blinkx Puts Viewers in the Driver's Seat With New Car and Motoring Programs

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Tue Apr 7, 2009 8:01am EDT

Start your engines at www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the world's largest video
search engine, today announced new partnerships with Automotive Rhythms, Live
Car Shows, CarDataVideo, and Bumper2Bumpertv.  Hundreds of new car and
auto-related videos have been made available at www.blinkx.com.  Leveraging
its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant
advertising against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with
the partners.

Casual auto enthusiasts and serious gear heads now have a one-stop shop for
the latest car videos.  From Automotive Rhythm's urban automotive content and
Live Car Shows' car show coverage, to CarDataVideo and Bumper2Bumpertv's
expert car reviews, there's sure to be something to get every car lover geared
up.  

"We're delighted to offer this wealth of informative car-related content
available to our viewers," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of
blinkx.  "We're positive countless users will enjoy ogling dream cars and
researching future auto purchases."

"We love transforming chance viewers into automotive fanatics and informed
consumers," said Automotive Rhythms President & Publisher, Kimatni Rawlins. 
"Likewise, we appreciate the opportunity presented to make our content
discoverable to new audiences worldwide, which is why we're so pleased to have
our content available on blinkx."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as
the smartest way to find rich media on the Web.  The company has made more
than 450 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio content
to date.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video
search engine.  Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 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
and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search
technologies only scratch the surface.  blinkx's patented search technologies
listen to - and even see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy
of search results not available elsewhere.  In addition, blinkx powers the
video search for many of the world's most frequented sites.  blinkx is based
in San Francisco and London.  More information is available at www.blinkx.com.

About Automotive Rhythms

Automotive Rhythms is a multi-media gateway for up-to-date information on new
rides, bikes, car shows, vehicle technology, celebrity profiles and automotive
lifestyle experiences.  Consisting of Internet, print, radio, television and
event properties, AR speaks to consumers in their respective voices from a
unique perspective.  AR is ranked number one on Google, AOL and Yahoo search
engines under keywords "urban automotive."

About Live Car Shows

Live Car Shows brings to you HD video of "one of a kind cars and owner
interviews" you won't find anywhere else.  Shot in High Definition, LCS
travels the country to bring you hometown car shows and events.  

Creators Kevin Muldoon and Steve Schuneman take their love for cars and bring
it into your home on demand from blinkx.com.  Contact them at
info@livecarshows.com to list your show or arrange coverage of your event.

About CarDataVideo

CarDataVideo is the video media arm of Car Data Co. a provider of premium
automotive content for over 15 years.  www.MyCarData.com

About Bumper2Bumpertv

Bumper2Bumpertv looks at what's new, what works, and what makes us scratch our
heads about cars from the point of views of the potential buyer.  If we like a
car, we'll tell you, if we don't we'll tell that too and say why.  If we think
the auto industry leaders are heading down the wrong road we will let them and
you know.  Most importantly we won't waste your time with a review that goes
on and on.  After all you've got other things to do while surfing the web!!!


SOURCE  blinkx

Tim Turpin of Sparkpr, +1-415-321-1894, tim.turpin@sparkpr.com; or Nicole Love
of Marlin PR, +44 207 869 8328, Nicole.love@marlinpr.com; or NOMAD, Charles
Lytle of Citi, for blinkx; or Kimatni Rawlins of Automotive Rhythms,
1-877-462-5844, ext 701, Kimatni@AutomotiveRhythms.com; or Steve or Kevin,
both of Live Car Shows, +1-661-816-3297, info@livecarshows.com; or Kelly Foss
of CarDataVideo, +1-281-633-0200, Kelly@navhub.com; or Greg Morrison of
Bumper2Bumpertv, +1-404-372-3269, Griotsouth@cs.com
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