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more news today
Press Release Source: blinkx
blinkx Survey of TV and Online Video Habits Reveals Surprising User Behavior
Thursday February 28, 8:00 am ET
Double Dipping, Typers vs. Talkers and Media Multitasking Stand out as Common Activities
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced the results of a new survey on television and online video viewing habits conducted on its behalf by Harris Interactive®. The survey, designed to shed light into the interplay between television viewing and Internet usage, revealed some startling results.
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It’s Prime Time Online
There’s no question that the market for online television and video has arrived. According to comScore, nearly 136 million Americans, or 75% of total Internet users, watch online video. Similarly, a July 2007 report from Pew Internet & American Life Project entitled Online Video reported that 76% of young adults (age 18-29) consume online video, and that two-thirds of those individuals (67%) then forward those videos on to friends and family.
“With the ubiquity of broadband and the increasing availability of high quality content online, we wanted to better understand what audiences are really looking for and how they want to watch it,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx. “Online television shouldn’t simply replicate the living rooms TV experience we already have. We wanted insight into how to bring combined television’s best qualities, with the immersive, connected power of the Internet.”
Media Multitasking
Many of the early concerns about online video revolved around the Web stealing away television viewers. Today’s survey results point to the fact that when it comes to TV vs. the Web, it’s not an either/or proposition – it’s both.
When it comes to television viewing, the survey showed that more than three in four adults are doing the two-screen tango. Viewers aren’t necessarily abandoning their TV in favor of the Web; many are using the Web as an accompaniment to their TV viewing. In fact, 78% U.S. adults go online while watching TV, and more than a third of them do so always or often.
Double Dippers
“Double-dippers” are comprised of adults who enjoy surfing the Internet while watching television. Fully 62% of double-dippers surf the web while watching television for content that is not related to what they’re watching. And 25% of double-dippers go online for information specific to the programming they are currently viewing. Most commonly, double-dippers who surf the web for related content are looking for more information or color about what they’re watching, be it profiles of the actors (51%), products/services that appeared in or were advertised during the program (40%), or related upcoming events (39%).
Typers vs. Talkers
One generational consistency revealed in the survey is the difference between a “talker” and a “typer.” In general, the older the individual, the more likely that person is to discuss TV content with other individuals in person, i.e., with co-workers, friends or family. These are the talkers. The largest segment of individuals that routinely respond to TV content via face-to-face conversations (60%) was the 35-44 age group. Correspondingly, individuals aged 16-24 are most likely to interact with others online (17%) or read coverage or reviews of TV content online (24%).
“Similar to double-dipper behavior,” added Chandratillake, “it’s not necessarily a question of either/or. Some individuals enjoy the act of face-to-face conversation about television content; others interact heavily online and value the sounding board provided by the Web community. The fact that ‘typers’ skew younger is an indicator to the advertising community as to how and when to allocate online spend as an adjunct to TV viewership.”
Survey Highlights
A summary of some other highlights from the survey include:
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78% of adults who watch television use the web while doing so
-- 35% report doing so often or always
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62% of double-dippers surf for content related to what they're
watching
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40% of them look for products/services that appeared in or were
advertised during the program they're watching
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39% of them look for upcoming/related events
-- When it comes to watching video or television content online,
twice as many online adults typically watch full-length television
shows, movies, or sporting events, as compared to user-generated
content (25% vs. 13%, respectively).
-- When it comes to finding Internet video content, consumer behavior
is almost equally divided between search engines and users going
directly to content owner Web sites
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 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.
About the Survey
Harris Interactive® fielded the online survey on behalf of blinkx between February 13 and February 18, 2008 among nationwide cross-sections of 2,471 adults aged 18+ in the United States and 2,228 adults aged 16+ in Great Britain. The Great Britain data were weighted to be representative of the total G.B. adult population on the basis of region, age, sex, education, and income. The U.S. data were weighted to be representative of the total U.S. adult population on the basis of region, age within gender, education, household income, and race/ethnicity. Both sets of data were weighted to be representative of the population of online adults in each country.
All sample surveys and polls, whether or not they use probability sampling, are subject to multiple sources of error which are most often not possible to quantify or estimate, including sampling error, coverage error, error associated with nonresponse, error associated with question wording and response options, and post-survey weighting and adjustments. Therefore, Harris Interactive avoids the words “margin of error” as they are misleading. All that can be calculated are different possible sampling errors with different probabilities for pure, unweighted, random samples with 100% response rates. These are only theoretical because no published polls come close to this ideal.
Respondents for this survey were selected from among those who have agreed to participate in Harris Interactive surveys.
