With video search set to be the next big growth area BLNX have the software the likes of Microsoft, Google and NewsCorp would love to have.

In fact BLNX have done deals with most of these, the most recent being the UtargetFox deal which has been reported in the USA but not RNS'd in the UK.

Alexa rankings confirm the continued growth in usage as its viral effect spreads:-

http://www.alexa.com/data/details/traffic_details/blinkx.com

The ITN RNS confirms blnx is the best in the market and is growing fast:-

Leading News Organization ITN Extends Advertising Deal with blinkx Based on Proven Campaign Success




blinkx Selected to Power Advertising across ITN Website and Syndication Partner Sites




SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - July 2, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has won an extension contract that will augment the scope of its advertising partnership with ITN, one of the world's leading news and multimedia content companies. Under the terms of the new agreement, ITN will use AdHoc, blinkx's patented contextual advertising platform for online TV and video, to serve advertisements on the ITN website and its syndication partner sites, including Bebo.




Through AdHoc, ITN has already been effectively monetizing its premium news content on the blinkx.com network for over six months. During this time, ITN achieved a significantly better return, greater search volume, and higher monetization through blinkx than through other syndication partners.




AdHoc uses blinkx's patented speech-to-text transcription and visual analysis technology to understand video content more thoroughly and effectively than any other service today, and can therefore dynamically place the most pertinent advertising against it. The AdHoc platform offers media companies and advertisers a unique value proposition -- video advertising which combines the emotive power of TV promotion, with the relevance and utility of contextual search advertising.




The confluence of ITN's premium TV content, blinkx's extensive syndication network, and AdHoc's uniquely powerful targeting capabilities was a formula for success. By extending its partnership with blinkx, ITN aims to achieve similar returns by leveraging the AdHoc platform to deliver contextually relevant video advertising on its own website and across its distribution partner sites.




'We're thrilled to be broadening our relationship with ITN,' said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. 'News content is one of the most popular categories of online video and there's clearly a tremendous opportunity for monetization. The success of our partnership with ITN is evidence that the blinkx AdHoc platform is a uniquely powerful solution for online video advertising today.'




'We've been delighted with the results of our partnership with blinkx and are looking forward to implementing the AdHoc technology on our site,' said Nicholas Wheeler, managing director, ITN On. 'blinkx AdHoc has proven that it can achieve significant monetization of our content, effective marketing for advertisers and, most importantly, a useful, non-disruptive experience for our audience.'




As a pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the most effective way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 350 partners and 26 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches.

as if! ...... but certainly introduced a new Olympic sport of diving into stationary cars on a bike ..... marks for both execution, literal and metaphorical, and style!

7 out of every 10 trades today are buys,but you guessed it,down 3/4 (nearly 3%)Something funny somewhere.

been the same for weeks now, mm's will get caught out by a significant RNS one of these days.

in the meantime I'm buying as funds allow.

7 or 8 tops ups so far from 16p!!

Back in July 2007 The Telegraph made the following statement in its share tips section:
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Blinkx and youll miss it

Blinkx is a search engine for videos, spun off from Cambridge-based software group Autonomy at the end of May.

The key to the company is its technology. It has developed speech and image recognition software that scans the video clips watched by its users to target them with relevant advertising, and takes a share of the ad revenues from sites it drives traffic to.

Although Google does similar things with text, it has nothing to match the Blinkx speech and image technology.

Autonomy claims it would have netted tens of millions had it simply sold the intellectual property to another search engine. Autonomy retains 10 per cent of Blinkx, while founder Michael Lynch has 9 per cent. Other major investors include Fidelity, Schroders and Legal & General.

Blinkx is trading at a loss, but analysts believe revenues will grow from $4.4m (2.2m) next year to over $60m by 2010, when the first profit is forecast. It recently struck a deal with RealNetworks, whose software is downloaded to 1.5m computers each day.

Blinkx is a one-trick pony. Its technology will either be a huge success or a dismal failure. But the early signs are encouraging.

The shares made their debut at 45p, peaked at 65p, but have since drifted below the issue price to 43.5p. For the brave investor, keen to take a punt on what could be the next big thing, Blinkx is worth a look.
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If you want to read the whole article you can find it at:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/01/cxequity101.xml

However, the interesting point in the above is the statement : "revenues will grow from $4.4m (2.2m) next year to over $60m by 2010, when the first profit is forecast."

