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.

Trumped again Mr. Magoo!lol when this is 2 in Mayyou will be posting great short opportunityFFS Gausieeven Hilary has concededgood fun though?

certainly some very burnt fingers for G + H ...... hope pain is not too great guys, but there looks to be good upward momentum, so hope you have closed out

Whoopi92p..the jelly and marmalade must be running off the pumpkin?the wife sends her love.lol

93p .This is looking exciting.news over the weekend maybe?a late rns today?.you dont get two days like this on a guess!

My best guess is news on this..

YouView -
a new free-to-air, web-connected TV service combining Freeview digital channels with on-demand content such as iPlayer - will launch in the UK in 2011.
YouView is an attempt to develop a standard for internet television services in the UK.
The scheme, formerly known as Project Canvas, was given the green light by the BBC's governing body, the BBC Trust, at the end of 2009.
What is YouView?
YouView is a partnership between the BBC, ITV, BT, Channel 4, five, Arqiva and Talk Talk to develop a common interface for Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) in the UK.

gadzooks chaps! .... 96.75!!! ..... i've still no idea how these companies make money even though No2 Son is in the industry, but if the shares rocket on news (and not just hype) then who am i to complain

Cynicno amount of selling is stopping thisout to test the 1 today imoI dont think it will end the day therebut that looks the plot?

Excellent rise--at last!!

Looks like the Blinx board as bent as the rest of them, leaking news to their mates before its release.

Jeffthat is the most ridiculous statement you have ever come out withand you have made a few! blnx and the Doctor are the straightest bunch of guys in businessthe city have never had clue about blnxbut they are starting to learn please do better researchor phone a friend!

Do us a favour.

I've held this for ages so it's nice to see it coming good. tabasco I hope you picked up some atuk when I mentioned them---the next blinkx and more for rewards! imo of course.

Is their a bid coming in here. Nice I must admit but keeps going on up. Cant complain got them back a few days ago.

Cheers moneyalas I did notI was also given amer at around 13p from a guy that knows his stuffI am a long term investor and insufficient funds was the problemit takes a lot of wine for me to hit the sell button before planunless Im over that stock limitI like to think I am disciplinedbut the buy button is easierlol

Might be resistance around this area ......

resistance is futile - I'll get me coat.

Got to say : Voyager was fantastic...to me, the best of all the star trekkies...and the others are excellent as well.....

As far as the sp is concerned...might bump off this area like spikes on an upsidedown crown.....

Closed on the high of the dayperfect end to a perfect weekKAUTO STAR and BINOCULAR to watch tomorrow.a couple of bad things to laya couple of good things to trade.and news of blnx over the weekendhave a good one allall bar one

Which one of the two ?...not an expert on horses but Kauto Star is a beautiful gigi....