blinkx Announces Winners of 2006 Ski and Snowboard Battle Royale

blinkx Announces Winners of 2006 Ski and Snowboard Battle Royale

Prizes Awarded for Creativity and Humor in Home Videos

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced the winners of blinkx's "Battle Royale" -- its first ski and snowboarding video competition, which took place between December 2005 and February 2006.

blinkx awarded the first place to Aaron Dana, who submitted a clip called "Fear the Beer," and the second place to Julie Wong, for her video titled "Oops I did it again 2." First prize is an all expenses paid weekend for two at Northstar ski resort in Lake Tahoe, and the second place winner will receive a gift card to REI worth $200.

The prize-winning entries were chosen for their originality and sense of humor, and can be viewed here:

http://searchus.blinkx.com/tv/search.do?query=gotsnow&suggestReference=content /e6/daae4ebdad69c2cce16fa3f0837aee

http://searchus.blinkx.com/tv/search.do?query=gotsnow&suggestReference=content /f1/1beae36d2a1ae6cabf346ea2a8b2c0.

Other interesting clips submitted for the video competition ranged from extreme snowboarding footage, to a 10-day backcountry trip from France to Switzerland, to clips of ski and snowboard clubs practicing tricks on the snow, which can be watched at: www.blinkx.tv/gotsnow.

"From the day we launched, our search logs have demonstrated great user demand for amateur videos," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CTO of blinkx. "The Battle Royale was a way to showcase the interesting and entertaining content, created by regular people like Aaron and Julie, who use the new Web as a way to bring a slice of their lives and personalities to friends and the Internet community."

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.

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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