SAN FRANCISCO, December 3 /PRNewswire/ --

blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that Founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake will be speaking at the Goldman Sachs Media Conference in London on Thursday, December 4th. Mr. Chandratillake will be presenting on a panel addressing new ways of targeting media audiences at 2:30 p.m. GMT at Goldman Sachs UK headquarters, to be moderated by Goldman Sachs CFA Laurie Davison.

Hosted by Goldman Sachs's media sector research team, the Goldman Sachs Media Conference will be examining the different themes and sub-sectors in media. A highly respected expert on the convergence of Web and TV, Chandratillake is well-qualified to provide important insight into the world of online video. As the world's leader in video search, blinkx has signed more than 420 media partners and indexed over 32 million hours of video content on the Web. AdHoc, blinkx's contextual video advertising platform, guarantees that brands advertising against blinkx's indexed video will receive the most relevant, targeted placement possible, engaging audiences across all demographics.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 32 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 http://www.blinkx.com.

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