festivals and Premier League and Championship football matches. Winkball is the UK's fastest growing video communications website, and it hopes to shake up the dominance of traditional broadcasters with its own brand of citizen video.

Winkball is a new interactive online broadcast network, the WinkBall reporters' remit is to record and broadcast the public's agenda. If the man on the street has got a view then WinkBall wants to hear what it is. WinkBall reporting is quick, flexible - and there's no spin!

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Winkball.com is celebrating an amazing few months. More than 500,000 people the length and breadth of Britain and as far away as New York are loving Winkball.com. The site gives you the chance to have your say and see what other people think too. Everyone's talking about it and It's grabbed the attention of high profile figures including David Cameron and Joan Collins, JLS and Gary Linekar.

Co-founder of WinkBall, Dr James Ohene-Djan said: Our reporters include some of the best in the business and they're excellent at getting to the heart of what the public's really thinking and feeling. Going to WinkBall.com gives you a window on the world. As we add to the thousands of video walls we already host on the site more and more subjects are being covered. You can go to our website as a viewer, or you can go to the website to participate. WinkBall wants to encourage anyone who wants to record and share their views. If you've got an opinion we'd like to encourage you to express it. That's what Citizen Video is all about. It's a real alternative to existing broadcast models, enabling the public to create and respond to stories in a way they've never been able to do before.

WinkBall.com is part of the WinkBall Project and offers users a range of free video communications services, including video messaging, video blogging, and public and private group video walls.

Interactivity is the name of the game. WinkBall reporters canvas opinions, but if you don't see one of them about you can record a message yourself via a web cam, or upload your comments to one of the many video walls on the site.

The current Love Britain campaign is asking people what's great about Britain and the top three so far are the people, the weather and the countryside, with democracy, freedom of speech and our multi cultural society high on the Agenda. The technology is cutting edge and its British. It's the brainchild of creative computer scientist Dr James Ohene-Djan, of Goldsmiths College in London and Correspondent.com and is the first integrated video communications service based on video messaging and the latest social networking phenomenon to come out of a university campus . Winkball Co-Founder Dr. James Ohene-Djan commented: We want to encourage as many people as possible to get online, come to the site and record their opinions. WinkBall.com is giving the UK a video voice which is changing the way we view news and share our opinions and feelings,

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About WinkBall.com

WinkBall.com is a free, web-based, personal video communication service, which allows anyone to record, send and share videos with friends and family - privately. Users can also create and post content to video blogs and walls for private and public viewing. Video messages delivered by WinkBall.com can be accessed anywhere, anytime through a web browser.

WinkBall.com is also used by brands and organisations to share video content, which users can actively choose to watch and share. All messages sent through WinkBall.com are supported by targeted five-second advertisements, which are played at the end of video messages.

WinkBall.com is safe, simple and fun and makes video the best way to communicate well online. The WinkBall Project is in association with the Department of Computing at Goldsmiths College, University of London.

Established in London in 2005 by Dr. James Ohene-Djan and Duncan Barclay, the WinkBall Project team has evolved to become a leading player in driving the future development of online communication.

For more information, visit http://www.winkball.com or http://www.winkballproject.com

SOURCE: WinkBall.com

CONTACT: Contact WinkBalls press office (Catherine or Claire) at Shout!Communications on +44(0)207-240-7121 or +44(0)207-240-7373.