blinkx, the video search company, has several futuristic projects up its sleeve. One is an app for advanced users that will let them rate videos and help content distributors know their preferences.

A second is meant to personalize TV. The company is working with the Belgian telecommunications companyBelgacom on a service that will let viewers to set up custom channels based on their interests. Users will be able to play programming on their televisions, personal computers or mobile phones.

“The big shift that’s coming is the platform shift,” says blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake.

There is little doubt he is right.