Seattle.internet.com has just learned that Seattle-based Singingfish.com has been acquired by giant French multimedia company Thomson Multimedia....

Company officials expect the cash acquisition to be completed shortly, once definitive agreements have been signed.

The Singingfish.com acquisition comes as part of a larger move announced today by Thomson Multimedia to form a new business segment called Digital Media Solutions that will provide key infrastructure products and services to the entertainment and media industries.

Singingfish.com specializes in identifying, categorizing and indexing streaming media and downloadable media files on broadband networks and the World Wide Web. The company currently employs 45 people in the Seattle area. The company will continue to operate out of its Seattle office.

For more information on the acquisition, including an exclusive interview with Singingfish.com's CEO Mike Behlke, please visit Seattle.internet.com tomorrow morning.