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2 Nov 2007 09:35

Blinkx Plc02 November 2007 BLINKX PARTNERS WITH GONG TO BRING CUTTING-EDGE ANIME CONTENT TO FANS The Best in Japanese Anime Now Available and Easily Searchable at www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.-November 2, 2007-blinkx, the largest video search engineon the Web, today announced a partnership with GONG, the first and only anime TVnetwork that brings the best cutting-edge Japanese animation anywhere, anytime,on any screen. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will transcribe andindex video content from GONG, making it easy for users to find and watch atwww.blinkx.com. Dedicated to teen and adult anime fans alike, GONG is the first internationalon-demand, online anime channel in Europe and North America. GONG offers thebest in Japanese anime including sci-fi, horror, heroic fantasy and epic spaceopera content. Currently available online and direct to a variety of devicesincluding computers, mobile phones and MP3 devices, GONG also offers on-demandaccess to unique Animitles, trailers, wallpapers, news, alerts and freepodcasts. "We're delighted to add GONG's unique content to our video index," said SurangaChandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "Through this partnership, manga fanscan now access the best in Japanese animation on blinkx.com." As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as thesmartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than200 partners and 18 million hours of indexed video and audio content, includingfavorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogsand more, blinkx uses advanced speech recognition technology to deliver resultsthat are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keywordsearches. About blinkxblinkx (London AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine.Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18,000,000 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. About GONG Limited GONG, the first cutting edge Japanese animation network, is the only on-demandAnime channel, available anywhere, anytime, on any screen (TV, Mobile, Internet,VOD), in 36 countries across Europe and North America, bringing to Manga andAnime fans - teens and adults - the top-rated and most popular Anime series andmovies. More information is available at www.gonganime.com. Media Contacts:Rachel PetersenOutCast Communicationsrachel@outcastpr.com415-392-8282 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