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.

too much silly money for my taste ...... for similar reasons, i really do not like the waterside at bray, and fat duck is more of a stage show than a restaurant, "frightfully clever" as heston b is ... generally speaking we prefer to go where the food is still really good - the capital, galvin's, umu, zuma (for a real buzz!) - but the ambience more relaxed and not so up itself

Is that Aldo's place

Scott's is one of my favourites. Also Yauatcha. My favourite takeout though is a little stall in Argyll Street, best noodles ever! I just can't help it, I have to have at least one a week when I'm in London. :o)

I wasn't categorising Scott's and Yauatcha in the takeout section incidentally!

My favourite place is Joe Allen's I go there with some theatrical friends most entertaining.

i haven't got round to trying scott's since it fell into richard caring's empire, but i hear very good reports of it ... actually i live 30 miles west of london, so tend to eat relatively locally where we have a pretty good selection, though not by london standards

aldo's place?? .... = aldo zilli? ... no; he has a fish restaurant

someone else raved about joe allen's just the other day ... i haven't been there in 30 years or more, though covent garden is not really my area now

Cynic won't know Joe Allens it is down a dirty back alley in W1 and full of A to Z celebs. Some *** nicked my Rolls from there years ago, but the old bill captured him.

Anybody know this up and coming girl singer elizadoolittle on BBC tv today she is the daughter of a friend of mine. Bet Cynic knows her she is jewish.

of course - her father collects animals!

btw, exeter street is no more a back alley than many small london streets in the area (WC2!!)

No her father is a producer, and her mother used to stay at Clubby's mansion

http://www.elizadoolittle.com/

Doolittle was born in Westminster, London.[1] She attended The Village School in Belsize Park for primary school and Channing School for Girls in Highgate Village, North London for secondary school. She is the daughter of John Caird (director) and Frances Ruffelle (who is also a singer), granddaughter of Sylvia Young. She is an Arsenal supporter, and talks about her favourite player Cesc Fabregas in an interview with intothespotlight.co.uk -

Fcuk metheres some name dropping on here tonightIm a SW1 man I cant possibly join in.although there are some nice Italians in and around the Kingswaybig jobs toilet [WC2]

Perhaps we all should get togetherbeat the shit out of each other.loser pays.be sure to bring plenty of money Clubby.

And Clubbywhen I eat I dont sit on bar stoolsI like white tablecloths

You can count me out then - I don't want to be beaten up... But I do remember Joe Allen's from when it first opened - glad to hear it's still a fun place to go!

T - too far from cheshire for you!

You're right - much too old for such a long trip these days.

joints are clearly getting rusty from all that naturism you go in for in all weathers

Toya we would all end up hugging each other to deathdont do violenceand Cynics me Dad

The fresh air is good for me though - better than all those fumes of the city!