blinkx Partners With CriticalPast to Offer Historic Video Clips

Over 50,000 videos from history's most iconic moments now available on www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, June 22, 2010 - blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today
announced a partnership with CriticalPast, www.criticalpast.com, a
global online resource for royalty-free, historic video footage.
CriticalPast's video library includes some of history's most iconic moments
from over 4,000 locations worldwide and dating from the 1890s to modern
times. This collection of over 50,000 videos will now be available at
www.blinkx.com. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also
place advertising against these videos and share resulting revenue with
CriticalPast.

CriticalPast is one of the world's largest online archives of
royalty-free historic video footage and photo images, serving history buffs
and professional film producers worldwide. The CriticalPast collection spans
thousands of hours of video, millions of still photos and continues to grow.
Drawn largely from U.S. government agency sources, CriticalPast's videos and
photos are available for license (www.criticalpast.com/all/faq/ )
without the clearance concerns encountered when ordering from typical stock
footage and stock photo providers.

"With an index of over 35 million hours of online video, our viewers know
they can find and access the widest range of content right from blinkx.com,"
said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "CriticalPast offers a
fascinating window into the past - whether it's scenes from Japan in 1900, or
footage of D-Day from World War II - we're delighted to share this valuable
archive with our audience."

"CriticalPast was created to make securing historical video footage and
images easy and cost effective for professionals and consumers," said Jim
Erickson, cofounder, CriticalPast. "Our partnership with blinkx further
enables us to grow revenue, extend our promise and mission, and connect with
users who are eager to access our extensive archive of historic videos and
one of a kind still images."

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 720 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 CriticalPast

CriticalPast LLC was formed by a team of archival research, film, and
Internet professionals, working together to create one of the largest
privately held, online archival footage sources in the world. Its
royalty-free collection spans more than 57,000 historic videos, 7 million
still photos, and continues to grow. The company's world-class storage and
hosting environment and unique image processing algorithms allow it to
instantly transcode full-resolution images into various formats on demand,
filling customer orders in minutes, for download or shipping worldwide. Drawn
largely from U.S. government agency sources, the clips and images in the
CriticalPast collection are available for license without the clearance
concerns encountered when ordering from typical stock footage providers.
Visit us at www.criticalpast.com, friend us on Facebook
(www.facebook.com/CriticalPastHistoricVideo), or follow us on Twitter,
@CriticalPast (twitter.com/CriticalPast).

Nicole Love of Marlin PR, +44-207-869-8328, nicole.love at marlinpr.com, for blinkx; or Tim Turpin of Sparkpr, +1-415-321-1894, tim.turpin at sparkpr.com, for blinkx; or NOMAD, Charles Lytle of Citi; or Anne Bentley of SocialBuzzPR, +1-703-879-1868, anne at socialbuzzpr.com, for CriticalPast