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16 Apr 2008 07:01

Blinkx Plc16 April 2008 blinkx Partners with Revision3 to Bring Premium Tech and Web Culture Programming to Users Watch episodes of Diggnation, Tekzilla and more at www.blinkx.com SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - April 16, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced a partnership with Revision3 (www.revision3.com),an online television network that creates and produces its own original,broadcast-quality shows. Revision3's smart, on-demand programming can now beeasily accessed at www.blinkx.com. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx willleverage its unique AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertisingagainst Revision3's content and share resulting advertising revenue. Revision3, the "TV network for the Internet generation," was created in 2005 bytech gurus Kevin Rose, Jay Adelson and David Prager for those who take littleinterest in traditional television. Priding itself on providing viewers withcontent that entertains, educates and expands life experiences, Revision3delivers professionally-produced, cutting-edge programs that span a number ofgenres, including tech tips and product reviews on "Tekzilla" and commentary oncomic books and graphic novels on "iFanboy." "The Internet has emerged as a fantastic platform for alternative televisionprogramming in the recent years," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO,blinkx. "Those unsatisfied with current mainstream offerings can now seek theirniche online, something Revision3 understands perfectly and aims to satisfy.We're thrilled to bring Revision3's quality programming to blinkx." "Our mission has always been to provide audiences with the programming they wantto watch, whenever and wherever they want to watch it," said Jim Louderback,CEO, Revision3. "Our partnership with blinkx not only extends our reach, buttheir advanced search technology furthers our commitment to making our contenton-demand and easily accessible." 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 Revision3 Revision3 is the first media company that gets it, born from the Internet,on-demand generation. Unlike aggregators, mash-ups, and user-generated videosites, Revision3 is an actual TV network for the Web, creating and producing itsown original, broadcast-quality shows. www.Revision3.com Press Contacts for blinkx: Tim TurpinSparkpr+1 (415) 321 1894tim.turpin@sparkpr.com Clare GaynerBite Communications+44 (0)20 8834 3454Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com Press Contact for Revision3: Shawna SeldonThe Rosen Group+1 (212) 255 8455shawna@rosengrouppr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange