Admittedly, most of the partners don’t have a high profile, but that’s all right with Blinkx; in a press release, the company appears proud to have reached deals with “with special interest, or ‘Long Tail,’ media companies,” and notes that it’s “extended its leadership in delivering the most diverse material and intuitive viewing experience on the Web.”

One of the sites may be familiar to you, however, since it’s been in the news a few times lately.  The most recent instance occurred a little more than two weeks ago, when the site in question, Cycling TV, was sold to JumpTV.

As for some of the 27 other partners, “blinkx also recently signed an agreement with Eye Music Network, a Web site featuring more than 3,500 hours of the best of the best music videos from pop, rock, reggae and more. . . .  In addition, blinkx has teamed up with GeoBeats, a producer of professional video travel guides, to give travel enthusiasts a sense of a destination’s local flavor and to help them plan their next memorable adventure.”

Not bad, not bad.  In fact: all hail Blinkx, the creator of about six press releases per month.

The arrangement has at least one fan’s hopes up.  “By joining . . . with a more experienced network, perhaps we’ll have the content we already love with a flawless system,” writes Podium Café’s “Chris.”  He then continues, “I know very little about Jump, but you can attempt to learn more at their Wikipedia page, humorously labeled ‘blatant advertising.’  Anyway, they’re Canadian, so how bad can they be?”

Seems like sound reasoning.  The main JumpTV site is running ads for Al Jazeera English, which is a little “interesting,” but I haven’t watched the channel, and therefore can’t really comment.

Back to business, then.  G. Scott Paterson, JumpTV’s chairman and CEO, said in a press release, “This acquisition is in line with our pursuit of exclusive, hard-to-find and high-affinity Internet video content.  Cycling is a global sport with a large and passionate international following.  Moreover, we are confident that, as part of JumpTV, the world’s top cycling races will be able to afford their worldwide fans the best in an online experience.”

The deal should formally close before the end of the month, but for whatever changes are to take place, no timeline was given.  Hat tip to Mashable’s Kristen Nicole.