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25 Jun 2007 07:02

Blinkx Plc25 June 2007 BLINKX ENTERS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP WITH REALNETWORKS blinkx video search embedded in the new RealPlayer giving users access to over12 million hours of video content and the most powerful video search experience on the Web SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.-June 25, 2007-blinkx, the largest video search engine onthe Web, today announced a global partnership with digital entertainmentservices company RealNetworks(R) in which blinkx will power video search for thenew RealPlayer. A video search box powered by blinkx will be embedded in the RealPlayer window,so that its millions of users will now have direct access from within the Playerto a fully-searchable index of over 12 million hours of online video, includingfavorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogsand more. "The new RealPlayer will give people the ability to easily download non-DRMprotected videos from thousands of sites, so giving our users access to abest-in-class video search experience is critical," said Jeff Chasen, vicepresident of RealPlayer for RealNetworks, Inc. "By teaming up with blinkx, wenow deliver their powerful video search engine directly to our users." "We are very excited to be powering video search for RealNetworks, a globalleader in digital media and entertainment," said Suranga Chandratillake, founderand CEO, blinkx. "Through blinkx's patented speech and pattern recognitiontechnologies, we will be offering their millions of users the most advanced toolfor finding videos online." 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 than150 partners and 12 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 (London AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine.Today, blinkx has indexed more than 12,000,000 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:Tim TurpinOutCast CommunicationsTim@outcastpr.com415-392-8282 Edward Bridges / Haya ChelhotFinancial Dynamicsblinkx@fd.com+44 20 7831 3113 This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange