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2 Jan 2008 07:01

Blinkx Plc02 January 2008 blinkx Partners with Real Estate TV to Offer Viewers High Quality Property Programming Informative and entertaining real estate videos from the U.K. and around the world are now available at www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - January 2, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced a partnership with Real Estate TV, the U.K.'sonly property channel, to give viewers access to the best real estate videoshowcase on the Web today. Through this partnership, Real Estate TV's popularonline property programming will be fully searchable and playable atwww.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also placecontextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share resultingadvertising revenue with Real Estate TV. Covering every area within the property sector, Real Estate TV's entertainingproperty programming helps buyers make informed decisions about all of theirreal estate ventures. Broadcasting 24 hours a day from all over the world, RealEstate TV offers buyers and agents an edge on the housing market with the mostcomprehensive and visually compelling real estate programming. "Looking for real estate online is very popular but pictures alone provideviewers with a limited impression of the property," said Suranga Chandratillake,founder and CEO, blinkx. "That's why we are thrilled to offer Real Estate TV'sunique content to our viewers, giving them the opportunity to take a highlyengaging video tour of the property and make informed buying decisions." "Our mission is to serve people who have an active interest in great propertyprogramming and investments in real estate," said Mark Dodd, founder andmanaging director, Real Estate TV. "blinkx's unique technology and vast networkmeans Real Estate TV's high quality property programming is now easilyaccessible and available to a worldwide audience." As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx serves more than 50 millionunique visitors every month. blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest wayto search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partnersand 18 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TVmoments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more,blinkx uses advanced audio and visual analysis technology to deliver resultsthat are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keywordsearches. About blinkx blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video searchengine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18 million hours of audio, video,viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand.blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV anduser-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologiesonly scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - andeven see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search resultsnot available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many ofthe world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London.More information is available at www.blinkx.com. About Real Estate TV Launched in October 2004, Real Estate TV is the U.K.'s leading property channeland aimed at viewers looking to invest in property, or simply keep their fingerson the pulse of the market, both at home and abroad. It broadcasts informationon property selling and buying, investment areas and how to increase the valueof your home. It is shown on Sky channel 274, Virgin media and also via itsaward winning broadband IPTV service on its Web site, www.realestatetv.tv. Press Contacts: Tim TurpinSparkpr+1 (415) 321 1894tturpin@sparkpr.com Clare GaynerBite Communications+44 (0)20 8834 3454Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange