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.

no, but you're persistently and consistently boring and tiresome

well personally well glad to get at level i did today - sold some at a good profit rest keeping -like many here made plenty in blnx in the past but got out a little too early to miss the real highs - glad to be back in

agreed cynic ref afr

gibby

I got a whole load more away today, including some close to the lows. What's fascinating is that we're both happy with our positions!

Blinx's chickens are finally coming home to roost. I reckon we'll be below 90p within a couple of weeks, and somewhere between 50p and 70p by Xmas.

G

that is true gausie - i dont believe blnx will hit 50 to 70p though - i can understand your reasoning but just dont see it happening - if i see it drifting i will sell my remainder of my holding before it dips to loss levels - wait for bottom then buy back - monday will be interesting because blnx as you know have just acquired 2 big companies and strategically will temporarily slam the brakes on while they effectively re-engineer - bit of a pivotal moment in blinx evolution really - monday could easily swing either way maybe an early surge then reverse most likely - maybe not lol - gl

Well said sir! Give that man a cigar!
What's that, You don't smoke !

it's good to see differing opinions here, not least because speaking for myself and possibly most of us, we do not understand how internet providers and similar make their money .... however, most assuredly they do and even though BLNX is a minnow in that world, it is now making a genuine profit

quite how one puts a fair value on the company is another matter altogether, but as long as this remains a growth area, which assuredly seems to be the case, then hefty forward projections are not unreasonable - always provided the company in question keeps producing the numbers to justify

To be sure the stock has done very well, to say the least
A pull back now and then is surely no bad thing. But the future for online advertising is going from strength to strength. And, Blinkx is well and truly reflecting this.

I can't understand these people who can't ( won't) see the wood for the trees. In effect they say, " Don't confuse me with the facts, my mind is made up ! It would have been better if they had been born in a field and suckled by a wolf, that they might see clearly with their own eyes.

Gibby

I disagree - 70p looks certain. The big question is whether 50p will provide any support.

How fitting, so soon after Nov 5th, that a share that has gone up like a rocket starts to come down like the stick.

Will be adding after 1 and also at the inevitable DCB, which may be as high as 120p imho.

G

Jumped in....not sure if it's a good idea or not....but this might be near the bottom....

RF Perhaps you have a talent for poker!
It seems to be bouncing back a bit at any rate- back in positive territory

rf - What is it they say about bottom pickers?

You get out in the fields and pick that cotton, I'll arrange the Tshirt production and distribution.

gausie - like the firework scenario 3992 lol - i think we can agree to differ - but see how it pans out

rf not sure what you got in hopefully near bottom - but so far blnx is riding this well - you should do well imo gl

Another bad day for BLNX, and another good day for common sense.

common sense and markets do not good bedfellows make as should you know at your age

ditto that lol

the institutions who wolfed down the placing at 140 a couple of weeks back much be feeling very cheesed

I thought that it might have a bit more to drop....perhaps overdone now...

it's almost as out of sorts as GKP!
assuming blnx has a future (i happen to think it does), then sp could well drift with the market until there is more quality news - i.e. increased earnings/profits rather than just boring new links with more obscure providers

rf - why overdone? All of the indicators and chart trends suggest this move is only just beginning.

Cynic- drift? I think not. It's not yet found a level to drift from and looks to remain volatile with strong downward pressure. Either value hunters working from fundies and crossed fingers will eventually drive a DCB (to maybe 1/110p?) or the massacre will continue awhile to 70p and lower before we get the idiot bounce with subsequent new lows. I don't see any reason for drift for quite some time.

Don't forget, the only thing we know for sure about market prices is that they'll always do whatever causes the most people the most pain.

G

There is much worse to come from the Eurozone and a number of world economies. This will pile on the pressure on tech jam tomorrow companies like Blinkx. If it breaches support at 90p then 70p does look quite likely. There is some support at 80p but 70p is a much stronger support level. The candlestick chart shows it better.