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8 Jan 2008 07:00

Blinkx Plc08 January 2008 blinkx Partners with ITN Source to Offer Users Iconic Footage and Historic Moving Images 5,000 Hours of Professional video content from ITN Source now available at www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - January 8, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced a partnership with ITN Source, one of the world'sleading providers of professional video content, to give blinkx viewers directaccess to ITN Source's market-leading collection of moving image libraries andstock footage on the Web. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will alsoplace contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will shareresulting advertising revenue with ITN Source. With over 800,000 hours of footage, ITN Source is a one-stop shop forprofessional video content. Ranging from moving images of news, drama, naturalhistory, celebrities, comedy, music, science, wildlife and film, ITN Source'sexpansive collection of commercial footage delivers video content for anycreative project or production. "We're thrilled to partner with ITN Source," said Suranga Chandratillake,founder and CEO, blinkx. "Through this partnership, we're able to further ourcommitment to our users by offering them the most comprehensive archive ofprofessional video footage on the Web today." The new relationship will initially make available and fully searchable 5,000hours of ITN Source's diverse commercial archive of professional video footageat www.blinkx.com. Viewers can then download and buy the clips they need fromwww.itnsource.com. Mark Wood, CEO of ITN, said: "ITN Source's vast library of iconic footage andmoving imagery helps anyone working in corporate production, feature films,gaming or television production to find the content they need. blinkx's uniquetechnology and vast network means ITN Source is now able to bring its contentmore easily to a broader audience." As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx serves more than 50 millionunique visitors every month. blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest wayto search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partnersand 18 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TVmoments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more,blinkx uses advanced speech recognition technology to deliver results that aremore accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches. 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 ITN Source ITN Source is the world's leading provider of and the creative industries' firstchoice for professional video content, amassing the largest and most diversecompilation of moving image libraries, which includes a growing collection of HDmaterial. With over 800,000 hours of iconic film and inspiring stock footage,ITN Source works with such outlets as Reuters and Fox News and is thedestination for video content from the last 24 hours back to 1896. Part of ITN, a leading global news and multimedia content company, ITN Source isheadquartered in London with offices around the world in locations including NewYork, Los Angeles, Berlin, Paris, Beijing, Sydney and Tokyo. For further information, visit www.itnsource.com Press Contacts: Tim TurpinSparkpr (blinkx)+1 (415) 321 1894tturpin@sparkpr.com Clare GaynerBite Communications (blinkx)+44 (0)20 8834 3454Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com Julie FogersonLEWIS PR (ITN Source)+1 (212) 292 4921julief@lewispr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange