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13 Feb 2008 07:01

Blinkx Plc13 February 2008 blinkx Partners with Design2Share to Deliver Home Decorating Tips and Tricks Find expert interior design advice and inspiration at www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - February 13, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced a partnership with Design2Share(www.design2share.com), providing users with insight into all the do's anddon'ts of interior design. Now easily accessible through blinkx, Design2Share Q&A is a video podcast series hosted by design expert Irwin Weiner and seniordesigner Nicola Chernicoff that seeks to answer every home design question inthe book. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHocplatform to place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, andwill share resulting advertising revenue with Design2Share. Bringing years of experience to the screen, Weiner and Chernicoff provideviewers with design tips, advice and personal pet peeves. Having just completedits first season, Design2Share Q&A not only clues viewers in on what works andhow to create timeless interiors, but trains them to appreciate beautiful designwith a discerning eye. "The enormous popularity of home improvement television has dramaticallyexpanded the scope of related programming on both the TV and the Web," saidSuranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "Through our partnership withDesign2Share, viewers will now be able to find the expertise they need atblinkx.com to complete their own decorating projects." "We really value the opportunity to share our passion for design with an evenlarger audience," said Jay Johnson, co-founder and CEO, Design2Share. "Partnering with blinkx enables us to expand our ever-growing audience, andbrings us closer to achieving our goal of cultivating a community of designenthusiasts who are free to share and learn from each another." 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 than220 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 blinkx blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video searchengine. 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 anduser-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologiesonly scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - andeven see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search resultsnot available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many ofthe world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London.More information is available at www.blinkx.com. About Design2Share D2S, an online home interior design community, offers decorating and style tipsand resources, including Q&A design videos, luxury home tours, design diaries,ideas to help homeowners tackle their next project, and much more. Founded in2006 by noted New York interior designer Irwin Weiner and publishing executiveJay Johnson, D2S offers expert advice and an industry showcase for high-enddesigners and residential resources. Press Contacts: Tim Turpin Sparkpr +1 (415) 321 1894 tim.turpin@sparkpr.com Clare Gayner Bite Communications +44 (0)20 8834 3454 Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange