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15 Oct 2007 07:01

Blinkx Plc15 October 2007 Goal.com Selects blinkx to Power Video Search SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - October 15, 2007 - blinkx, the world's largest videosearch engine, today announced that it will power video search at Goal.com, theworld's largest website for international soccer news Goal.com represents the largest football community in the world, with 16language versions, covering 210 countries. Goal.com provides users with thebreaking news, live scores, match previews and latest club news through itsinteractive web site and community forums. Under the terms of the agreement,blinkx will enable Goal.com to access blinkx's index of over 14 million hours ofaudio and video content. blinkx will bring video search and its popular videowall feature to the Goal.com website, in addition to automatically deliveringrelevant videos to accompany the thousands of text articles available to usersat Goal.com "We're delighted to be powering video for Goal.com," said SurangaChandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "Now soccer fans will be able towatch their favorite players, matches, or moments, while catching up on thelatest football news or participating in community forums." "Through our partnership with blinkx we're bringing our users the best richmedia experience on the Web," said Chicco Merighi, president of Goal.com. "blinkx's extensive index of soccer video enables us to deliver exciting,relevant footage alongside our news and community features." 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 than100 partners and 14 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 14 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 Goal.com Launched in 2006, Goal.com now represents the biggest football community in theworld with 16 language version covering more than 210 countries, enables usersfrom all cultures and lifestyles to communicate through sharing a great passionfor football. Inside the Goal.com community users can actively participate in live discussionforums, create their own personal space to gather mail, articles, share photosand videos. Press Contacts: Rachel Petersen OutCast Communications 415-392-8282 Rachel@outcastpr.com This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange