Blinkx Blinkx

Name: Blinkx Blinkx
Rating: 3.00
Author: PC Advisor staff

Another YouTube competitor

PC Advisor staff

PC Advisor (UK)

14/07/08

Expert Rating

3.00 / 5

Pros

More than 26 million hours of video!

Cons

Nothing of note

Bottom Line

YouTube's popularity has spawned a number of copycat sites and even paved the way for online entertainment networks that allow users to freely stream content and download it for use elsewhere. Blinkx is one of the bigger ones.

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Price
Free (AUD)

Blinkx is a similar service to Joost but, rather than having video content stored on the website, Blinkx acts as a search engine, trawling the Web for video content that relates to your keywords. It provides a list of matching content for you to access.

Blinkx has signed more than 350 media partnerships, including deals with several national broadcasters, and the service offers more than 26 million hours of video.

Of course, user-created content is one area of entertainment that's really taken off over the past few years — YouTube is a prime example of this success. The video Web site allows users to upload videos and share them with literally hundreds of thousands of viewers, almost like 'You've Been Framed' for the digital generation.