Because the sample is based on those who agreed to be invited to participate in the Harris Interactive online research panel, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - and even see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.
About Harris Interactive
Harris Interactive is one of the largest and fastest-growing market research firms in the world. The company provides innovative research, insights and strategic advice to help its clients make more confident decisions which lead to measurable and enduring improvements in performance. Harris Interactive is widely known for The Harris Poll®, one of the longest running, independent opinion polls, and for pioneering online market research methods. The company has built what it believes to be the world’s largest panel of survey respondents, the Harris Poll Online. Harris Interactive serves clients worldwide through its North American, European and Asian offices, and through a global network of independent market research firms. More information about Harris Interactive may be obtained at www.harrisinteractive.com.
To become a member of the Harris Poll Online and be invited to participate in online surveys, register at www.harrispollonline.com.
Press Release Source: blinkx
blinkx Announces Agreements to Distribute Premium Content From the BBC, CBS and The Weather Channel
Thursday February 28, 8:00 am ET
Popular Programming Fully Searchable and Free to Audiences Through www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced content partnerships with the BBC, CBS and The Weather Channel.
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“We’re thrilled to be adding this exciting programming to our service,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. “Through these partnerships, we’re able to further our commitment to our users by offering them the most comprehensive index of premium video content on the Web today.”
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx serves more than 50 million unique visitors every month. blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 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.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM:BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge – as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to – and even see – the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.
thanks and I look forward to your imput on blinkx.com as an investment also created a board on here symbol BLNKF ont he pink sheets
news
blinkx Partners with the BBC to Offer Latest BBC TV Programmes
Thursday February 28, 8:00 am ET
BBC iPlayer Content Now Accessible Through blinkx
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced a partnership with BBC iPlayer, the BBC’s online on-demand service, to give blinkx viewers direct access to the latest BBC TV footage. Through the partnership, BBC iPlayer programmes will be searchable and accessible via blinkx.com with a preview offered to users prior to viewing on the BBC’s iPlayer download or live streaming service.
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A wide range of BBC programmes including comedy, factual, drama and some sport from all BBC TV channels are available to download or stream via BBC iPlayer and can now be searched for via blinkx.com. blinkx will index all BBC iPlayer content to make it easily searchable for blinkx users and allow them to preview the clip before being directed to iPlayer.
“BBC content is renowned for its high quality and universal appeal,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. “Through this partnership, we’re able to further our commitment to our users by offering them the most comprehensive archive of professional TV programming available on the Web today.”
Ashley Highfield, BBC Director of Future Media and Technology, said, “The BBC’s remit is to make its content as widely available as possible to everyone in the UK. We are therefore committed to reaching out to audiences’ wherever they are and on whatever platforms they chose to access our services. blinkx’s unique technology and vast network means BBC TV content is even more accessible and searchable to our audiences, who can watch highlights and excerpts of our shows, and then click through to watch the full programme on BBC iPlayer.”
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 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.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge - as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to - and even see - the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.
About BBC iPlayer
BBC iPlayer is the BBC’s free seven day catch-up service, which allows audiences to stream and download around 250 programmes per week. Users can choose to watch live streaming via PC, Mac and Linux and download via PC. Once downloaded viewers’ have 30 days within which to start watching and seven days to finish watching it. BBC iPlayer also incorporates radio 'listen again'. Future phases will include the full integration of BBC Radio Player, as well as making BBC iPlayer available on TV platforms, starting with VirginMedia, mobile phones and other smart hand held devices. All programmes are free for UK licence fee payers, at high quality and with no advertising
grant and tina
as you know I just bot shares on Tuesday and last night I had a dream it went to 148$ per share and in my dream it did not take a long time to get there...
/I know it sounds crazy but I wanted to share that story with ya..
blinkx article in wal street journal
Denuo and Blinkx Link Up To Improve Online Video Ads »
26 February 2008
By Emily Steel
Denuo Group, a unit of Publicis Groupe that explores new marketing technologies, plans to announce today a partnership with online video-search engine blinkx. The companies will experiment to try to find the most effective ways to advertise through Web video. The deal gives Denuo access to data about online video viewing habits and gives blinkx an inroad with advertisers.
San Francisco-based blinkx, founded in 2004, doesn't host videos itself. Instead, it is a video search engine that works with more than 250 media companies, from small independent film producers to big media companies such as CBS and the BBC. Blinkx uses visual- and speech-recognition technology that scans videos to figure out their content -- a tool some advertisers already use to place ads next to relevant videos. In January, Blinkx attracted 448,000 unique U.S. visitors who watched 13.1 million streams of video, according to Nielsen Online.
