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.

I've just seen this little snippet:
'The video search engine company rose on Tuesday amid speculative buying on revived talk of a possible bid from Google, according to the Daily Mail market report.'

as i have said before, it is hard to imagine why BLNX would be of any interest whatsoever to GOOG ..... this rumour has been around several times before - a good way to puff the price

A bit of puff is always helpful though, so I'm not complaining

Toya…imo trader talk…the slightest truth in that rumor and we would have been back to the 150p+…the stock has been messed about with for some time!........ stock still on loan 4.49%...

Goldman Sachs initiated a ridiculous 250p tag on Sep 26, 2011 before ripping the company to pieces two months later…classic Goldman... they are closely connected to those that are now short…

Ending to the story will be simple…..trust me I’m very lucky!!! £££££££££

I know tabby - these stories surface every so often, and it matters not to me since I am sticking with these in any case - have done for years!

Cynic…I can imagine a whole host of big boys wanting BLNX… the clue is… BLNX internet media platform powered by CORE is unique and the world's most advanced video engine…we are also playing in the hottest sector…and we are the best!!!...i trust that is enough of a clue?

that has been the so-called story for the last 2/3/4 years, but no one has even been to sniff .... of course it may come to pass in the fullness of time, but it's a lousy reason to invest

btw and to remind you, i am actually a holder!

Cynic…big boys start off as small boys…I think you could probably name a few of these big boys that never got a sniff in their infancy? hmmmmm? Btw…I know you are a holder….well done….but you do get itchy feet very easily….

not really, but i certainly warn people off buying on stupid t/o stories

Me too!

F Y results should be out next month I believe. Has anybody seen what is expected ?

last IMS 12/2/13 very positive.

Chess…the trading update gave revenue for the full year in the range of $180M to $185M…I would image to be around top end or fractionally better…

We will probably know on the 18th May…I have a feeling in my wine there will be another good announcement…management have been very bullish over this last six months…

Their problem is in spite of massive turnover increases in the past they do not impact on the bottom line sufficiently so far to justify the market cap of £200m+.

Halifax – I have made a very good living out of punters that only invest in the good thing…the one with form.. the dead cert…

You see those so called shrewdies all gamble the same way…they wont look at a scopey filly that has been brought along slowly…they want to back the unbeaten flashy colt …and are prepared to part with their cash at short odds…I love those shrewdies…and I love their money!

BLNX have knocked out tremendous figures year after year…all achieved in double-dip…treble-dip..or however many dips we have had…we have seen AOL dump their own in-house search in favor of BLNX….who describe CORE as the world's most advanced video engine…nobody has challenged that…I personally would put £10 valuation on today’s 82p for the success they are likely to have within three years…try a little vision… if you want to back a 1/10…a 4k to 40k feel free….the MM’s know just how to hook you!!

we await their forthcoming results with wild enthusiasm, but never forget what usually follows!

Just having a look at some of the projected figures, EBITDA is expected at £20.3 million (2012 £12.8 m) Sales £183 million ( 2012 £114 million) , roughly about 60% up in both cases.

numbers are in dollars not sterling?

If BLNX got taken out by a biggie…it could well be Yahoo…Ms Meyer/Reses the new driving force behind Yahoo have many links with the world's most advanced video engine…

Reses led the U.S. media group at Apax Partners where she made some of the firm’s most significant investments in media companies… “APAX Partners, the venture capital firm, is understood to have made a total of around £1 billion”…the VC received a 33pc stake in Autonomy when it was spun out of Neurodynamics in 1996”The Doctor” Lynch also secured backing from Apax Partners when Autonomy listed on the stock market in 1998… and is now an Advisory Board Member of Apax Partners and as we know a non-executive director of BLNX.

Marissa Mayer the ex GOOG superstar and now Yahoo CEO is in talks to acquire a controlling stake in Dailymotion… one of the world's most popular online video websites…

BLNX... the advanced video search engine.. has recently announced a partnership with Dailymotion… the online video portal. ..S. Brian Mukherjee CEO of blinkx commented... “Adding Dailymotion to our strong roster of partners enables us to continue to grow our index of up-to-date videos”

Rumors have been ongoing that Yahoo and AOL will one day get together…

Ned Brody, who was the top advertising-sales executive at AOL, has just resigned… “How soon Mr. Brody, 49 years old, would start at Yahoo depends on whether AOL CEO Tim Armstrong and Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer can come to an agreement over the restrictions in Mr. Brody's AOL contract”

Remember Blnx replaced in-house Truveo to power the AOL video search…if Yahoo and Aol got together? AOL and Yahoo have always focused more on video search than Google…

Apr 11, 2013, 06.52AM
SAN FRANCISCO: “Marissa Mayer's strategy of using deals to reignite growth at Yahoo! will hinge on the success of a private-equity veteran named Jacqueline Reses who was largely unknown in Silicon Valley six months ago. Reses, a 43-year-old finance executive with an economics degree, has been instrumental in closing a spate of acquisitions since her hiring in September.” And the rumors continue…although way too early [I hope] fot a t/o imo? It would skin those in market control!!! lol

Goldman have a new target price of a £1…they must now be long….watch this very quickly become 150p in mid May…and then back to their 250p price before November…so very predictable!!!