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.

Yes the co. is growing very well--I'm satisfied this one will do well. I've opened the bottom drawer and shut them back in again! In say 2 years the sp should be much higher---IMO.

turnover still tiny....still loss making......do nto see anything here to suggest the sp will increase much in medium term

3.75m traded today vs average of 1.5m, and Citi also strongly disagrees with you, having put out note with target of 80p

yip and analysts are always right....turnover is tiny

.. and share price will probably continue to fall I would think.

the annoying thing ,I feel,is the continued reluctance to raise the share price despite increased buying and prospects.
there are too many who choose to ignore the positive because the market as a whole (HOLE) is suffering.

Worth a put at 10p

I mean punt at 10p

it is a short until they can make a profit...who knows if they ever will

you're almost certainly wrong in that respect, even though looking at the market, all is a sea of red with few exceptions, IEC being the notable one

c3509/tw
if it gets to 10p there will be something seriously wrong with the company that we may or may not have been made aware of except by what the actual price is telling us.
thats the last place i'd think about buying, unless as you say , for a punt.i.e. gamble.
a lot of stocks are now back where they belong. many aren't/don't. we tend to blame the general market malaise. i think a lot of investors are in for a suprise when eventually the market does recover, and it will one day, and they find their individual stock/s don't. they are the ones that fall into the first category above.
i'm not saying this is one of them because it has an 80p reward out on it.whether thats dead or alive i dont know.
good luck
regards
jkd

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11 Commentsby Erick Schonfeld on November 10, 2008

A lot of hopes are being pinned on video search these days as the only remaining source of strong advertising growth. One of the few publicly traded pure-play Web video companies is blinkx, which trades on the London stock exchange, and just announced its half-year earnings for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008. The companys revenues rose 115 percent to $6.4 million for the six month period (although the comparison is only partialsee income statement below). Its gross profit doubled from $2.2 million to $4.5 million.

Although blinkx runs its own video search engine, which is showing a nice ramp in visitors, most of the video searches that blinkx powers are on about 20 partner sites such as Ask.com, Lycos, some Microsoft sites, and Viacoms AddictingClips. Blinkx indexes more than 32 million hours worth of video from 420 content partners, including most recently People.com, CBS, and Getty Images. Its syndicated video search reached 64 million people and accounted for 668 million pageviews in September, according to comScore. Blinkx is serving up 7 million video searches a day across its network. Here are some stats for the past six months from the company:

Total searches 1.2 billion

Total monetizable Searches 831 million or 71%

Blended average CPM is $16.25 (CPMs range from $8 to $48)

In addition to powering video search, blinkx also has its own AdHoc video ad network that can place contextual ads in videos triggered by the words spoken in them. The company is ramping up that effort by hiring ad sales people, which is one of the main reasons it is still losing money. It spent $6 million in sales and marketing during the six-month period, nearly as much as it generated in revenues.

As a result, Blinkx still showed a net loss of $4.3 million. At least that is better than the $13.7 million loss for the same period in 2007 (not including IPO costs of $11.5 million). But it is still a loss. The company has $32.4 million in cash, $11 million less than it did a year ago.

A couple weeks ago, blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake was on a Beet.TV panel I co-moderated. He speaks towards the end of the video below starting at the 2:45 mark about the speech-to-text technology blinkx uses to index and search the actual spoken content of videos, and how that helps avoid a situation where video creators are gaming the search engines by putting deceptive tags, titles, and descriptions on their videos so they rank higher in search results.

Here is an argument on why Google should buy Blinkx
http://www.alleyinsider.com/2008/11/youtube-search-ads-a-350-million-business-

14.75 today where next maybe 10p

This news might be just the tonic!

RNS Number : 4512I Blinkx Plc 19 November 2008

BLINKX REVIVES PROPOSAL TO ACQUIRE MIVA; REVISED PRICE OF $0.55 PER SHARE IN CASH

Following stand-out results for the half year and strong growth, blinkx revisits MIVA opportunity

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - NOVEMBER 19, 2008 - blinkx plc ("blinkx") (LSE AIM: BLNX) confirms that it has today delivered a letter to the Board of Directors and CEO of MIVA, Inc. ("MIVA") (NASDAQ: MIVA), in which blinkx has revived its proposal to acquire MIVA, for a revised cash consideration of $0.55 per share.

