blinkx TV Named One of PC Magazine's 'Top Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without'

blinkx TV Named One of PC Magazine's 'Top Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without'

blinkx TV Honored in PC Magazine's '2005's Top 100 Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without'

SAN FRANCISCO, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced that www.blinkx.tv has been hailed by PC Magazine as one of the "Top 100 Sites You Didn't Know You Couldn't Live Without" in the 2005 awards. In a list that showcases sites which are newly or yet to be discovered, blinkx.tv is celebrated as one of the hottest additions to the web in 2005. www.blinkx.tv, which features the world's first search engine for TV that enables users to search right inside TV clips, was highlighted by the editors of PC Magazine in the Search and Portals categories.

Launched in December 2004, blinkx.tv is the very first search engine that allows you to search across news, sports and entertainment programming. Because blinkx captures and indexes the entire video stream directly from the television, consumers can search right inside the program and get straight to the exact clip they want. Since the launch just six months ago, blinkx.tv has been gaining popularity with consumers and broadcasters alike, adding to its list of content partners every week -- recent additions to the blinkx TV network have included Reuters, TotalVid, London TV, Transmission Films and Movielink. Bringing together footage from leading broadcasters including Fox, Bloomberg, and E! as well as specialist material such as independent movies and sports footage, www.blinkx.tv has rapidly established itself as the place to find and access thousands of hours of high quality video content on demand.

"Ever since the launch of blinkx TV back in December we've been overwhelmed with the popularity of the site and the positive reaction we've had from our users. We're extremely proud to be recognized by PC Magazine as one of the very best new sites of the year. www.blinkx.tv has rapidly become the definitive place to find and watch hours of quality footage, with tens of thousands of users logging onto www.blinkx.tv everyday to catch up with their favorite programs from over 25 broadcasters," said Suranga Chandratillake, Founder, blinkx. "What makes blinkx so unique is that users can search right inside the show and find the exact moment they're searching for with pinpoint accuracy -- sheer technological innovation has earned blinkx its reputation as a company that's really pushing the boundaries and changing the rules of search."

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.blinkx.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.

Source: blinkx

CONTACT: Julia Blystone of OutCast Communications, +1-415-392-8282, or
julia@outcastpr.com, for blinkx

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

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