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blinkx Partners with Zodiak International to Bring Quality Television Programming to Users



    blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced a
    partnership with Zodiak International (www.zodiakinternational.com), a
    leading commercial distributor of quality television programming. From
    game shows and reality TV to sketch comedy and scripted dramas, users
    will soon be able to find and watch Zodiak´s content at
    www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also
    place contextually relevant advertising against the footage and share
    resulting advertising revenue with Zodiak.

    Zodiak International is the international sales and distribution
    arm of Zodiak Television AB, one of the largest independent television
    production companies in Europe. Working to develop, co-produce and
    distribute fresh, diverse content with partners to international
    audiences, Zodiak International is home to both the long-running
    series "COPS Uncut" and the popular "World of Stupid."

    "The consumer appetite for online digital entertainment is growing
    all the time," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.
    "We´re thrilled to serve as a vehicle for making Zodiak´s quality
    programming easily searchable and available to viewers everywhere."

    "Because digital is a major player in the way we view content
    today, our strategy has been to get our programming out to as many
    people in as many ways as possible. Braindead, Zodiak´s online brand
    of male-skewed content, has been live for over a year now, and with
    the success of this we have been keen to expand to other digital
    platforms," said Patrick Kydd, digital project manager, Zodiak
    International. "blinkx´s unique search engine technology allows our
    content to be found easily by the viewer, a great benefit to the
    platform. We´re pleased to have our content on blinkx."

    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 Zodiak International

    Zodiak International is a leading commercial distributor,
    representing more than 10,000 hours of quality television programming
    across all genres, ranging from high rating formats and critically
    acclaimed dramas to finished programs and mobile/IPTV content. Zodiak
    International is the commercial hub of the Zodiak Television Group
    (AB), now one of the largest and most successful European players in
    television production. Today Zodiak Television AB comprises a wide
    range of television brands based throughout Northern and Eastern
    Europe, UK and US, including well-known brands such as Mastiff,
    Jarowskij, Kanakna, Diverse Production and TeleAlliance.