The news comes as ad spending on online video has been growing more slowly than projected earlier. Marketers have been hesitant to ramp up advertising on Web videos; many say it's hard to find quality videos next to which they would be comfortable running ads.
AMBITIOUS AD RESEARCH scrapped despite big backers. Ratings giants Arbitron and Nielsen Co. said yesterday they would scrap Project Apollo, a new research service that merged purchasing data from Nielsen with Arbitron's portable people meters, which track TV-watching and radio-listening habits.
"Despite a promising level of interest, we did not secure sufficient client commitments to make Project Apollo a sustainable venture for our two companies," they said in a statement. The companies launched Project Apollo in 2005 to develop a new service that could help advertisers understand how different kinds of advertising affected sales.
Seven advertisers, including consumer-goods companies such as Procter & Gamble and Johnson & Johnson, helped fund the project. By January 2006, Project Apollo had created a test panel that included more than 11,000 people in 5,000 U.S. households.
BRIEF: Paul Tilley, DDB Chicago's managing director for creative, died Friday. During his 11 years with the company, Mr. Tilley, 40 years old, worked on campaigns for clients such as General Mills, McDonald's and Anheuser-Busch. In September 2006 he was named to the top creative post at DDB Chicago, part of Omnicom Group.
jimlur check this cool phone out could IDCC pattens be in it?
http://www.news.com/8301-10784_3-9878005...
Nokia wearable phone like a bracelet
jimlur
Does IDCC have a contract for all nokia 3G phones?
thanks tina
good idea its a done deal
I have been buying sevral diffrent prices as I have 3,082 shares at adv. cost is .45 cents .
I don't make much money but this is already my # 2 holding
I am hoping blinkx will bring me to an early retirement someday
did u buy any blinkx yet
called today and got a bid and ask for BLNKF bid .33 ask .385
The deal continues blinkx's run of announcing at least one tie-up every week of 2008 so far. The loss making internet company has previously announced collaborations with ITN and Encyclopaedia Britannica plus others this year.
thanks to all who helped me with ARAY stock questions and I m buying a few shares today.
Grant if I may ask you to look at blinkx.com # 1 video search engine with 44 million in cash and more video content than yahoo and google please elt me knwo what yout hink of that one too.
could aray be the next isrg ?
what is ARAY's IPO price and who is their competiors ?
very good news today mentions a couple things to point out
1.Predicting ads for video to reach 7.2 Billion by 2012.
2.
“Recent statistics from ComScore suggest that 75% of U.S. users have watched online videos. Now the Internet and your TV are beginning to come together, and media companies of all sizes are well aware of the huge opportunity for distributing their video assets online, and many are looking to us for answers about not just search but also delivering relevant advertising,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx, which will introduce its own broadband TV offering later this year.
some exciting stuff in the future
news
blinkx and Denuo Group Partner to Improve Online Video Ads »
26 February 2008
Joint effort will seek to better understand new opportunities, challenges for relevance and delivery
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. and CHICAGO, ILL. – February 26, 2008 – blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, and Denuo, the media futures practice of marketing services holding company Publicis Groupe, S.A., today announced that they are partnering to explore and create best practices for improving advertising and marketing tied to online video.
Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx and Denuo will collaborate on projects for better understanding how the industry can increasingly deliver effective online video advertising campaigns that map to the right audience, are delivered in the right context, and in the most appropriate form. Future planned initiatives will be announced at a later date. Denuo is part of the Publicis Groupe, the world’s fourth largest communications company and its second largest media strategy and buying group.
In a recent report, Forrester Research predicts that the online video advertising market will reach $7.2 billion by 2012. “The explosion of online video presents a new paradigm for advertisers with unique challenges and tremendous opportunities,” said Tim Hanlon, Denuo executive vice president. “With it comes an even greater technical challenge for connecting with audiences in ways that are contextually relevant and respectfully delivered– which is why we are excited to partner with blinkx.”
“Recent statistics from ComScore suggest that 75% of U.S. users have watched online videos. Now the Internet and your TV are beginning to come together, and media companies of all sizes are well aware of the huge opportunity for distributing their video assets online, and many are looking to us for answers about not just search but also delivering relevant advertising,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx, which will introduce its own broadband TV offering later this year. “By partnering with one of the advertising industry’s top thought leaders in Denuo, we hope to collectively better understand this explosion of online video – and how companies can better connect with their users and key audiences via the use of smarter technology.”
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx serves more than 50 million unique visitors every month. blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 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.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's most comprehensive video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 18 million hours of audio, video, viral and TV content, and made it fully searchable and available on demand. blinkx's founders set out to solve a significant challenge – as TV and user-generated content on the Web explode, keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to – and even see – the Web, helping users enjoy a breadth and accuracy of search results not available elsewhere. In addition, blinkx powers the video search for many of the world's most frequented sites. blinkx is based in San Francisco and London. More information is available at www.blinkx.com.
About Denuo
Denuo is the media futures unit of Publicis Groupe, S.A. (Euronext Paris: FR0000130577) is the world's fourth largest communications group, and a global leader in digital and online advertising, media consulting, and healthcare communications. With some 42,000 professionals in 104 countries, the Groupe's activities cover advertising, through three global advertising networks: Leo Burnett, Publicis, Saatchi & Saatchi, as well as through its two multi-hub networks Fallon Worldwide and 49%-owned Bartle Bogle Hegarty; media agencies with two worldwide networks ZenithOptimedia and Starcom MediaVest Group; and marketing services, including digital and interactive communications through Digitas; relationship and direct marketing, public and media relations, corporate and financial communications, multicultural communications, and event communications. The Groupe is also the world leader in healthcare communications.
blinkx by the numbers »
» Launched video search engine in 2005
» Protected by 111 patents
» 18M hours of video indexed and fully searchable
» 200+ media partners signed
» Powers video search for 3 of the top 5 search providers
» US$350M market capitalization
» 2nd most successful IPO in 2 years
the other day I had a broker check the bid and ask for me and it was .325 bid .38 ask it closed down today 15,000 shares to .325.
use Blinkx.com to view interviews from the ceo I like the one on page 3 abc news check it out simply go to blinkx.com type blinkx in seach bar and hit go i think its on page 3 of results
let me know what you think also created a blnkf board on here too.
to help w/ your DD go to blinkx.com and bottom of page is investors info also use blinkx search box for more dd type in blinkx and it will bring videos of ceo of blinkx..
Blinkx trades on the pink sheets under symbol BLNKF
Blinkx also trades on the london stock exchange and gets much more volume there look at yahoo for BLNX.L for london exchange quote for news and if in the US buy BLNKF its the smae thing just cheaper broker fees for us trades than london.
it may sound confusing but its the same company.
They moved their HQ to san fran CA still has an office in london also.
please feel free to ask more questions as needed
I think I have found the hidden gem among the penny plays .
Its Blinkx.com they are the # 1 video search engine with more searchable content for videos than yahoo and google .
BLNKF.pk trading currently at .38 cents.
please all comments welcome on this thanks
the whole market is under extreme pressure especially small caps and mids all got a haircut and TINY is no exception.
I think with nano dynamics pulling the listing from the private equity mkt on ndq is posting a bad sign for the industry timing ..
(even tho NanoDMX is not a tiny holding)
However the solar plays is very hot sector so perhaps TINY could be brave to unleash one of them to keep investors intrested..
TINY has about access to 64 million dollars if wanted to invest in what ever it wants prehaps since the mkt is so bad they may find some steals in the indusrty and spend it wisely.
Right now I have been investing in a micro cap stock called blinkx.com #1 video search engine with more searchable video content than yahoo and google for .38 cents check them out and let me know what you think I have also created a board for that the symbol is BLNKF.pk
perhaps IDCC should partner with PLFM
from wed. WSJ article on front page..
Floating a New Idea
For Going Wireless,
Parachute Included
Balloon Launch Gets
Google's Attention;
Dairy Farmers Can Help
By AMOL SHARMA
February 20, 2008; Page A1
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Jerry Knoblach wants to bring wireless service to millions of rural Americans. His plan: Beam it down from balloons hovering at the edge of space.
This isn't just hot air. His company, Space Data Corp., already launches 10 balloons a day across the Southern U.S., providing specialized telecom services to truckers and oil companies. His balloons soar 20 miles into the stratosphere, each carrying a shoebox-size payload of electronics that acts like a mini cellphone "tower" covering thousands of square miles below.
Cheap, disposable hydrogen-filled balloons carrying miniature versions of cellphone towers may soon provide service to rural, sparsely populated areas. WSJ's Amol Sharma visits Space Data, a company that makes the specialized balloons.
His idea has caught the eye of Google Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The Internet giant -- which is now pushing into wireless services -- has considered contracting with Space Data or even buying the firm, according to one person.
Mr. Knoblach, Space Data's chief executive, declined to comment on specific partners. Google declined to comment.
Expanding rural telecom services is a priority for regulators. About 36% of rural Americans don't have Internet connections. The problem is that it's expensive to string cable or build cellphone towers in areas with so few customers. Space Data says a single balloon can serve an area otherwise requiring 40 cell towers.
Maintaining a telecom system based on gas-filled bladders floating in the sky requires some creativity. The inexpensive balloons are good for only 24 hours or so before ultimately bursting in the thin air of the upper atmosphere. The electronic gear they carry, encased in a small Styrofoam box, then drifts gently back to earth on tiny parachutes.
This means Space Data must constantly send up new balloons. To do that, it hires mechanics employed at small airports across the South. It also hires farmers -- particularly, dairy farmers.
[Jerry Knoblach]
They're "very reliable people," says Mr. Knoblach. They have to "milk the cows 24-7, 365 days a year, so they're great people to use as a launch crew." Space Data pays them $50 per launch.
Extra Pocket Money
Sharon Hodges, a 60-year-old cattle-and-wheat farmer in Piedmont, Okla., and part-time balloon launcher, says she doesn't know much about technology but liked the extra pocket money.
Every day just before sunset, she unfolds a deflated balloon, attaches it to a hydrogen tank and inflates it to about 6 feet in diameter. Then she hitches the electronic payload to the balloon, walks it through the 16-foot-tall double doors of her barn, and lets go of it.
The balloons rise about 1,000 feet a minute and reach their target altitude of 65,000 to 100,000 feet in under two hours.
Not the Hindenburg
Most of Space Data's balloons are filled with hydrogen, because it is cheaper than the helium used in toy balloons and modern blimps. Hydrogen is, of course, flammable, but Mr. Knoblach says there's no safety issue because each balloon contains so little gas. "It's not like the Hindenburg," he says.
[balloon]
A balloon being launched in Piedmont, Oklahoma.
Mr. Knoblach also dismisses another potential hazard: Airplanes crashing into balloons. He points out that Space Data's balloons are similar in design to weather balloons, about 1,800 of which are launched world-wide every day without problems.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration official, there are no records of passenger jets colliding with balloons in the U.S. The engines of a commercial jet are designed to withstand the ingestion of an eight-pound bird, the FAA says. (The payload on a Space Data balloon weighs six pounds.)
Google believes balloons like these could radically change the economics of offering cellphone and Internet services in out-of-the-way areas, according to people familiar with its thinking. The company is among the registered bidders for a big chunk of radio spectrum at a government auction currently under way in Washington.
At Space Data's command center in Chandler, engineers track their 10 balloons on a wall-mounted electronic map. Balloons move slowly across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, where Space Data sells wireless services used by truckers to track their fleet. Overlapping rings on the map demarcate the coverage area of each balloon's transceiver.
When a balloon approaches the end of its useful life, technicians send a signal to separate it from its electronic payload, which parachutes to earth. The balloons eventually burst into "confetti" from the low air pressure, Mr. Knoblach says.
The environmental ramifications of the resulting shower of latex balloon scraps are complex. Some environmentalists argue balloons can be fatal to turtles, fish and whales, which mistake floating latex for jellyfish or other edible sea life. Several states, including Florida and Virginia, restrict balloon launches.
Dale Florio, a spokesman for the Balloon Council, a trade group for balloon makers, says latex balloons biodegrade "at the rate of an oak leaf that falls from a tree."
Net Benefit
Mr. Knoblach says his operation was reviewed by more than a dozen federal agencies, which found no significant environmental impact. Some agencies even consider it a net benefit, he says: The balloons replace tall cellphone towers, which are blamed for killing a significant number of migratory birds that crash into them.
While the balloons are cheap and disposable at $50 a pop, the transceivers they carry are worth about $1,500. Once a transceiver is released from its balloon to parachute back to earth, there's no way to predict where it will land. So Space Data has hired 20 hobbyists with GPS devices to track them down.
Recovery missions can get intense. Workers have had to pluck transceivers out of trees in Louisiana, rappel down rocky cliffs in Arizona, trudge through swamps and kayak across ponds. Space Data pays them $100 per transceiver recovered.
"These things can fall anywhere," says Chip Kyner of San Antonio, who once hiked seven miles before finding the transmitter he was looking for. The final mile was in pitch darkness.
"It wasn't worth the $100," he says, "but it's a neat story."
PLFM.pk is hurdles above space data in that area ..
to watch making crude oil video from pond scum and then powering a car it is also a company in TINY's portfolio
1. go to blinkx.com in search box type solazyme it will find it very intresting INDEED!
jimlur ot>
I am still holding IDCC long term.
please check out what I have found to be a great find no one knows about yet ..
Blinkx.com # 1 video search engine has more video content than yahoo and google ..
