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 did, I had to bung them. Sorry I forgot about them in my list.

One of them in Manchester even got a comittee together to try and revoke my public entertainments licence. In a 2000 capacity premises charging 12 entry on a Saturday night that is serious money.

That is where the paid corruption money works for you Police, and or council give tip off, and drug bosses take care of other end.

clubby - i think most people have a very jaundiced view as to the probity of assorted public bodies, from planning committees upwards and downwards

Maybe I should write a book about the corrupt bastards. One very senior police officer had a fetish for ladyboys, and of course Clubbie helped him in his quest to locate one, but then the bent cop expected Clubby to pay for it. Yes I did but he would then tip me off when I was going to have a numbers count so I could stay below legal capacity.

Clubby: this isn't the legendary Hacienda we're talking about in Manchester is it??

No Toya that was my mate Tony's place sad he blew most of his money up his nose.

One of my Manchester premises was on Dale Street

I may have frequented it in my halcyon days! Sorry about your friend Tony - I know someone who used to work there and they all had a great time; apparently he was a fun guy!

He was. He had a dream, but all the hangers on did it in. Also Tony was in fear for his life from the Manchester mafia. Ever go to a Zone club I had six of these places.

You did very well then Clubby - providing entertainment for everyone. It sounds such fun but I can imagine it's not the safest of professions.

Keep an eye on this again later todaythe negative opening aint going to last longstrong buying latersorry about the rampbut the lucky thicko is going to be right again!!just a hunch?
A telling off from Skinny imminent

isn't it nice when your hunches prove right!

Tabby is on the ball today

behave yourself clubby or i'll get that pretty wife of yours to use her strap-on on you!

Don't get me going Cynic. I am off bounty hunting in Rothbury I am taking my mates guide dog, so will have advantage over the dim old bill.

surely not scabbing for old golf balls?
you can't really be that hard up!

WTF. You on the weed early today Cynic.

nope .... had a gentle pastis followed by lunch + light rose
there's a reasonable golf course in rothbury and thought you might be hard up for a bob or two

CynicI would have thought Pastis is not the drink to have before luncheven though it is officially an aperitifkinda gasoline on the palatethere are not that many pissheads in Francebut those that are usually drink Pastisa sort of posh tramps absintheanyway each to there owncarry on Dad!

Hey Tabby, Cynic is going upmarket he used to do Bulmer's in the town centre.

Peter told me it was White Lightning

nothing like absinthe ... dyor as some say here