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.

Maybe so Cynic. He clearly treads a lot more carefully than I would - I'd have turned up and dealt with the lack of paperwork at the door. But then I need to learn to take fewer risks in life...

surely you're not going to cottonwool yourself before being wrapped in your shroud?

Most women of my age, Cynic, are already wrapped in their shroud - even if still alive! A bit of cottonwool may help to keep me warm through the winter though

thermal undies and a hottie obviously required .... now i know what to buy you for Christmas!

The buyers seem to be taking a holisay for the last few days,

We only need a good trading update prior to results IMO. Results due end of oct/nov so more patience is needed. I've added a few today as I feel the worst is over for this co. copied from the bull thread for info. Fact--blnx tried to take over Miva a us co. with a nasdaq listing. (they must have some spare cash) fact resolution passed at agm to buy back shares (ditto cash) is this to try and fend off a predator? fact--what ITN said abou the level of monetization using blinkx. DYOR I don't know what this is. Fact---hundreds of new partnerships announced this year 450 + at the last count and rising every day. Fact---tens of millions of indexed video content. I'm just passing this all on as I'm no tech geek--I just feel very optimistic about this co. Autonomy was 50p once!

partnerships...not customers...big difference

I want to buy but my gut tells me something is not right with this Co

disagree Treble---partners share the revenues and the costs!

only the results can give us the answer.

not in my experience moneyplus and lets just say i work for a company that competes here so i know what i am talking about......the size of the losses are spectacular with this outfit....they will not make it

If there ever was a company with fantastic prospects ,this is one.
Get in there man and buy a few.Take the plunge!
Anyway ,what is not to like about Blinkx,AND they are little more than half their flotation price.If they were worth 45 when they floated,it is only a negative market that holds them down .Think positive

what is not to like?

erm the fact that they only probably have about 18 months of cash left to survive at their current burn rate?

oh yes....and they have halfed in value and oh yes they do nto have anything unique

so go short then!

i will....i have a price target in mind but dont worry i will

yeah right. Big difference between 'I will' and 'I have'.

Anyway, you're only deliberately winding them up cause you're bored. Leave them alone They've got enough to worry about without you putting your oar in.

I don't own.

my thoughts exactly ..... if sp is already overpriced (dipstick says), then what's he waiting for?

dipstick? why thank you

dealerdear.......good to see you...how you been? and ps i will put my entry up real time when i short.....

whatever! .... currently too busy watching Dow and FTSE whizz away (for the moment)