blinkx Signs Content Agreement With VERSUS

blinkx Signs Content Agreement With VERSUS

VERSUS to Provide Extensive Coverage of Network's Sports to www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 23 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced an agreement with VERSUS, the network that celebrates competition in all its forms. blinkx will index hundreds of hours of the network's premier sporting footage and make it easily searchable from www.blinkx.com.

VERSUS (VERSUS.com) is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events like The Tour de France, the America's Cup, the Dakar Rally, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Professional Boxing, the Boston Marathon, AMA Motocross and Davis Cup. Now in more than 70 million homes, the network features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. The network offers unique, competition-themed, original programming and is the exclusive home of Survivor in syndication.

Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will provide accurate, effortless search to all of the hundreds of hours of sports and outdoor videos on VERSUS.com. VERSUS is the latest sports channel to be added to blinkx's growing list of partners that already features content from Eurosport and Sportal.com. blinkx users will now be able to find and link directly to all types of sporting events making blinkx the number one online destination for video search on the Web.

"The beauty of the Web is that it accommodates a range of interests, including not just the mainstream but also the specialized. This content agreement builds on exactly this and we're proud to be working with VERSUS in order to broaden our users' access to great content," said Suranga Chandratillake, CTO and founder, blinkx.

blinkx is the only search engine optimized for rich media. Its unique technology automatically indexes and transcribes both audio and video content making it searchable literally word for word. Users searching for their favorite VERSUS content can now go to blinkx and find exactly what they are looking for right down to the individual spoken word.

"We are always looking to make our content more accessible. blinkx provides the technology to help fans all over the world find VERSUS video and information quickly and easily," said Brad Friedrich, Vice President of Internet Strategy & Development of the network.

About blinkx

blinkx is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 6,000,000 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 Garage Video on the Web explodes, 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 a privately-held company based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.

About VERSUS

VERSUS (VERSUS.com) celebrates competition in all its forms. The network is the national cable home of the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Stanley Cup Playoffs as well as best-in-class events like The Tour de France, the America's Cup, the Dakar Rally, the Professional Bull Riders (PBR), Professional Boxing, the Boston Marathon, AMA Motocross and Davis Cup. Now in more than 70 million homes, the network features the best field sports programming on television and is a destination for sports fans, athletes and sportsmen to find exclusive, competitive events that audiences can't find elsewhere. The network offers unique, competition-themed original programming and is the exclusive home of Survivor in syndication. VERSUS, a wholly owned company of Comcast Corporation (NASDAQ:CMCSA)(NASDAQ:CMCSK), is distributed via cable systems and satellite operators throughout the United States.

Source: blinkx

CONTACT: Julia Blystone of OutCast Communication, +1-415-345-4730, or
julia@outcastpr.com, for blinkx

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

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