Blinkx is an Internet search engine for video and audio content, based in San Francisco, that allows searching and classification of audio files,video clips and streaming media. Blinkx's video search engine differs by using speech recognition to listen to the audio component of the video content, and then uses both the phonetic and text transcripts to match content with search queries. blinkx also indexes and searches podcasts and video blogs. It claims to be the largest deep indexed Video search engine with 32 million hours indexed and agreements with over 420 content companies.

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Check out this video on Beet.TV about how professionally produced content is as popular (if not more) with a general audience, through their video search engine, as user generated content (UGC). Click here

Another couple of interesting developments in mobile broadcasting that I wanted to point out today:

MySpace announces that MySpace Mobile users across the globe will now be able to enjoy MySpace video content from their video enabled mobile devices. The first social portal to launch video streaming for mobile, MySpace's beta mobile video initiative is committed to ensuring the best user experience by providing the highest quality video for mobile viewing. Users will now be able to view videos they've uploaded or have marked as a favorite. 

On-demand web video service Joost's new (and free) iPhone application, launched Monday, streams its entire online library of 45,000-plus videos to users on WiFi networks, according to CEO Mike Volpi. A large portion of the library will be available on 3G within a month: "The technology is basically ready," he says. Volpi spoke to me about the launch from London Monday via video Skype.