BLNKF.PK .38 cents analists following stock rate it buy and projects +EPS in 2010 with 111 pattens and 220 media partners and a handful of syndication partners inc. ask.com lycos and real networks.
please give me your honest opinion even tho you do not like penny stocks thanks.
holding long and strong hopefully 2008 is our year to shine finally
this post from the front page of the WSJ wed. is good news and I think PLFM is hurdles above space data IMO..
Floating a New Idea
For Going Wireless,
Parachute Included
Balloon Launch Gets
Google's Attention;
Dairy Farmers Can Help
By AMOL SHARMA
February 20, 2008; Page A1
CHANDLER, Ariz. -- Jerry Knoblach wants to bring wireless service to millions of rural Americans. His plan: Beam it down from balloons hovering at the edge of space.
This isn't just hot air. His company, Space Data Corp., already launches 10 balloons a day across the Southern U.S., providing specialized telecom services to truckers and oil companies. His balloons soar 20 miles into the stratosphere, each carrying a shoebox-size payload of electronics that acts like a mini cellphone "tower" covering thousands of square miles below.
Cheap, disposable hydrogen-filled balloons carrying miniature versions of cellphone towers may soon provide service to rural, sparsely populated areas. WSJ's Amol Sharma visits Space Data, a company that makes the specialized balloons.
His idea has caught the eye of Google Inc., according to people familiar with the matter. The Internet giant -- which is now pushing into wireless services -- has considered contracting with Space Data or even buying the firm, according to one person.
Mr. Knoblach, Space Data's chief executive, declined to comment on specific partners. Google declined to comment.
Expanding rural telecom services is a priority for regulators. About 36% of rural Americans don't have Internet connections. The problem is that it's expensive to string cable or build cellphone towers in areas with so few customers. Space Data says a single balloon can serve an area otherwise requiring 40 cell towers.
Maintaining a telecom system based on gas-filled bladders floating in the sky requires some creativity. The inexpensive balloons are good for only 24 hours or so before ultimately bursting in the thin air of the upper atmosphere. The electronic gear they carry, encased in a small Styrofoam box, then drifts gently back to earth on tiny parachutes.
This means Space Data must constantly send up new balloons. To do that, it hires mechanics employed at small airports across the South. It also hires farmers -- particularly, dairy farmers.
[Jerry Knoblach]
They're "very reliable people," says Mr. Knoblach. They have to "milk the cows 24-7, 365 days a year, so they're great people to use as a launch crew." Space Data pays them $50 per launch.
Extra Pocket Money
Sharon Hodges, a 60-year-old cattle-and-wheat farmer in Piedmont, Okla., and part-time balloon launcher, says she doesn't know much about technology but liked the extra pocket money.
Every day just before sunset, she unfolds a deflated balloon, attaches it to a hydrogen tank and inflates it to about 6 feet in diameter. Then she hitches the electronic payload to the balloon, walks it through the 16-foot-tall double doors of her barn, and lets go of it.
The balloons rise about 1,000 feet a minute and reach their target altitude of 65,000 to 100,000 feet in under two hours.
Not the Hindenburg
Most of Space Data's balloons are filled with hydrogen, because it is cheaper than the helium used in toy balloons and modern blimps. Hydrogen is, of course, flammable, but Mr. Knoblach says there's no safety issue because each balloon contains so little gas. "It's not like the Hindenburg," he says.
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A balloon being launched in Piedmont, Oklahoma.
Mr. Knoblach also dismisses another potential hazard: Airplanes crashing into balloons. He points out that Space Data's balloons are similar in design to weather balloons, about 1,800 of which are launched world-wide every day without problems.
According to a Federal Aviation Administration official, there are no records of passenger jets colliding with balloons in the U.S. The engines of a commercial jet are designed to withstand the ingestion of an eight-pound bird, the FAA says. (The payload on a Space Data balloon weighs six pounds.)
Google believes balloons like these could radically change the economics of offering cellphone and Internet services in out-of-the-way areas, according to people familiar with its thinking. The company is among the registered bidders for a big chunk of radio spectrum at a government auction currently under way in Washington.
At Space Data's command center in Chandler, engineers track their 10 balloons on a wall-mounted electronic map. Balloons move slowly across Texas, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Arizona, where Space Data sells wireless services used by truckers to track their fleet. Overlapping rings on the map demarcate the coverage area of each balloon's transceiver.
When a balloon approaches the end of its useful life, technicians send a signal to separate it from its electronic payload, which parachutes to earth. The balloons eventually burst into "confetti" from the low air pressure, Mr. Knoblach says.
The environmental ramifications of the resulting shower of latex balloon scraps are complex. Some environmentalists argue balloons can be fatal to turtles, fish and whales, which mistake floating latex for jellyfish or other edible sea life. Several states, including Florida and Virginia, restrict balloon launches.
Dale Florio, a spokesman for the Balloon Council, a trade group for balloon makers, says latex balloons biodegrade "at the rate of an oak leaf that falls from a tree."
Net Benefit
Mr. Knoblach says his operation was reviewed by more than a dozen federal agencies, which found no significant environmental impact. Some agencies even consider it a net benefit, he says: The balloons replace tall cellphone towers, which are blamed for killing a significant number of migratory birds that crash into them.
While the balloons are cheap and disposable at $50 a pop, the transceivers they carry are worth about $1,500. Once a transceiver is released from its balloon to parachute back to earth, there's no way to predict where it will land. So Space Data has hired 20 hobbyists with GPS devices to track them down.
Recovery missions can get intense. Workers have had to pluck transceivers out of trees in Louisiana, rappel down rocky cliffs in Arizona, trudge through swamps and kayak across ponds. Space Data pays them $100 per transceiver recovered.
"These things can fall anywhere," says Chip Kyner of San Antonio, who once hiked seven miles before finding the transmitter he was looking for. The final mile was in pitch darkness.
"It wasn't worth the $100," he says, "but it's a neat story."
awards for blinkx
The Future 500 - Top 10 in Science and Innovation
The Observer/
Courvoisier
(Nov 2007)
50 Best Websites of 2007
TIME.com
(July 2007)
Rising Star of the Year
Business XL
(July 2007)
DemoGod Winner for blinkx it
DEMO Conference
(February 2007)
Essence of the Entrepreneur Winner
BT
(June 2006)
Most Innovative Digital Business
Revolution Awards
(March 2006)
Top Private Companies
AlwaysOn Hollywood
(March 2006)
Best Video Search Engine
Webuser Gold Award
(February 2006)
30 Under 30
Billboard Magazine
(February 2006)
100 Most Useful Sites
The Guardian
(December 2006)
Best of the New Web
Business Week
(December 2005)
50 Coolest Websites
Time
(June 2005)
EContent 100
EContent Magazine
(2005)
Top 100
PC Magazine
(2005)
motley fool older article on blinkx..
Let's go over a few of the disruptors and dig into the public companies that may feel the pinch.
Blinkx
"Over 14 million hours of video," reads the Blinkx tagline. "Search it all."
Sure enough, Blinkx has mastered the art of indexing the growing number of video clips from all of the leading video-sharing sites. Using speech recognition software to transcribe what is being said, Blinkx knows the content on leading sites like MySpace and Google's (Nasdaq: GOOG) YouTube better than the websites hosting the clips.
One can argue that the video-sharing sites will become even more popular once clip-culture junkies have better tools to find what they're looking for. That may be true, but hasn't history always given the advantage to the gatekeeper? Just as Google has grown as the launching pad of website searches, won't Blinkx eat into the market share of sites like YouTube and MySpace Video when folks flock to Binkx first? The landscape is changing.
google news mentions blinkx
In the latest evolutionary step in online-marketing domination, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) will now begin canvassing the Web with contextual ads on third-party videos.
Sure, Google was slow to monetize its YouTube monster. YouTube didn't start inserting overlay ads onto its clips until this past summer, and even then, it limited itself to revenue-sharing deals with its largest content creators.
Google never has to be the first mover to be the top dog. Sites such as Revver and Metacafe have been paying all of their original video makers -- not just the top draws -- for a couple of years now. Sites such as VideoEgg and Revver were popping ads into their videos long before YouTube dived in. Even this morning's move to insert ads into third-party videos isn't original. Video-search specialist Blinkx (OTC BB: BLNKF.PK) has been offering something similar since last year.
Initial partners in the Google AdSense for Video program include video content platforms such as Revver, YuMe, and Brightcove, as well as actual content producers such as BobVila.com. More are sure to come.
By allowing text-ad inserts -- not just the graphical video ads that are more common -- Google opens up the advertising platform to even the smallest of sponsors. Anyone can peck out a few words of promotional copy, and no one has a thicker list of advertisers than Google does.
Rivals don't shed tears when Google arrives late to the party. They just chew their fingernails down to the bone. Just ask Yahoo! (Nasdaq: YHOO). It had the inside track in paid search when it acquired Overture five years ago. Google subsequently launched its AdWords program and is now the undisputed champ of targeted text-based advertising.
Whether it's Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) with productivity software or Adobe (Nasdaq: ADBE) with presentation software, if there's a way to deliver apps through Web-stored solutions, Google is going to crash the party.
