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.

You owe me a drink tabasco!
"Software group Blinkx ( from Shares Mag)
(BLNX:AIM) has built up what is the worlds biggest video search engine, with more than 35 million hours of content. The Cambridge firm is not yet profitable but it is proving increasingly capable of monetising its offerings. Continuing progress should drive its valuation higher.
Blinkxs strength is its unique technology the search software goes beyond the traditional keyword-based search methods and understands the meaning of video content from sounds and images within the clips. This technology, which ensures more relevant and complete results, is licensed from Autonomy (AU.), which demerged Blinkx in April 2007. Autonomy, a leading supplier of meaning-based computer search tools, still controls appropriately 19% of the spin-off.
Internet video is a booming industry, with more than 17 million searches conducted every day as of last September, a number which more than doubled from the year before. Novembers interim revenues were up by 106% to $13.1 million. Blinkxs pricing for video advertising remained firm in a market where others experienced decline. This can be attributed to the unique qualities of Blinkxs technology as well as the groups business model. Chief executive and founder Suranga Chandratillake said the number of advertising campaigns incorporating video content had risen by 238%, as Blinkx attracted a flood of new clients in the period as corporations and agencies latched on to the value of online video. Chandratillake pointed out higher thresholds for return on investment in the downturn have been a boost for the group, whose services means advertisers can precisely track recipients actions. A further example of how the technology can be applied came when Blinkx partnered with environmental group WWF during Decembers climate change summit in Copenhagen. Blinkxs AdHoc platform meant up-to-the-minute footage from the event could be partnered with relevant advertising to run alongside the videos, with the income shared between Blinkx and its partner. Blinkxs revenues should respond well to any improvement in the advertising market overall, as well as the general ongoing growth in internet traffic.
Blinkx is also looking into further partnerships that link online video and more traditional broadcast media. In May the company announced a deal with Miniweb, an interactive service provider present in nine million UK homes, where Blinkxs software will enable Miniwebs customers to search broadcast TV and internet video through a single device. This also represents further opportunities for targeted advertising based on user profiles. Canaccord Adams analyst Alan Howard predicts Blinkx will reach profitability in fiscal 2011. He notes the valuation remains sensitive to Blinkxs long-term earnings potential and assumes a 27% peak profit margin and a long-run return on sales of 21%. Piper Jaffray analyst Rajeev Bahl has the group reaching break-even in 2012, but the groups 10.1 million cash, plus the 5 million raised in November via a share placing underwritten by Autonomy, means the company should be comfortably funded until this happens.
The cash buffer also provides Blinkx with the opportunity to acquire should it so desire. As Blinkx moves towards break-even we expect the discount to Yahoo to narrow, says Bahl, whose 26p target price assumes a rerating to 3.3 times Enterprise Value to sales (EV/Sales) for calendar 2010, which we view as realistic if revenue development continues as expected.

Harry.Your da Man. very much appreciated.

note well that this load of crud does not expect to reach b/e until 2012, so that's an awful long time to take an awful lot on trust ...... therefore why would you buy at this juncture? ..... sure as hell i shan't get suckered in (again)

TIDMBLNX

RNS Number : 7397F
Blinkx Plc
19 January 2010

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blinkx Continues to Climb The Nielsen Company's List of Top Online Video Brands


Users turn to www.blinkx.com as online video usage continues to rise


SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - January 19, 2010 - blinkx, the world's largest and most
advanced video search engine, today announced that it has been ranked a top
online brand by the Nielsen Company. blinkx joins the ranks of YouTube, Hulu,
and Yahoo as a top online video site in a recent report based on video streams
for December 2009.


In addition to its ranking of top online brands, Nielsen reports that overall
online video usage is on the rise. In the past year, the total number of video
streams has gone up 11.8%, while the amount of time logged watching online video
per viewer has increased 13.2%.


"blinkx is thrilled to be named a top online video brand by a company with the
credibility and commitment to excellence of Nielsen," said Suranga
Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. "We're excited to remain at the
forefront of this burgeoning industry and plan to continue expanding the breadth
of our index and quality of our partnerships."


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 650 partners and 35 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.

9.32 and no trades what's up

Cant see Au. borrowing 500ml just in case they might need itgiving shorters a good excuse.but then again Mike Lynch is one of the shrewdest guys on the planetwho is he pals with.hmmmmmmmmmm must not think out loud?

I see blnx up 7% today.hmmmmmmmmmm?

Where do you get that from. It is up 1.75% today

ClubmanI got it from advfn at 15.13...I expect I will get another different figure at 8.30 tomorrowlife moves on

get real guys! .... BLNX is almost second cousin to EME ..... bin it

Sure glad that was only your point of view Cynic

For once I disagree with you cynic! Lynch is certainly no fool and he wouldn't have backed the placing at around 19p if he didn't feel it justified.

Like many others, the stock has been shorted down but it does now appear to show some life in it.

Unfortunately, for once, I agree with tabasco but if I say it will be the exception that broke the rule, I'm sure he'll forgive me!

Only a fool holds a grudge dealera grudge plays with the holders mind onlyso what is the point?of course I will forgive you

Maybe I have time to paint the entire house waiting for this dog to rise.

call your vet!

What you got a Wendy House?

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For those interested in BLNX.

The down trendline is obvious and capped the recent small rise.
The shallow uptrend extends back over 12 months and once breached as support has also acted as resistance during the last few days.

Something I hadn't noticed on the AM chart was the presence of a 'Dead Cross' (circled on the chart)(50MA crosses the 200MA whilst both are in a downtrend). Ok, you might argue the 200 was flat, but pretty close; clearly this was not good news.

On the slightly positive side, the MACD is currently showing divergence versus the SP, which may be an indication that the decline is about to be reversed or perhaps just that the decline is slowing.

First thing the SP needs to achieve is to breakthrough the shallow trendline and once there not to slide back down the down trend.

I don't have a crystal ball so no idea what will happen next, but I certainly wouldn't invest in BLNX at the moment. Good luck to all holders.

I could paint the entire City by the time this bummer rises to any decent level

Could be worth a long term punt @ 4p

What you got a toy town as well?

Down again even on a FTSE up day, bag of S**** this one stay clear