blinkx Links to Tinsel Town

blinkx Links to Tinsel Town

Distribution agreement with Movielink brings U.S. blinkx.tv users on-demand access to thousands of Hollywood Movies

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 28 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced a content distribution agreement with Movielink, the broadband movie download service. Under the agreement, blinkx.tv will provide a gateway for its cinema enthusiasts to easily find and download their favorite films from Movielink.

blinkx.tv consumers will be able to search, watch trailers and download movies featuring their favourite stars. From recent releases, including the latest blockbusters such as Troy and Harry Potter - The Prisoner of Azkaban, to old favourites such as Breakfast at Tiffany's, Movielink offers U.S. based blinkx.tv broadband consumers over a thousand movies and other great video content for legal download.

blinkx.tv customers can search or browse the user-friendly site and view trailers of available titles without charge. Once they are ready to rent a title, they pay for their rental via credit card. Downloads range between $1.99 and $4.99. Movielink's Movies in Minutes(TM) feature lets customers begin watching titles within 2-10 minutes, or store them for up to 30 days and experience unlimited viewing for any 24-hour period. Customers can also use Movielink's MultiPlay(TM) feature to re-rent titles for additional 24-hour viewing periods for up to 30 days after the initial rental.

"We are always looking to extend our reach to new customers and Blinkx.tv provides U.S. movie fans with a broadband connection an easy way to search for and access movies for legal download from Movielink, said Alan Citron, Senior Vice President of Marketing for Movielink. "We look forward to building a consumer base with blinkx.tv and offering their customers the best download experience."

"Together blinkx.tv and Movielink bring the glamour of Hollywood movies from some of the most prestigious studios, including Universal Studios and Warner Bros., straight to the desktop. Movie fans will soon find thousands of titles, including those featured in last night's hall of fame, through www.blinkx.tv," said Federico Grosso, Vice President Business Development, blinkx. "This agreement with Movielink adds even more mainstream content to www.blinkx.tv making blinkx.tv the definitive link to tinsel town."

About blinkx

blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, is changing the way that people think about search. Only blinkx can harness the desktop, Web and TV -- unifying content with a one stop search tool. Available to users on the Web at www.bxfind.com and www.blinkx.tv, as well as free to download, blinkx automatically and intelligently links to content anywhere and in any format, on the Web, on the desktop and even on TV. blinkx's conceptual toolbar means users are no longer limited to keyword search; instead, blinkx assesses all the information that the user is actively viewing, and automatically recommends and retrieves relevant content, from local, Web and TV searches, based on context. In addition, www.blinkx.tv makes thousands of hours of TV content fully searchable and available on demand for the first time. blinkx is a privately-held company based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.

About Movielink

Movielink (www.movielink.com) is the online movie download service offering U.S. broadband customers an extensive selection of recently released films and classic movies covering every genre, from action, comedy, drama, family and romance to sci-fi, horror and thrillers. The service is owned and operated by Movielink, LLC, a joint venture of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, Universal Studios and Warner Bros. Studios. Movielink content offerings are drawn from the current releases and vast libraries of those studios as well as from those of Walt Disney Pictures, Miramax, Artisan and others, on a non-exclusive basis.

Source: blinkx

CONTACT: Julia Blystone of Outcast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, or
Julia@outcastpr.com, for blinkx.tv; or Karen DeMarco, kdemarco@mprm.com, or
Elana Altshuler, ealshuler@mprm.com, both of mPRm Public Relations,
3232-933-3399, both of mPRm Public Relations, for Movielink

Web site: http://www.movielink.com/

Web site: http://www.blinkx.com/

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