Robert Andrews
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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Robert Andrews
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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Robert Andrews
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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Robert Andrews
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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Rafat Ali
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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Robert Andrews
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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