Video search service blinkx is to launch a desktop application to give users personalised video bulletins.

Users will be able to create their own channels or video walls using blinkx Beat to receive sport, entertainment and news content from across the web.

Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx said, "blinkx indexes one of the most comprehensive repositories of news videos in the world, and blinkx Beat makes it easy for users to tap into this wealth without ever having to search or open a web browser."

blinkx has over 220 partnerships in place with more than 18m hours of indexed video and audio content.