MIVA is a Nasdaq-listed digital media company. It describes itself as having two focuses to its business: owning and operating a portfolio of consumer destination sites and interest-specific toolbars, through its MIVA Direct division; and running a third-party contextual Pay-Per-Click ad network focused on key vertical sectors, through its MIVA Media division. MIVA, Inc. operates across North America and throughout parts of Europe.

blinkx believes the proposal is highly attractive for MIVA shareholders, particularly in light of issues in the MIVA business and current market conditions. blinkx's proposal represents a 108% premium above the closing price of MIVA common stock of $0.2643 on November 18, 2008, and a 39% premium over the average closing price for the thirty days prior to November 18, 2008.

Commenting on the proposal, blinkx CEO and Founder Suranga Chandratillake said: "Given the strength of our financial results last week, it's clear that certain emerging sectors of online advertising, specifically video, continue to thrive. blinkx is uniquely positioned to capitalize on that opportunity. We believe there is significant value in the MIVA business and real potential to increase that value for shareholders through the proposed transaction. However, because of MIVA's continued loss-making performance and rapidly declining cash position, time is of the essence. We trust that the MIVA Board will recognize that expediency is critical to realizing the benefits of this opportunity and providing stability to MIVA shareholders, customers and employees."

Mr. Chandratillake continued, "When we first publicly proposed to acquire MIVA in August 2008 we were clear in our public and private communications that we could fund the acquisition through available cash resources. We can still do so today, regardless of MIVA's significantly reduced cash position, so let there be no confusion as to the source of capital for this deal."

blinkx has worked with MIVA as a customer and partner for a number of years and respects MIVA's achievements in building a global keyword advertising network and growing the MIVA Direct consumer offering. However, the MIVA business has reported a decline in cash for the past four quarters, and blinkx is concerned that valuable time has been wasted whilst MIVA's resources dwindled, resulting in constraints on capital to facilitate growth. Moreover, MIVA has resorted to an expensive line of credit to fund future operations, which is also likely to impact future growth prospects in exchange for short-term working capital benefits.

Furthermore, recent trends raise the possibility of continued diminution of shareholder value. Notably:


MIVA HAS REPORTED REDUCED REVENUES FOR THE LAST EIGHT CONSECUTIVE QUARTERS

ADVERTISING SPEND RELATED TO THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE DIRECT BUSINESS' TOOLBARS HAS DECLINED FOR THE LAST TWO QUARTERS

TOTAL INSTALLED TOOLBARS DECLINED 11% QUARTER-ON-QUARTER FROM Q2'08 TO Q3'08

SIGNIFICANT UN-RESERVED LIABILITIES MAY REMAIN RELATED TO THE EUROPEAN RESTRUCTURING
Despite the foregoing, blinkx continues to believe that a combination of the two companies - fusing blinkx's technology with MIVA's distribution network - presents an exciting and compelling opportunity, and one that would prove mutually beneficial to both companies' shareholders, employees, and customers.

Specifically, blinkx's advanced and scalable matching technology would enable immediate platform improvements for MIVA. As a result, large portions of relevant search traffic from MIVA's search ad network would be monetizeable at higher rates through blinkx's technology. Furthermore, blinkx's technology holds the potential to build on MIVA's existing toolbar network, adding ground-breaking functionality and an entirely new revenue stream. Finally, MIVA's consumer sites and portals, which already attract large audiences, will immediately benefit from blinkx's advanced video technology and AdHoc advertising platform.

Any acquisition of MIVA would be subject to the making of a formal offer following the opportunity to conduct a limited confirmatory due diligence investigation, the negotiation of a definitive merger agreement containing customary terms and conditions, including customary conditions to closing; no material adverse change to MIVA's business; appropriate shareholder approvals; and any regulatory requirements. Given blinkx's participation in the industry and MIVA's public status, blinkx envisages an efficient due diligence process appropriate to a public company. blinkx is prepared to deliver a draft merger agreement to MIVA and begin discussions immediately. Should an offer proceed it could be classified as a reverse takeover by Aim Regulation necessitating the publication of an admission document.

