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blinkx Expands Native Language Video Index With EuroNews Partnership



    blinkx, the world´s largest video search engine, today announced a
    partnership with EuroNews (www.euronews.net), the first multilingual
    pan-European news channel. Broadcast all over the world in several
    languages, EuroNews´ international coverage is now more easily
    accessible than ever before at www.blinkx.com. Under the terms of the
    agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place
    contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share
    resulting advertising revenue with EuroNews.

    EuroNews produces and broadcasts news programs simultaneously in
    several languages on issues that are relevant to both the European
    Union and the world. EuroWeb is available 24 hours a day in seven
    languages including English, French, German, Italian, Spanish,
    Portuguese and Russian, with Arabic set to be added later this year.
    EuroNews offers viewers a complete news bulletin on the half hour,
    followed by unique, in-depth feature programs covering a diverse
    collection of topics ranging from science and technology to cinema and
    fashion.

    "Current affairs-oriented searches are among the most popular at
    blinkx.com," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx.
    "EuroNews´ up-to-the-minute coverage brings the European perspective
    to our users around the world. Our partnership gives viewers access to
    one of the leading news channels in Europe."

    "We´re pleased to be working with blinkx to make EuroNews´ content
    available to the global audience," said Philippe Cayla, Chairman and
    CEO of EuroNews. "blinkx´s technology enables users to search video
    much more easily, delivering the most tailored, accurate results on
    the Web."

    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 EuroNews

    Launched in January 1993 EuroNews covers world affairs from a
    European perspective. EuroNews is the most-watched international news
    channel in Europe: every day, 3.2 million Europeans watch EuroNews on
    cable and satellite, while another 3.1 million watch on terrestrial
    channels (Source: EuroNews/Telmar Peaktime(C), evaluation system based
    on viewer ratings, 3rd quarter 2007).

    EuroNews is broadcast all over the world, reaching 200 million
    households in 130 countries by cable, digital satellite and
    terrestrial distribution. The channel is also available on mobile
    phones, ADSL, PDA, live on the internet and live on board the aircraft
    of international airlines.

    EuroNews is broadcast 24 hours a day, simultaneously in seven
    languages: English, French, German, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and
    Russian. Arabic will become EuroNews´ eighth fully-fledged language,
    and the service will be launched by the channel´s newsroom in 2008.