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blinkx.tv Signs Partnership With The One Network

blinkx.tv Signs Partnership With The One Network

blinkx Adds Even More Celebrity, Entertainment and Pop Video Content to www.blinkx.tv

SAN FRANCISCO, March 14 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the smartest thing on your computer and on the Web, today announced an agreement with The One Network, www.theonenetwork.com to make thousands of entertainment clips, from celebrity interviews to videos of chart topping hits searchable through www.blinkx.tv. The One Network is home to an extensive video library that showcases the biggest and best from the worlds of entertainment, music, fashion and extreme sports including exclusive celebrity interviews. Under the agreement, The One Network becomes the latest addition to the growing blinkx.tv network.

Celebrity watchers can people watch right from their desktop, searching and viewing clips, trailers and interviews with movie stars and other celebrities making waves in the world of entertainment from www.blinkx.tv. Celebrity interviews featuring some of the biggest names in the business, such as Tom Cruise and Halle Berry, as well as up and coming stars, will be available on demand to blinkx.tv users. In addition to celebrity interviews, movie trailers and clips, users can search for the latest music videos, hottest fashion shows from the world's biggest designers, and incredible extreme sports. blinkx.tv users keen to keep their finger on the pulse will be able to soak up the latest vibes and stay in touch with all the latest celebrity news from their desktop. Users will be able to keep up with the in crowd by typing names of their favorite pop divas and movie sensations into www.blinkx.tv and be instantly linked to clips of the stars.

"The world of entertainment moves extremely fast, and to keep up with the in crowd, consumers are turning to the internet to find what's the hottest thing this second. The One Network brings some of the coolest content around to blinkx.tv making it even easier for www.blinkx.tv users to find the very latest content whatever they're into," said Rich West, CEO, The One Network. "Joining forces with blinkx enables us to reach new consumers who are looking for better ways to get video on demand from the world of entertainment. blinkx.tv provides that fast, reliable gateway that lets consumers find and see what's hip and what's really happening the land of pop culture."

"blinkx continues to add more mainstream content to www.blinkx.tv -- we're delighted to welcome The One Network to blinkx.tv and be able to offer a new celebrity and entertainment channel to our users," said Federico Grosso, Vice President, Business Development, blinkx. "The popularity of celebrity magazines, both online and in print, proves this kind of content has mass appeal -- everyone wants to see the latest celebrity content and we're pleased to be able to add even more to blinkx.tv and provide consumers with a cool, dynamic vehicle that lets them have on demand access to the content they really care about."

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.tv/ http://www.blinkx.com/ http://www.theonenetwork.com/

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