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blinkx Partners With Ginx TV to Bring Users the Best in Video Game Entertainment



    blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced a
    partnership with Ginx TV (www.ginx.tv), the first international TV
    channel for mainstream video gaming. High-quality video game
    programming is now easily accessible at blinkx.com. Leveraging its
    unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant
    advertising against the footage.

    Established in 2006, Ginx TV provides gamers of every skill and
    interest level the best in video game programming. Available on
    satellite, cable, broadband and online, fans can watch what they want,
    when they want, wherever they want. From racing and sports games to
    fantasy and shoot-´em-ups, Ginx turns games into mainstream
    entertainment.

    "The video game industry continues to grow both in popularity and
    in its influence on pop culture," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder
    and CEO, blinkx. "We´re excited to partner with Ginx TV to bring the
    best gameplay footage to video game enthusiasts and casual players
    around the world."

    "We treat gamer culture and video games as mainstream
    entertainment. As our channels roll out internationally, blinkx offers
    our audiences an additional window with which to sample some of the
    great shows currently on air on Ginx," said Cosmo Spens, joint
    managing director, Ginx TV.

    As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a
    reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content
    such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 million hours of
    indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news
    clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx
    uses advanced speech-recognition technology to deliver results that
    are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword
    searches.

    About blinkx

    blinkx plc (LSE AIM:BLNX) is the world´s most comprehensive video
    search engine. 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 and user-generated content on the Web explode,
    keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx´s
    patented search technologies listen to - and even see - the Web,
    helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not
    available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for
    many of the world´s most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San
    Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.

    About Ginx TV

    Ginx was established in 2006 and in the last 6 months has signed
    up partners to deliver Ginx in 20 territories. The company is backed
    by EMCP (UK) Ltd. and Schneider Media Holdings. The company´s board is
    chaired by Peter Einstein (former President of MTV Europe and Showtime
    Arabia). Ginx is co-managed by Udi Shapira (former Director of
    Programming for Game one Israel) and Cosmo Spens (former Head of
    Marketing for Cobalt Media).