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.

BUYNasdaq down almost 2% today(yesterday) blinkxalot




MIVa up 9%

blinkx Named Star Performer By Speech Technology Magazine
26 August 2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. August 26, 2008 blinkx, the worlds largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has been named a winner of Speech Technology magazines 2008 Speech Industry Awards in the Star Performers category. Awards are presented to individuals and companies for extraordinary efforts made to increase benefits, acceptance and adoption of speech technologies and for outstanding accomplishments in bringing new products and services to the marketplace. The awards were presented recently at the 14th Annual SpeechTEK Conference and Exposition in New York City.

"Recipients of the Speech Technology magazine's Speech Industry Awards are recognized for accomplishments that stand out from the crowd," says David Myron, editorial director of Speech Technology magazine. "They have distinguished themselves through their individual accomplishments, service to the industry and the implementation of truly innovative new applications using speech technology."

We are honored to receive Speech Technology magazines Star Performer Award, said Suranga Chandratillake, CEO and founder, blinkx. Our patented speech recognition technology is a core component of our video search offering, which has enabled us to index more than 26 million hours of online television and video. Our technology understands video better than any other service available today, and were pleased to be awarded for our efforts"I am sure Google are well aware of Blinkx and its technology.

What an award like this does for Blinkx is give it credibility with customers without having to prove it every time they go to sell it.
I eonder if Google won anything?

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - August 27, 2008 - blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership with Getty Images (www.gettyimages.com), the world's leading creator and distributor of visual content and other digital media. From entertainment capsules to sporting recaps to the upcoming Democratic and Republican Convention feeds in the United States, Getty Images' content is now more easily accessible than ever at www.blinkx.com. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising against Getty Images' multimedia, and will share resulting advertising revenue with Getty Images.




'We're delighted to partner with Getty Images, a company that is considered the gold standard in its industry,' said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. 'Our viewers will enjoy Getty's diverse range of high quality content. In addition, with Election Day approaching in the States, our American audiences will particularly appreciate Getty's up-to-the-minute Democratic and Republican National Convention feeds on blinkx.com.'




'We believe our assets deserve wide exposure, and we're always looking for innovative ways to make our digital content easily accessible,' said Josh Rucci, senior director of multimedia sales, Getty Images. 'We're pleased to partner with blinkx, whose technology enables us to expand our reach further than ever before.'

Another good tie up here.I reckon that a lot of investors need to take their BLINKERS off and see that we have a real winner here,one way or another

This is a very big US co. with revenues/profits of millions a tie up like this will attract much more US interest.

I agree that it is certainly raising their profile. Is it likely though, to put off the big boys who may have been interested in acquiring BLNX?

The faster it grows the more it will cost them! I don't think AU. will be willing to sell as Mike Lynch holds a sizeable stake and he has already stated he didn't realise how fast this would take off. 450 partners in under 2 years is some growth! I know we're waiting for the revenue figures to astound us but this co. was not expected to make a profit for 3 years--not it looks as though profits can't be far away!

The above comments reflect well,and buys lead sells today by 3 to 2,but the MMs have seen fit to mark the stock down by1/4 point.I suppose if it had been equal it would have been 1 point down.
signed bitter and twisted

8 weeks till the results, the mm's are playing a dangerous game and may still be facilitating a big buy order.

either way the mv is way too low for a global leader in the search sector, google or yahoo or MSN will gobble this up shortly.

people shorting this must be mad, I'm continuing to buy as funds allow, each to their own.

BLINKX SETS DATE FOR ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS


Cambridge, England - 28 August 2008 - blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX.), the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, announces that its Annual General Meeting will take place on 23 September 2008 at 9.30am (London time). The meeting will take place at blinkx's headquarters in Cambridge Business Park, Cowley Road, Cambridge CB4 0WZ.

All shareholders not planning to attend the meeting in person are urged to send instructions for the voting of their shares so that they are represented at the meeting. Please contact your financial intermediary for the procedure to follow.

Copies of blinkx's Notice of Annual General Meeting, Form of Proxy and Directors' and Auditors' Reports and the Statement of Accounts for the year ended 31 March 2008 were recently mailed to shareholders, and may also be obtained directly from blinkx as well as from your financial intermediary. blinkx's annual report for the year ended 31 March 2008 will also be available on blinkx's web site located at http://www.blinkx.com/investors

What happens if you are a nominee shareholder? (Thus not on the shareholder register). Or is it easy come, easy go?
As I live in Norfolk, might be worth a quick trip down the A11/A14.

You should be able to get a letter from your nominee company HARRYCAT, which will allow you to attend. Give them a ring.

Have spoken to Blinkx in London & they are going to reply by e-mail asap.
Will post reply here when received.

You can attend anyway - I've been to a few AGMs and it's never been a problem. Would be really interesting to see the faces that blink behind Blinkx.

AGMs will always welcome a bit of crumpet, but that ploy rather rules out harry!

I am happy to get dressed up for the occasion! :o)

Think I might have to as well - not sure I'd pass for "a bit of crumpet" at my age!

you just need buttering up a bit .... may even cut my fingernails to do it for you!

It looks like they intend to run a fairly tight ship at the AGM (as correctly stated by Kimoldfield):
"Dear Sir,
I understand that you hold your shares in Blinkx plc through a nominee and wish to attend the forthcoming AGM.

In order to attend, vote and speak at the meeting your nominee can either appoint you as a third party proxy or appoint you as a corporate representative.
If your nominee appoints you as a third party proxy, this request will need to be received at the Computershare offices no later than 9.30am on Sunday 21st September. Your nominee will need to submit this request on your behalf stating the number of shares you are able to vote on.

If your nominee decides to appoint you as a corporate representative you will need to obtain from your nominee a letter of representation signed by them stating the number of shares you are to represent. Please ensure you bring this letter to the meeting with you. I have attached the ICSA guidelines in regards to corporate representatives which included the relevant sections of the Companies Act 2006 and a template for the letter of representation which should be followed.

Please do not hesitate to contact me if I can be of any further assistance"
Kind regards
Rosalynn (Client services Manager)

Thanks for that Harrycat - would never have thought they'd want to go through all that rigmarole.

Isn't it just a sign of the times though?
When my son recently waved his passport renewal form at me, I quickly assumed a state of torpor.

G'morning Mr C ;)