Blinkx Plc - Launch of blinkx BBTV : NON-REG

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Blinkx Plc
02 April 2008

blinkx Introduces BBTV, Fusing High-Quality, Premium TV Content with the
Interactive Power of the Web

Video Search Leader Delivers First Broadband TV Offering to Integrate Video into
the Fiber of the Web for Full-screen, Online Television

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - April 02, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest video
search engine, today announced the availability of blinkx BBTV, a significant
advance in online television that leverages blinkx's patented speech and visual
recognition technology to simultaneously deliver a high-quality television
experience over the Internet, and link it to the universe of information on the
Web, adding dimension and context to the viewer's experience.

Launching with a library of premium independent films and a variety of
high-quality programming from existing partners, blinkx BBTV is a small download
(0.5 MB) that is available free of charge at www.blinkx.com, starting April 2nd,
2008.

With hybrid peer-to-peer streaming and a simple, point-and-click channel
interface, blinkx BBTV delivers a new kind of online television: full-screen,
TV-quality and truly immersed in the Internet. Until now, Web video has simply
used the Internet as a new distribution mechanism, failing to exploit its true
potential. By fusing TV and other video with the Web, blinkx BBTV enables users
to instantly browse or interact with online sources related to what they are
watching, whether it's Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or other Web sites offering
relevant information - from news and entertainment, to travel and sports.

"Broadband Internet connections are fast enough today that with the right
technology, it's possible to deliver an experience that's equal in quality to
television. Consumers are accustomed to Online Video: short-form, often amateur
clips that play in a Web browser - blinkx BBTV delivers Online Television:
full-length, professional TV programming, delivered in exceptional quality,"
said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "The Web is the largest
repository of connected information in the world - on any subject and from
myriad sources. BBTV delivers television over the Internet, but it also fuses
that TV with the wealth of information on the Web, rather than appearing as just
another layer floating above it."

With the click of a mouse, BBTV enables an unprecedented level of interaction
with online television. blinkx's patented video indexing automatically creates a
speech track of content within the video, making it easy for viewers to navigate
literally word-for-word and jump to specific points in a program, simply by
searching for a spoken word or name. While watching programs or movies on blinkx
BBTV, viewers can instantly access features never before possible, including
transcripts of the audio track and background information on everything from
actors and personalities, to reviews and locations shown within the video.
Alternatively, users can opt to sit back and watch the video full-screen,
on-demand and in TV quality.

In coming months, blinkx will be adding dozens of additional channels and
premium video content to the BBTV offering, and will also be working behind the
scenes to power similar BBTV experiences for partner media and entertainment
sites that are looking for new ways to connect with their viewers. BBTV is fully
compatible with blinkx AdHoc, blinkx's contextual advertising platform.

Key features of blinkx BBTV include:

Speech-based Navigation

Leveraging blinkx's patented speech recognition technology, BBTV automatically
creates a speech track of the video, allowing users to search through content,
literally word-for-word, and jump to specific points in a program, simply by
searching for a spoken word.

Full-Screen, TV Quality Experience

BBTV provides a superior user experience by leveraging hybrid peer-to-peer
streaming technology to allow fast, high-quality delivery of video content. All
content appearing on BBTV is delivered over an encrypted network and protected
by Microsoft DRM technologies.

Clickable Video

BBTV delivers online television that is truly interactive - users can "
shift-click" on a word in the speech track for additional information on a
person, location or object within the video.

Automatic Web Linking

BBTV is part of the fiber of the Internet, so in the same way that information
on the Web is linked to other information on the Web, video that is delivered
through BBTV is connected to the universe of online content, whether it's
Google, Wikipedia, IMDB or other news, entertainment travel or sports Web sites,
adding a new dimension to viewers' experience.

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the
smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than
220 partners and 18 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including
favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs
and more, blinkx uses advanced speech and visual recognition technologies to
deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based
keyword searches.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search
engine. 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 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.

Press Contacts:

Tim Turpin
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tim.turpin@sparkpr.com

Clare Gayner
Bite Communications
+44 (0)20 8834 3454
Clare.Gayner@bitepr.com

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