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.

All their targets have been achieved ahead of scheduleand they grown in probably the worst three years of economic decline the World has known for a long time.

But,at the same time,the growth of the internet has been unabated.

Whooooooooooosh.could hit a 1 today?.

Just about to put up the same post!

and i am unashamed to say that i have reconsidered and bought back in at 95.125

"where is the top for BLNX ?"
I think the top will be just after google puts in it's bid to buy it.

you'll be waiting a long time then ..... Google has no need to buy them

Patience is a virtue ;-)

blimey "the manageress"........ could there be a "mistress" coming soon.,. love this thread.

Hmmm! "good things come to those who wait"

Nice Tim nice but dim trading there cynic :-))

??????????? ...... you are making rather less sense that usual - please elucidate

Old Harry Enfield character from the 90's !

Tim "nice but dim"...buy high sell low was his advice for the markets :-))

As an innocent bystander,I eagerly await the reply.

yes, take some LSD

what on earth has that got to do with my own trading?
i currently hold, though i happily admit that i took respectable profits at about 85 and then decided that there were further legs to the stock and bought back at 95.

much rather do that than hang on like Grim Death in the hope of a recovery of a tumbling stock

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aldo - you mean LSD as in shillings and pence? ...... gladly took that!

Take it easy cynic !

It was only a bit of a fun :-))

i never take offense

Short from 97 today, plan was always to short from 100p, but missed that level yesterday. Stop now at entry.

pth
very brave. the trend is up so i guess you are top picking. very dangerous as i'm sure you know. if it does fail at this level then you may welll make a very decent profit, as you deserve to. i'm flat and watching with interest.the rise hasn't been parabolic, there have been quite a few pauses along the way.it is these pauses and apparant support levels that may entice in new buyers, or those who wish to add to their existing positions. very dangerous also. if you are right however price may well just slice through em.i dont know , thats why i'm flat.
just my opinion as always.
good luck to you and all holders
regards
jkd