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.

They should have informed the market by now.

I actually took just a quick look at that item and instantly thought Tech Freak. To be honest I dont bother with much like that as I just trade the stock and not the company.

Obviously I have a quick look at a few fundies but havent a clue what Blinx actually do other than advertise.

The chart with market action plus a few fundies is enough for me.

Ive even been known to buy stocks because I like their name. WINK.

Broker TP's look a bit rich atm (Goldman 340p!!)

maybe RNS after Wall Street opens.

I have never liked brokers' estimates for tech shares as they often don't have the expertise to call it right. I have personal experience of this while attending a broker's lunch. A couple of analysts from a broker for a tech share were there and I knew more about the stock than they did. The lunch was specifically about that stock.

Aren't the management of Blinkx in California? It is only 7:20am there.

I saw a comment that Blinkx is in a closed period at the moment.

Isn't that why god invented telephones?

Yep but come on they have connections here, the house broker for a kick off.

They cant use that as an excuse.

Hay - you remember the analysis dodddy and I once wrote on a healthcare tech company over on the other side? Must have been 15 years ago now. It was republished word for word as a brokers' note by NUMIS the next day.

In California they do it by telepathy.

Gausie - whatever happened to doddy?

Dodddy you must know CAT then gausie.

Is he still ramping up on advfn premium.

Cat still posts.

Skinny - He's still about and doing well. I had a note a week or so back saying he'd taken a position at Clem's place. Not had dinner with him for a year or so.

G - I've not seen H for a good few years. But I believe Dil is in pretty regular contact with him.

Yep I noticed he tried cockneys joint but I dont think enough where taking notice of his charts.

Dil is a pal.

Read this

http://ftalphaville.ft.com/

At pixel time we still await Blinkx’s official response to allegations of questionable practices made by Benjamin Edelman, an associate professor at Harvard Business School and a self-proclaimed sheriff of the internet advertising industry. Blinkx shares traded down as much as 51.6 per cent on the claims, knocking about £400m off its market value.

What we do have is a note from Citigroup, Blinkx’s joint house broker.

Anyone remember goodfella on advfn, used to be a good lad from Northampton, always tapping me up for tips from Evil K.

Think hes abroad now.

gausie
Do you rember Ashley James posted a comment on a stock and later there was an RNS including a note that he had been paid quite a bit. It was a mining stock I think.

What an 'interesting' character he was!

Goldie - please delete the cat stuff.

and yes, Goodfella is abroad.