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.

...... and GS says conviction buy TP 340p.

This is now sitting right on a major support level. A fall from here has clear air down for a long way to 150p.

it's been a fair while since BLNX sp broke significantly through 25/50 dma, so in the (very) short term there may be some money to be made on the short tack

for myself, i'm very happy to sit out what i think is no more than a hiccough, and indeed, i still have headroom (my notional investment limit) to top up further should i feel so inclined

it seems that there has been some selling or transferring of assets in certain nominee holdings

Chart looks terrible, well and truly heading south now IMO, my premature sell now in the money.

Conversely look at IQE, looking very good. Strong chart signal accompanied by great news and super results at Skyworks. Looks like Oxford Asset Management called it right eh tobasco "Oxford Asset Management just taken a position on IQE....fuck me...they really are insane! 0.50% 2013-10-28 " not so insane IMO.

from an immediate chart point of view, you're absolutely right of course, but the company is now making very good real profits - it took a long time to get from potential to reality! - and, i think, consistently beats its targets .... hence why i'm more than happy to sit tight and hold

if sp gets down to 150 (200 dma), which is certainly a possibility, i'm sure i'll buy some more

This may have some bearing on the fall

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/19/blinkx-founder-chandratillake-becomes-balderton-capital-partner-as-maloney-steps-back/

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/newsbysector/mediatechnologyandtelecoms/digital-media/10582706/Blinkx-founder-to-return-to-UK-to-join-venture-investor.html

There are a lot of comments on other BBs suggesting his involvement will be significantly less. I saw some of the reports yesterday so expected further falls today,

hays - you may be right, and there was also a modest downgrade from jefferies ..... that linked to possible chart-driven selling is no great help

however, as this is one of my long term stocks, i remain unconcerned
certainly Dr C's new role at balderton should actually have little if any genuine effect on BLNX itself

Interesting thread, at 173p I make BLNX trading at 34 times earnings. At 55p the company is trading at 8 times earnings. If you look at profit before tax is 8% of turnover. Oversold on RSI but looking at the numbers a correction was probably due anyway.

plenty more downside here.

so tell us, are you still nursing that truly mammoth loss you must have incurred?
have you added to your short position?
i'm afraid you really haven't called this one too well in the past, though i concede there may currently be some short term downside (to 150?)

Cyners whats the reason for the fall from the high here.

Just technicaly overbought????.

modest downgrade from jefferies; DrC taking a marginally different role (little or no effect in my opinion; selling on break down through 245/50 dma; probably a bit o'bought having had an excellent run of late

And this out this morning.........

21 Jan 2014 Blinkx PLC BLNX Goldman Sachs Conviction Buy 174.63 172.50 340.00 340.00 Reiterates

Gausie say GS talks bollox .... GS says they are the hand of God :-)

Always thought myself that they were one of the better brokers.

Was going to say I couldnt see any reason for the fall from the high, except for over bought on the chart.

Must have a high beta.

do you currently hold?
if not, perhaps now is a reasonable entry level

I'd really want to see it around 160 before buying in - that's my target price.

Looks to me like its just falling back to trade in its old range. Would have to break to around 150 before I'd consider buying in and even then I would consider this to be an expensive purchase.