The transaction would be funded from existing cash resources of the two companies.

About blinkx

blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 32 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.

Media Contacts Financial Dynamics Edward Bridges/Charles Palmer /Haya Chelhot Tel: +44 (0)20 7831 3113 Email: blinkx@fd.com Citi (NOMAD to blinkx) Charles Lytle

This announcement does not constitute, or form any part of, any offer for, or any solicitation of any offer for, securities or the solicitation of any vote for approval in any jurisdiction.

This document is for informational purposes only and is not an offer or a solicitation relating to blinkx's proposal to acquire MIVA, inc. A tender offer for the shares of MIVA common stock has not commenced. Additional documents regarding the transaction may be filed with the securities and exchange commission ("SEC") and investors and security holders are urged carefully to read such disclosure documents regarding the proposed transaction, if and when they become available, because they will contain important information. Investors and security holders may obtain a free copy of the disclosure documents (when and if they are available) and other documents filed by blinkx with the sec at the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. In addition, security holders will be able to obtain a free copy of these documents (if and when they become available) from blinkx.

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange


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19-11-08 Blinkx Plc - Partnership with Howcast RNS
RNS Number : 4208I Blinkx Plc 19 November 2008

blinkx Partners With Howcast To Bring Users Expert Instruction On Every Topic, From Styling Hair to Slaying Vampires

Find out how it's done at www.blinkx.com

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - November 19, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest video search engine, today announced a partnership with Howcast. Howcast.com is the latest addition to blinkx's ever-expanding collection of how-to video sites, including ExpertVillage.com, Growing Wisdom and HowTo.tv. Through these partnerships, viewers now have an extensive library of visual aides to help them master a wide range of skills, from surviving a trip to the mall to making a protein smoothie, and more. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against these videos, and share resulting advertising revenue with the partners.

"How-to videos are in very high demand right now. Many people are strong visual learners and find video extremely useful in figuring out how to accomplish something new," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. "We're thrilled to partner with some of the world's leading how-to video sites, most recently Howcast."

As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 420 partners and 32 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 32 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.

Press Contacts for blinkx:

Tim Turpin

Sparkpr

+1 (415) 321 1894

tim.turpin@sparkpr.com

Adrie Wessels

Bite Communications

+44 (0)20 8834 3474

Adrie.Wessels@bitepr.com

NOMAD for blinkx

Charles Lytle

Citi

This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock Exchange


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don't know how much they offered previously but MIVA currently $0.26

chess .... i don't think we needed the whole of the RNS .... the salient point would have sufficed!

Just checked out the original MIVA offer,which was $1.20,so it is a little less than half.

thanks m8 .... silly bastards should not have rejected first time around!

Further evidence that the internet is not being much affected by the downturn.

Web ad sales rise slightly from prior quarter
Thursday November 20, 11:38 am ET
By Rachel Metz, AP Technology Writer
Internet advertising sales rose slightly from the prior quarter


NEW YORK (AP) -- Despite the bad economy, U.S. Internet advertising revenue rose in the third quarter, according to an analysis released Thursday.
The report from the Interactive Advertising Bureau and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP said that online advertising revenue totaled almost $5.9 billion in the third quarter, up 11 percent from the same period last year. It marked a 2 percent rise from the second quarter.

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Companies that depend on Internet advertising, including Google Inc., have seen their shares plummet recently on fears that the economy will inhibit growth in what remains a relatively small market.

Because of that climate, David Silverman, a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, said the third-quarter growth is "nice to see."

"I think given the economic environment, seeing any increase in any economic activity -- let alone advertising -- would be a bit of surprise, but speaks maybe to the strength of interactive advertising," he said.

Silverman thinks advertisers will keep spending on online ads, especially in an economic downturn, because they are often paying for ads based on performance -- such as when a consumer clicks on an ad to visit an e-commerce site.

"They actually see they're getting a result for their dollars spent," he said.

For the first nine months of the year, online advertising revenue totaled $17.3 billion. This compares with $15.2 billion in the same period last year

my younger son works in digital advertising in uk, and he says they are actually recruiting whereas (he reckons) traditional adverting - e.g. the WPPs of this world - is heading south sharply