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.

(great addition to the thread.... that )....ASOS might be next with a drop like that...

Interesting thread, I know nothing about this particular share, but I'm sorry for anyone who has lost money on this.

skinny, God didn't invent telephones, it was a chap called Alexander Graham Bell!:-)

Perhaps he should phone them then! :-)

Clipety clop...clipety clop...ohh !...the sound of John Wayne and the sellers galloping away....

from LSE BB

Citi, Blinkx's joint house broker, says that the falls are overdone.

"We view this as a significant overreaction. We see no reason to think our numbers are unsound," Citi writes in a note, pointing out that Edelman has not disclosed the client he is working for, and that his concerns over the company are general investment risks that are "no more unusual than that of many ad tech companies".

"We think this is a significant buying opportunity, but at the same time acknowledge that until the company itself rebuts these claims, trading could be volatile."

Statement re Share price movement

London, England and San Francisco, CA.30 January 2014 - blinkx plc ("blinkx" or the "Company") notes the recent share price decline and related market speculation. As a matter of course, the Company does not normally comment on such matters. However, blinkx has noted a recent blog post by a Consultant paid by unnamed third parties, in which he discloses, "I prepared a portion of this article at the request of a client that prefers not to be listed by name." blinkx strongly refutes the assertions made and conclusions drawn in the blog post. The Company confirms there has been no material change to the operational and financial performance or outlook for the business, and that Fiscal Q3 trading was in line with management expectations.

About blinkx
blinkx (LSE AIM: BLNX) is an Internet media company that connects consumers and brands through premium content online. Founded in 2004, blinkx pioneered Internet Video Search using its patented COncept Recognition Engine (CORE). This technology leverages speech recognition, text and image analysis to deeply understand the meaning and context of video content to generate improved search relevancy for consumers and a brand safe environment for advertisers. Today, blinkx is a broad digital media technology, distribution and monetization platform that connects consumers, advertisers and content across four screens. Through its partnerships with hundreds of media companies, including ABC, NBC, Conde Nast, Reuters and Bloomberg, blinkx has indexed and search enabled millions of hours of video content. blinkx powers video search, discovery or monetization on thousands of online properties including AOL, Lycos, ABC, CBS and Fox Sports. blinkx is headquartered in San Francisco, California with 15 offices worldwide. For more information please visit www.blinkx.com.

That is pretty much what you would expect. However, is the article posted by Mr Edelman correct?

The Intraday chart shows anyone not buying on breaking up 100p, has no idea of charting.

I am in since that point

Another bear raid but plenty of speculation about this that and the other
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Shares Magazine has its own

Market speculation that a big share placing could be on the cards for video search engine Blinkx (BLNX:AIM) sparks a 46.6% collapse in the share price to 93.75p. Management is expected to rush out a response although there’s nothing yet to calm investor panic.
htTp://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/news/market-report-serco-warning#.UupRiHf8IUq

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Paul Scott-Stockpedia.

Blinkx (LON:BLNX)
All hell's broken loose with this video hosting/advertising company today, with their shares currently down 44% to 98p. Apparently there has been some sort of allegations or criticism of their method of charging advertisers. So no doubt a response will be published by the company fairly shortly, and kittens are probably being had in offices all over the City.

I looked at their website once, but it seemed to me like a greatly inferior copy of YouTube, so after that I didn't consider buying any shares in it.

However, it is perhaps a wake-up call that in this technology age, we really need to be sure about how a company actually makes money, as it might not be sustainable. That's a general point, not specific to Blinkx. However, I can think of quite a few other companies where people are not really sure where the profits actually come from, and the companies themselves seem to obscure that by using overly waffly language - a warning sign in my view. Every good investment should be crystal clear in how they make profit, and that it is sustainable

- See more at: Http://www.-.com/content/small-cap-value-report-30-jan-2014-kbc-myx-biln-nwt-tri-fbt-blnx-81009/#sthash.gAUoMzVp.eDZgTbhl.dpuf
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edit - noticed statement after I post the above
good to see everything is OK

RF

Still here :-)

And still selling :-))

Here is the bio of the guy who posted the article

http://www.benedelman.org/bio/

London-listed video search and ad company Blinkx said it "strongly refutes" assertions made in a blog post that raised concerns about its business model and sent shares in the company down by more than half on Thursday. Traders had earlier cited the posting by Harvard Business School professor Benjamin Edelman as the reason for the sell-off. It questions Blinkx's advertising tactics and the value the company provided for advertisers. "Blinkx strongly refutes the assertions made and conclusions drawn in the blog post," the company said. "The Company confirms there has been no material change to the operational and financial performance or outlook for the business, and that Fiscal Q3 trading was in line with management expectations."


fine, but what is NOT stated is that they are studying what legal action may be suitable - or at least words to that effect

maybe empty vessel's......

Got some at 111p.....risky but it does look overdone this drop....just a month ago I would have had to pay double what I just paid.....most shares have pulled back but this has been savaged.....might go back to 140p...in the next week....

I can't see any legal action happening. They would have to show that the conclusions of Edelman were wrong. Personally, I think he is right as I have always thought. Smoke and mirrors!

I think the price will return to a higher level, partly because people have short memories and a rise will pull in more punters.

RF, Hay

Are you kidding?

This'll be below 60p within the next week.

Me too...target 140 to 150p.....still way down from the 200p plus seen before....

not hedging your bet are you sunbeam?

i'm unsure what to expect, but their next figures and accompanying statement could make interesting reading
anyone know when they're due?

in the interim, i would not be at all surprised to see some quite serious bear closing tomorrow - but i could easily be wrong :-)

now then Gausie.... doom and gloom ......

Bought shares not cfd's or spreads....150p sounds reasonable to me.....