“Prom Queen: Summer Heat” is produced by Michael Eisner’s new company, Vuguru.  Free episodes will become available on Blinkx starting today, and one new episode will be released every day over the next three weeks.  Should you turn into a fan, don’t worry that they’ll consume your life -episodes are just two minutes long.

That’s a “win” of sorts for audiences, I suppose, and Blinkx’s founder and CEO definitely considers this deal a win for his company.  “We’re delighted to be partnering with Vuguru to distribute this pioneering content to audiences on the Web,” stated Suranga Chandratillake in a press release.

“This is high-quality, addictive drama that was produced exclusively for online viewing, in a format that has proven tremendously successful in the new media landscape – more than 15 million people watched the first series when it premiered in Spring,” he continued.

If Chandratillake sounds like he’s in a good mood, he’s got good reason to be; just two days ago, Blinkx announced partnerships with 28 different companies.  Those companies were all pretty small, but with Vuguru on its side, Blinkx appears to be picking up steam.

CNET is reporting former Disney chief, Michael Eisner, is involved with the launch of Vuguru, an independent studio for the production of online videos.

According to a statement from the new company, Vuguru aims to focus on “high-quality, story-driven content for the Internet” on a par with professional television and cinema productions.

Vuguru – anyone know the origin of the name, sounds like some kind of venereal disease – also plans to be platform agnostic, with content available for mobile and your living room.

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