Competitors don't have to leave the party when Google arrives. They simply have to concede the baton that belongs to the life of the party.
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blinkx Partners With Encyclopaedia Britannica to Bring Users Fascinating Videos
Wednesday February 20, 8:00 am ET
Compelling Videos Covering Aardvarks to Zephyrs Available at www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--blinkx (LSE:BLNX - News), the world’s largest video search engine, today announced a partnership with Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. (www.britannica.com), a worldwide leader in reference, education and learning. Britannica’s online video content is now more easily accessible than ever before at blinkx.com. Under the terms of the agreement, blinkx will leverage its AdHoc platform to place contextually relevant advertising against the footage, and will share resulting advertising revenue with Encyclopaedia Britannica Inc.
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With its editorial operations overseen by some of the world’s most distinguished scholars, Britannica is a trusted source of information on a vast range of subjects. Viewers will now be able to easily access Britannica footage on many topics, from the atomic bomb to lemming migration along the Norwegian coast, all through blinkx.
“We’re delighted to partner with a company with the prestige and commitment to excellence of Encyclopaedia Britannica,” said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO, blinkx. “The Internet is a powerful mechanism for education and democratizing access to information. It’s exciting to bring such compelling content to our users’ fingertips.”
“Britannica’s video assets deserve the widest possible exposure, and blinkx has developed an innovative way to help us accomplish that,” said Dan Smith, a senior vice president at Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. “We’re very happy to be working with them to spread the word.”
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to search new forms of online content such as video. With more than 220 partners and 18 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.
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blinkx is listed as an ‘IPO of the Year’ finalist in the Library House UK Technology Innovation and Growth awards »
19 February 2008
London, England – 19 February 2008: blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, today announced that it has been listed as an ‘IPO of the Year’ finalist in the prestigious Library House UK Technology Innovation and Growth Forum Awards. The awards, now in their ninth year, recognise those individuals and organisations that drive the success of the UK's fastest growing technology companies.
Awarded to a UK based company who went public in 2007, the IPO of the Year category considers the amount of money raised, costs of float, timing, the type of company being floated, the size of company and its sector. blinkx has been shortlisted alongside five other UK companies, including Expansys and Enfis, and the judging panel includes Stuart Anger, Network Director at UK Trade and Investment, and Andy Morgan, Technology Sector Leader at PWC.
John Owen, CEO of Library House, said, “We are delighted to be recognising such inspiring UK talent in the first awards since our acquisition of the UK Technology Innovation & Growth Forum in August of last year. The awards serve as a powerful reminder of the level of innovation in the UK and the finalists were selected because they are all stand-out examples of the success of the UK’s emerging technology industry.”
Suranga Chandratillake, Chief Executive Officer of blinkx, said, “2007 was an incredibly successful year for the company and we are delighted to have been recognised by Library House for the success of our IPO activity. This serves as a testament to the hard work of all those involved and signifies our strong position for further growth in 2008.”
The UK Technology Innovation & Growth Awards will be presented on the evening of Tuesday 18th March 2008 at the end of the second day of the UK Technology Innovation & Growth Forum and further information can be found at http://www.innovationandgrowthforum.com.
blinkx is the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine.
Founded in 2004 by Suranga Chandratillake, the company completed a tremendously successful IPO on the London Stock Exchange (AIM) in May, 2007 and currently has a market capitalization of US$350M*, with headquarters in San Francisco, CA and the UK.
blinkx has built a reputation as the Remote Control for the Video Web. Now, with an index of over 18 million hours of searchable video and more than 200 media partnerships, including national broadcasters, commercial media giants, and private video libraries, it has cemented its position as the premier destination for online TV.
blinkx pioneered video search on the Internet, developing an engine based on technology that was conceived at Cambridge University, enhanced by $150M in R&D over 12 years, and is now protected by 111 patents.
Unlike other multimedia search engines that attempt to re-purpose technology built for the Text Web, blinkx uses a unique combination of patented conceptual search, speech recognition and video analysis software to efficiently, automatically and accurately find and qualify online video. Today, blinkx is the world’s largest single index of rich media content on the Web, delivering more content from a broader range of sources than either Google or Yahoo!
All of this content is now available to viewers around the world with an unprecedented degree of flexibility and personalization. At www.blinkx.com, users can search for video content, create personal video playlists, or build a customized Video Wall for their blog or MySpace page.
blinkx continues to pioneer innovative new approaches to digital video distribution in order to ensure it offers the most advanced capabilities and delivers the highest value to its audiences and partners.
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current stock price is .40 cents. 02/16/08
stock is supposed to turn a profit EPS in 2010.
I am holding long term...