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23 Jul 2007 07:01

Blinkx Plc23 July 2007 BLINKX EXTENDS LEAD IN VIDEO SEARCH, REACHES NEW MILESTONE WITH 14 MILLION HOURS OF CONTENT AND MORE THAN 200 MEDIA PARTNERSHIPS With major new partners including RealNetworks, Lycos and Ask.com, blinkx established as gold standard in video search SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - July 23, 2007 - blinkx, the world's largest video searchengine, today reached a new milestone: with 14,000,000 hours of video, audio,viral and TV content and more than 200 partnerships, blinkx is the topdestination for searching video on the Web. "The popularity of online video is at an all time high," said SurangaChandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "We are not only offering users thelargest index and the best way to find online video, but we're developingsolutions to help media companies monetize and manage their content." Following a successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) in May, blinkxannounced a global partnership with digital entertainment services companyRealNetworks(R), in which blinkx powers video search for the new RealPlayer 11.In recent months, the company also announced technology partnerships with searchleader Ask.com and with Lycos MIX, a platform that lets users create videoplaylists. In addition, blinkx continues to be recognized for its technology and momentum.TIME.com selected blinkx.com as one of the 50 Best Websites for 2007 andBusiness XL Magazine recently named the company "Rising Star of the Year".blinkx was also named a finalist in the "Webware 100" Awards by CNET WebwareEditors and the Web 2.0 User Community. As a pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as themost intuitive way to search new forms of online content such as video. Withmore than 200 partners and fourteen million hours of indexed video and audiocontent, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, musicvideos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech recognition technologyto deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standardmetadata-based keyword searches. About blinkx blinkx (London AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine.Today, blinkx has indexed more than 14,000,000 hours of audio, video, viral andTV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx'sfounders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV and user-generatedcontent on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch thesurface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - and even see - theWeb, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not availableelsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world'smost frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. Moreinformation is available at www.blinkx.com Media Contact: Rachel Petersen OutCast Communications 415-392-8282 Rachel@outcastpr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange