blinkx Goes Green with New Environmentally Friendly Video


SAN FRANCISCO, April 22 /PRNewswire/ --

- It's easy being green at www.blinkx.com

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today
announced new partnerships with Gaiam, The Green Girls, and GardenGirlTV.
More green and environmental video is available than ever before at
www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place
contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share resulting
advertising revenue with the partners.

Hundreds of new eco-friendly clips have been added to blinkx's index,
just in time for Earth Day. Visitors to www.blinkx.com will now have easy
access to health and fitness clips from Gaiam, a provider of information,
goods, and services to customers who value the environment, as well as green
home, design, food and entertainment footage from The Green Girls. Users can
also check out garden and lifestyle tips from Garden Girl TV, a site devoted
to educating people inhabiting just about any environment about sustainable
living.

"The green trend has been embraced by companies and organizations all
over the world, and blinkx is thrilled to be part of the group," said Suranga
Chandratillake, CEO and founder, blinkx. "We think both seasoned
environmentalists and those casually considering 'going green' will enjoy the
Earth-friendly clips available on blinkx, including footage from new partners
Gaiam, The Green Girls, and GardenGirlTV."

"It's more important than ever before to get the word out about
intelligent, environmentally-conscious practices, products, and services that
will benefit our Earth," said Everett Sizemore, manager of SEO strategy,
Gaiam. "We're pleased to partner with blinkx, who has devised a smart
technology that will allow our clips to get exposure more efficiently and
effectively than ever before."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation
as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has made more
than 450 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio
content to date.

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 Gaiam

Founded in Boulder, Colorado in 1988, Gaiam is a provider of information,
goods and services to customers who value the environment, a sustainable
economy, healthy lifestyles, alternative healthcare and personal development.

About The Green Girls

TheGreenGirls.com is all about finding the fun in living green as well as
giving inspirations in living a conscious lifestyle. We provide coverage from
red carpets to the freshest green tips. Regardless, your experience will
always be positive!

About GardenGirlTV

Patti Moreno, the Garden Girl, is a contributing editor to Fine
Gardening's GROW magazine, a columnist in Organic Gardening Magazine, a
contributor to Farmers Almanac and the host of their public television show
Farmers Almanac TV. Patti's retail product line was named Best Retail product
2008 at the Independent Garden Center show in Chicago and Best Retail product
at the New England Grows show 2009. Patti is rated the most watched Garden
Host on the web by Tube Mogul, an independent third party tracking service.

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