blinkx Video Search Embedded in the New RealPlayer Giving Users Access to
 Over 12 Million Hours of Video Content and the Most Powerful Video Search
                           Experience on the Web

    SAN FRANCISCO, California, June 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- blinkx,
the largest video search engine on the Web, today announced a global
partnership with digital entertainment services company RealNetworks(R) in
which blinkx will power video search for the new RealPlayer.
    A video search box powered by blinkx will be embedded in the RealPlayer
window, so that its millions of users will now have direct access from
within the Player to a fully-searchable index of over 12 million hours of
online video, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short
documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more.
    "The new RealPlayer will give people the ability to easily download
non-DRM protected videos from thousands of sites, so giving our users
access to a best-in-class video search experience is critical," said Jeff
Chasen, vice president of RealPlayer for RealNetworks, Inc. "By teaming up
with blinkx, we now deliver their powerful video search engine directly to
our users."
    "We are very excited to be powering video search for RealNetworks, a
global leader in digital media and entertainment," said Suranga
Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "Through blinkx's patented speech
and pattern recognition technologies, we will be offering their millions of
users the most advanced tool for finding videos online."
    As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a
reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such
as video. With more than 150 partners and 12 million hours of indexed video
and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short
documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced
speech recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and
reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches.
    About blinkx:
    blinkx (London AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video
search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 12,000,000 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 user-generated content on the Web explode,
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 based in San Francisco and London.
More information is available at http://www.blinkx.com
    Media Contact:

    Tim Turpin
    OutCast Communications
    Tim@outcastpr.com
    +1-415-392-8282

    Edward Bridges / Haya Chelhot
    Financial Dynamics
    blinkx@fd.com
    +44-20-7831-3113

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