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.

Whatever it is, the movement is up at the mo + 2.75

interesting thought DD, but does it really fit into AU's core biz?
one assumes not, as i guess that is why it was spun off

Haystackyou have been blown to piecesyour short is looking mighty expensiveperhaps Hilary can make you a bacon sandwich?this is looking like a fry-up!
Hilaryyou wouldnt be the thelittleprincess by any chanceCarol thinks it is a possibilityIm not so sure?

Isn't it interesting how so many of the shorters seem to possess a crystal ball.
I expect ,though , it is a bit cloudy at the moment. Now +3.75

620k queuing to buy - only 277k looking to sell

tabasco
i don't short stocks, but I do expect this fall.

in that case you could be in for a nasty surprise as will anyone who shorted this ..... the severe imbalance noted above remains and the stock is now in auction ..... more to follow in due course

Cyniche needs a GPS to find his way home..a total numbnut and a desperate one!

wrong guy .... clubby's the numbnut

i have picked a few of these up this morning

Cynicspeaking of numbnuts.... Oh no pleasenot Trig in.........
this thread could even get worse?...

Cynic in Harrods top floor restaurant need advice from a wine person is
Ermitage Ex Voto a good one Wife fancies it. I am a Guinness man.

In trouble now caught me on the laptop

Whattap dancing?

you must mean Hermitage which is a Rhone wine ..... far too heavy for lunchtime ..... try for a Pinot Noir from NZ or Fleurie or similar (Beaujolais)

No talking to you dingalings, she who has to obeyed has taken it from me. but still have the blackberry, the bogs in here are better than cynics house.

Talk to you later girls. Tell cynic I bought that wine as he did not reply to email

clubbyif you tap dancing on a blackberryIll give you the money myself?

stupid shit ..... what's the post 1367 above then?????

It was good. Expensive but good, and I do not feel any heavier.

Cynicthe wine was a smoke screenhe was at his favourite RestaurantThai One On?.his misses loves the feel of it there?

Robbin ****** charged me 200 for the wine and only 5 years old