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.

being thick, i cannot determine how good those numbers are ..... however, given the ease of the placing at 140 just a few days ago, i should imagine they're well above expectations

cynic - have a look at the "financial highlights" in the link - Its a bit messy to cut and paste it.

i did, but was unable to determine expectations and similar

Trouble is it is valued at 500 million pounds if not more and just one tenth of that in the bank....it's on a very hefty rating.

In auction.

historically perhaps, but what about forward p/e?
i have enough in the market already, but otherwise i would be tempted to buy more at 115/117 following typical "selling on results"

Looks like a great short...sub 100p...possibly...that's the trouble with these companies like this ; you don't know where you are with them !.

Auction again -14.8%.

I wonder how Cynic's short is getting on ?....I haven't seen such a cliff since the eiger....

Is there some consensus if it's worth getting into these now? Made a tidy profit when it was in its 20s, selling at just under 100, never thought 's see 100 again though...

Not today.....perhaps a bit later...check out the graph...make cape town's table mountain look like an amateur !..

The chart is truly horrid - I can't believe it! Looks like it could be heading back to 90p! Yet the long-term prospects still look good:

"Adjusted operating and pre-tax profits increased to $4.89m and $4.95m respectively - up from $2.50m and $2.52m last time.

Founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake said: "Video advertising continues to thrive, with double-digit growth forecast for the next five years, and our performance over the last six months underlines the strength of blinkx's model within this dynamic marketplace."

The results look pretty good to me.
The charts are one thing, real life, that is something else!

I agree with you there, CP! I see this one as a long-term winner - may top up when it hits 90.

Isn't this a profit warning?

Anything else I may add is irrelevant if that is the case!

Oops.

tabasco - 28 Oct 2011 17:16 - 3911 of 3948

Results on 9th Novemberthis Royal Flush is just days away from 2.can I just congratulate Haystack and Elephant Man for continually giving me their hard earned on this stock...all the way from 30p... loland can I suggest they open another short next week
Have a great weekend all...Haystack...3p next week!"

Tabby - Great advice. Cheers!. As you always like to point out to us - you're never wrong. And this advice was spot on. I owe you a drink.

G

Heading back to 3p?

So says Tabby. And he's never wrong.

blnx an old favourite of mine - been looking to get back in - watching with interest

3p seems a bit high though - LOL!!!