SAN FRANCISCO, March 3 /PRNewswire/ --

blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced a
technology partnership with Markit, a financial information services company.
Markit's clients, including banks, asset management firms and hedge funds,
will now have organized access to business news video.

Markit will use blinkx's advanced video technology, its massive index of
online video and 450-plus content partnerships to provide its clients with
comprehensive business news video coverage. The videos will be distributed on
Markit's Web site and the Markit Enhanced Feed.

"blinkx has the unique ability to index news feeds from a wide range of
sources, thereby providing partners such as Markit with a comprehensive
roundup of relevant news coverage on the Web," said Suranga Chandratillake,
founder and CEO, blinkx.

"We are seeing an increased demand for consolidating content from a
variety of sources," said Mark Knill, managing director, Markit. "By
partnering with blinkx, we are providing our clients with video news coverage
from relevant sources across the Web, thereby deepening our commitment to
provide them with relevant and timely information."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has established a
reputation as a smart way to search new forms of online content such as
video. blinkx uses advanced speech-recognition technology to deliver results
that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword
searches, and powers video search for industry leaders including Ask, Real
and Lycos.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video
search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 million 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
www.blinkx.com.

About Markit

Markit is a financial information services company with more than 1,100
employees in Europe, North America and Asia-Pacific. Over 1,500 financial
institutions use our independent services to manage risk, improve operational
efficiency and meet regulatory requirements. For more information, see
www.markit.com.