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.

Cynicwould love to go to Dubai mainly for the five star Meydan Racecourse with its all-weather and turf tracksalas I am petrified of flying and have to make do with dreaming and looking at my Dubey & Schaldenbrand when we are at Lingfield or Kempton!

Bit like Skegness without the smell of fish & chips, smells of camel poo and locals picking their noses, or holding their balls.

BernieI dont mind the smell of fish and chips on a cold winters night......camel poo?smoked some in my teens.....locals picking their noses, or holding their balls could be an interesting smell?
Opening for youscratch and sniff card? if you could perfect a strong and long lasting cafetera Italiana [Nestle] aromawe could talk business!

i guess it'll turn around in a couple of years, but in the meantime, the general economy is dire and dependant upon abu dhabi money.

however, a lot of oilfield biz and the like is controlled from here and is doing well, and that is my field

The Maktoum family are not short of a few quid when it comes to their thoroughbreds.

Dilthe Welsh have plenty of greeneryall you got to do is sow some Castrol GTXmanure well with sheep shitit rains dailyso know need to water bingo..Oil Fields! Cynic will pump it out for you.everyones a winner
Can you can tell Im bored?

I thought you were in containers Mr.C

BernieI thought Cynic travelled first classcutbacks I suppose?

I dont think he travels in one of his containers.

Here's a bit of guff further to the announcement of Wednesday's channel launch

By Georgina Prodhan

LONDON (Reuters) - Online video search and advertising company Blinkx launched its first web channels aimed at special interest groups on Wednesday, a move that should allow it to sell premium-rate ads by targeting niche audiences at scale.

The channels, the first fruits of Blinkx's $30 million acquisition of online ad network Burst Media in April, will connect up to 16 million users with common interests visiting different British sites through chatrooms and links.

Blinkx, the world's biggest video search engine, has a growing advertising business that matches relevant video ads to online content and users. It bought Burst Media to increase its advertising expertise and reach.

Founder and chief executive Suranga Chandratillake said Burst Media's relationships with thousands of independent online publishers, would allow advertisers to reach highly valuable, loyal audiences.

"These independent publishers are real influencers. They are relatively small on a one-off basis, not like the BBC or ESPN ... but particularly resonant for particular audiences," he said. "They have a two-way relationship with their audience."

According to web analysis firm comScore, about 86 percent of time spent on the internet is spent on sites outside the top 250 most popular sites.

The first four channels -- Giant Realm, MumIQ, Ignition, and Ella -- will target male video-gamers, women with children at home, car enthusiasts and young women interested in fashion respectively.

They will allow users to connect across similar websites through links, chatrooms and content sharing -- and will allow marketers to take part, for example by integrating a video game publisher's tweets into a conversation about a particular game.

Italian carmaker Fiat has already been working on a campaign for the Ignition channel.

Jessica McGranahan, Burst Media's head of publisher strategy and development, said more than 80 percent of visitors to Burst's network of websites watched preroll video ads to completion -- twice the industry standard.

"The reason why the independent web is so powerful is that the audience is loyal. The publishers that we work with, they know their audiences," she said.

Burst Media reaches more than a third of British web users through its network of thousands of sites.

Blinkx, which went public in 2007, turned profitable in its last financial year and almost doubled revenues to $66 million.

Its shares were up 1.2 percent at 1155 GMT.

(Reporting by Georgina Prodhan; Editing by Dan Lalor)

Don't forget this old chestnut, if you will pardon the pun. From the little seed grew the great oak !

Dont forget the Annual General Meeting will take place on Tuesday 20 September 2011 at 9.00amin Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WZ.
You wont get sensitive questions answeredyou wont get mind-blowing SP moving news revealedwhat you will get told is... video advertising is the fastest-growing format onlinemore Premium content partnerships on a regular basisthe momentum of BLNX to continue with their powerful business model and the continuation of all promises to investors met!.. The rapid integration of Burst Media which is already responsible for blinkx US unique visitor volume... which surged in July by 33% month-on-month and by 168% YoY to 7.862m/day...according to wwwsiteanalytics.compete.com
Burst accesses some 61% of the online US video viewing populationthat was a cheap as chips buy
Yes folkstomorrows the piss upNovember will be..Ill show you the money

Concerning online advertising, I've noticed a big increase in the last few months on sites that I tune into . No doubt this trend will be everywhere.

Tabby

Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WZ.

Is that where MDX had its HO

JeffI must give you credit for getting the Cambridge bit right!

Broker Notes

Merchant Securities has downgraded Blinkx (BLNX) from "buy" to "hold" at 149p, and suggests taking profits. Having previously highlighted the video search engine as an opportunity on 19th August, following a bid announcement from Autonomy, at a price of 90.75p, the broker feels a 64.2% move is sufficient. Merchant notes that the price to earnings forecasts for next year range between 27 times and 42 times, but believes that bid speculation will keep the price at a premium. The shares rose 2p to 151p.

I know who I would trust!

Sept 26 (Reuters) - Blinkx PLC:

* Goldman Sachs starts Blinkx Plc with buy; price target
250P For a summary of rating actions and price target changes on European companies:

Goldman Sachs know all about Suranga Chandratillakeit was only last year he presented at the 2010 Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet ConferenceGoldman Sachs price target 250p

Through all this market turbulence, the shares have performed well. Surely a great sign for when the market gets back on track - up 8.88 at the moment.

You would think so but don't count on anything ATM.