I like Blinkx – the video search engine stays busy, thereby giving us something to write about.  And today, the video search engine gave evidence that it has been very busy – Blinkx announced 28 new media partnerships.

Last month, Cycling.tv made distribution deals with Blinkx and Joost; we’ll call that “good.”  What’s “bad” is that Cycling.tv lost about $1 million last year, and the official site suffers from some technical problems.  Now, after (presumably) weighing these matters, JumpTV has acquired the cycling property for $4.95 million.

For you Tour de France fans – you fans whose favorite cyclists haven’t been booted for lying or doping, that is – there’s good news: Cycling.tv just made distribution deals with Blinkx and Joost.  But the arrangement is really intended to draw in those of you who aren’t fans.