Well, we know that revenues up to March of this year have already exceeded $4.4m by 50% so Blinkx is already well ahead of schedule. If it can continue at that rate what is there to stop it achieving the $60m by 2009 instead of 2010?

Things are looking good.

Chessplayer how much forecast profit will be made on revenue of $60m in 2009/10?

Pass

from another site:

"If Blinkx can stay ahead of its giant rivals, it could one day take on regular TV. "It is only a matter of time before cable and satellite providers let you forage beyond the set-top box," Chandratillake says. "When that happens, you will need a really good search engine." ht
Mike Lynch of Chandratillake "a genius"

Sometimes you have to ask what does it require for an increase in price? Today we see 892k buys vs.255k sells.At least we did not see the price go down!!!!

a company whose profits are growing or positive updates always help!

heads up,

a big US fund has just increased its stake in blnx:-

http://www.mffais.com/funds/114020/

http://nowthen.com/pic?824405f8b05c


http://stuff.tv/News/Pay-As-You-Go-iPhone-3G-gets-price-and-release-date/10745/

the links above would seem to indicate an iblinkx product is ready to launch on the new iphones!!!!

probably why the large buys have been coming in.

the pay as you go product launches 16 Sept, a week before the AGM.

the photo has now been pulled from that website.

Here is yet further proof of Blinkx potential
blinkx.com is fastest growing video site in U.S. and U.K.




World's Largest Index of TV, Video and Movies Online Continues to Gain Users - Traffic Growing Faster than Any Top 20 Video Site




SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - September 9, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it is the fastest growing video site in the U.S., and also one of the fastest growing online sites in the U.K., as users continue to turn to blinkx to find video content ranging from premium high definition movies and sports, to breaking news and top quality niche content.




According to findings just issued by Compete.com, blinkx is the fastest growing video site among the top 20 video competitors in the U.S. Its traffic grew by 1,036% between July 2007 and July 2008, boosting blinkx to 16th place among the top 20 video sites.




In another recent report, Neilsen Online listed blinkx.com as the ninth fastest growing site in the U.K. as its traffic soared 681% between June 2007 and July 2008. The report noted: 'Video is one of the fastest-growing sectors and blinkx is allowing viewers to search across millions of hours of professional and consumer-generated video. The site also taps further into the social media phenomenon by enabling viewers to build customized video walls for their blogs or MySpace pages.'




'As more and more television, movies and other video content is available online - tens of millions of hours and counting - we have noticed a sharp increase in visitors who are looking for their favorite show or a recent news clip - whether it's an well-loved sitcom, an Olympic moment or the latest U.S. convention speech,' said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. 'It's clear that there will continue to be great demand for our technology among users, advertisers and content owners who want to take full advantage of the exploding video Web.'




As a pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the most effective way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 350 partners and 26 million hours of indexed video and audio content, including favorite TV moments, news clips, short documentaries, music videos, video blogs and more, blinkx uses advanced speech recognition technology to deliver results that are more accurate and reliable than standard metadata-based keyword searches.




About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 26 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - and even see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.




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I think the potential here is stunning! How many cos can boast of 1036% growth and still a stock market baby-I'm looking forward to the next results and then the market might wake up to this one hopefully the next google!---well I can dream can't I!!! I can remember AU. at 50p and google at $100 look at them now. There is a whisper of a deal with apple i phone---apple are presenting this evening so watch out for it.

there have been several rumours of Google or others taking out Blinx .... one day it will prob be true

stage looks set for the possible apple debut tonight.

au. announced deal with apple earlier today.

sp getting quite excited, but as volumes look to be comfortably within the normal range, can't believe anything is really afoot

Another stunning fact ,is that it is still way short of its' flotation price of 45p.
I reckon that a lot of people will soon jump on board.-and about time too!

I would love to buy but still have a gut feeling it will drop to around 20p but I hope for you guys in there it will be good luck or as we say here in Thailand Chock dee

Yep. I am with you Clubman. I have a nasty feeling about this & am not prepared to risk my money again. Hope that hasn't jinxed it for those who hold.