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8 Oct 2007 07:00

Blinkx Plc08 October 2007 BLINKX GOES GLOBAL, OFFERS NATIVE LANGUAGE VIDEO SEARCH FOR FRANCE, GERMANY AND SPAIN Top European TV and video content now fully searchable at blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - October 8, 2007 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced the expansion of its video search service intoWestern Europe. In response to the rapid proliferation of multimedia Web contentaround the world, blinkx now offers search capabilities in French, German andSpanish, to make it easier for audiences in these international markets tosearch for online video in their native language. blinkx uses advanced speech-to-text transcription and visual recognitiontechnology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standardmetadata-based keyword searches. Because this core technology is languageindependent, blinkx is able to understand video content, word-for-word, in anylanguage, giving users the broadest and most accurate scope of search results onthe Web. The pervasiveness of broadband in Europe has made online video and TV contentextremely appealing to Internet users. blinkx is indexing content from over 200European sources and sites, making more than 1 million hours of foreign languagevideo content fully searchable. The sources include top media companies, suchas Eurosport and Euronews, TF1, Elmundo, Le Monde and Spiegel TV, to giveFrench, German and Spanish viewers the opportunity to find and enjoy onlinevideos in their native language. "People around the world are turning to the Web for video content, and blinkx isexpanding to benefit all users, regardless of their native language or physicallocation," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "blinkxalready indexes the broadest variety of English content today, and we are nowfocusing on building our index to include content in other languages as well." 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 media partners and 14 million hours of indexed video and audio content,including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos,video blogs and more, blinkx has established itself as the Remote Control forthe Video Web. About blinkx blinkx (London AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine.Today, blinkx has indexed more than 14,000,000 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. Media Contact:Rachel PetersenOutCast Communications415-392-8282Rachel@outcastpr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange