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Blinkx Buys Burst Media To Chase Higher Video Ad Rates

Apr 8, 2011 4:01 AM

Video index and ads firm Blinkx is buying up UK ad tech vendor and network Burst Media for $30 million (£18.5 million).

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, blinkx, burst media

Blinkx Aims For Over-The-Top Through The Back Door

Feb 2, 2011 3:00 AM

Video index Blinkx may come to the connected TV market more as a feature of other services than by bringing its own services to the devices. It’s making available an API, so that IPTV applications made by other outfits can offer its videos and ads.

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, blinkx

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Blinkx Expects To Beat Expectations With Big Revenue Jump

Oct 11, 2010 4:52 AM

Online video search index and advertising firm Blinkx says it expects to blow away analysts’ expectations by posting a much stronger half-year operating profit.

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, IPTV, VOD, Money, Earnings, blinkx

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Blinkx’s Growing Income Tethered By Ongoing Expenses

May 19, 2010 5:09 AM

Video search-and-ads firm Blinkx nearly doubled its income last year - but ongoing product costs left it with another significant loss. Suranga Chandratillake’s Blinkx is well-positioned in the fast-growing space - it’s got 720 content providers, its video searches are up 169 percent to 22.6 million a day and the…

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Posted In: Advertising, Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Money, Earnings, blinkx

Blinkx Drops Bid For Search Marketing Firm Miva

Oct 6, 2008 1:34 AM

Online video search firm Blinkx, which is publicly traded on the AIM market, has dropped its public bid to acquire pay-per-click ad network MIVA. The London- and San Francisco-based Blinkx had offered $1.20 per share, valuing Miva at $41.13 million, a 54 percent premium over its early August stock price…Miva…

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Posted In: Advertising, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Search, Technologies / Formats, Countries, Europe, blinkx, miva

Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google-News Corp Acquisition Chatter

May 9, 2008 8:41 AM

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company today - then petered out a little. FT.com casually noted the company may seek a Nasdaq listing, adding to its…

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Posted In: Media & Publishing, TV, VOD, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, Google, News Corp., Countries, Europe, blinkx

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