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.

He is and more so a wind up merchant imo.

Of course hes an idiot everyone knows its Master RSI, and that being the case its a confirmed IDIOT.

Must have a least 20 alias on this board.

13 May 2014 Blinkx PLC BLNX Goldman Sachs Buy 64.25 64.00 170.00 130.00 Downgrades

Blinkx off ‘Conviction List’ at Goldman Sachs
13th May 2014, 08:21

Goldman Sachs has moderated its recommendation on Blinkx [LON:BLNX] and moved to a straight ‘buy’ rating (previously ‘conviction buy’) stating that the stock is unlikely to outperform over the near-term despite supportive catalysts.

The broker specifically highlighted the general sector de-rating and the challenges faced by the video search and advertising services provider as it transitions from on-line to mobile as the main risks to outperformance.

However, Goldman went on to say: “We continue to believe that Blinkx has a broader and differentiated product offering (video search/discovery syndication, mobile) vs. ad-tech peers which enables higher monetisation vs. point vendors.”

Analysts have also moved to a 24 month price target of 130 pence a share from their previous 12 month target of 170 pence.

Dil's 80p target was rubbish!! :-)

Blackrock have been selling again. They are now below 10%.

Am I mistaken or have I not read good results from this company....I'm not sure how much debt there is though...

Hays, what do you mean above, Blackrock ??????

thought they were notorious for going short.

Note (part) to go with post #5943:
Goldman Sachs:
"We believe the stock is unlikely to outperform near-term and lower our price target to 130p with a new 24m horizon (from 170p over 12m)
We continue to believe that Blinkx has a broader and differentiated product offering (video search/discovery syndication, mobile) vs. ad-tech peers which enables higher monetisation vs. point vendors. Blinkx’s FY14 results (May 6) which came in at the upper end of the company’s preannouncement with strong cash conversion and net cash balance, underpin our positive view. Additionally, the company’s acquisition of LYFE Mobile in the attractive mobile programmatic space should help enhance the mobile offerings from Blinkx and drive new revenue streams in our view. We make modest changes to our FY15 estimates as we incorporate the LYFE acquisition and related incremental R&D expenses.
On revised estimates, our new 24m price target is 130p (from 170p over 12m), derived 70% from our core P/E valuation of 109p (from 128p) based on 20x (previously 23x) CY15E pro-forma EPS and 30% from our M&A valuation of 177p (from 268p), based on 3x CY15E sales. We lower valuation multiples to reflect de-rating in the ad-tech sector and now value Blinkx at a 0.5x PEG on the core (from 0.8x previously). We note net cash as a percentage of market cap is now 31%. Key risks to our view and price target include: (1) market concerns around the business model; (2) lack of clarity on future of IDOL updates; (3) slowing end markets; (4) management turnover; and (5) M&A integration risks."

gf
Blackrock had 13%+ recently, they now have approx 9%.



Quite a change from GS. A couple of weeks ago it was "Conviction buy at 340p". It took them a long while to change their mind as they have been saying that all the way down.

Hays what do you mean they have 9% of stock on loan ie short??????

GF - its in today's RNS

Blackrock - Holding has gone below 10%

Cheers skinny.

Gausiebank still says sell!

G

Cant really see a reason to buy. So I agree.

I've just come accross this article today:

Blinkx and BlackRock – what is going on?
By Tom Winnifrith — Tuesday 13 May 2014
http://www.shareprophets.advfn.com/views/5433/blinkx-and-blackrock-what-is-going-on


Here are some very brief extracts (Sign in on above link to read the full article) :

"Today it was announced that Black Rock's holding has fallen to a new low - just 9.72%."
...
Indeed the share price fall in the share price since May 7 (the stock is now 63.25p) indicates to me that BlackRock may now be offloading shares at an ever accelerated rate. We shall see.
"I am still a blinkx bear? We at some stage the net cash which must be 35p per share will offer some support. However having failed to refuse the Edelman charges – which you can see Ben explain HERE - there is no earnings visibility. As such I remain a (100% vindicated) bear although one can now see support approaching at c40p."

Interesting

And full of typos - very (un)professional!

Bought back @ 65p

there is a feeling of turning on the order book

depth of 78 v 48 on the order book