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BLINKX POWERING VIDEO FOR POPULAR VISUAL BROWSER AURASMA
Radical app merges physical and virtual worlds; brings them to life through video and 3D
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - November 3, 2011 -blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it is powering video for Aurasma, the world's first visual browser for smartphones and tablets that recognizes physical objects and delivers related online content - videos, animations, audio or web pages - in real time.
Aurasma uses powerful image and pattern recognition technology to merge the physical and virtual worlds. With more than two million downloads since its launch in June, Aurasma uses real world images and objects as triggers, merging them with rich interactive content such as videos and 3D animations called "Auras". Available for iPhone4, iPad2 and high powered Android devices, Aurasma is available for free in the App Store and Android Market.
When Aurasma recognizes an object, related video is automatically played on the smart phone or tablet, pulling from blinkx's massive index. The user can enjoy the video and then opt to click through to transition to the related website. For example, a user watching a movie trailer about "Footloose" can click through to learn more about the new movie's cast, visit a site to buy tickets or sample the new soundtrack.
"We are thrilled to partner with blinkx, a spin-out of our parent company Autonomy. This agreement allows us to provide our millions of users with access to a rich index of Internet video content," said Martina King, managing director, Aurasma. "The same core technology, IDOL, is at the heart of all three companies - a testament to its vast potential to change the way in which we interact with information and computers."
"Aurasma is a killer application - one that will radically change how we interact with the world around us. By pointing your iPhone at a building, logo, magazine covers, an advertisement or a photo of famous athlete, you can be instantly transported to a multimedia universe, enhancing your real world experience in an entirely new way," said blinkx founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake. "We're excited to see such a powerful application incorporating our technology."
About Aurasma
Aurasma is the world's first visual browser - a new platform technology that merges the physical world with the virtual. Available as a free app for iPhone4, iPad2 and high-powered Android devices or as a free kernel for developers, Aurasma uses advanced image and pattern recognition to recognize and understand real-world images and objects in much in way the human brain does. It then seamlessly blends the real-world with rich interactive content such as videos and animations called "Auras". Auras can be created for printed images, product packaging, clothing, physical places and users can even use the app to create and share their own. Since its launch in June 2011, Aurasma has had more than two million downloads. Over 500 partners in markets including retail, sport, automotive, consumer electronics, entertainment, advertising and publishing are using the free technology in their campaigns or embedding the technology in their own applications. Aurasma was developed by and is part of software company Autonomy - an HP Company.
grant email me at franksaidso@yahoo.com i want to tell you another company i found too.
thank you i am hopefull that TNGN gets it done right and save others soon.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership with Orb Networks to bring more than 35 million hours of TV, video and audio content to Orb BR and Orb TV users. From news (Bloomberg, BBC) to fashion (Chic.TV, Fashion TV) to health and fitness (Real Health TV, Turning Point TV), the blinkx catalog is now offered through Orb's products, making it easier than ever to enjoy blinkx around the home – on any screen.
"We are giving our users an incredible selection of content, with more than 35 million hours of video from blinkx, building on all of the content that we currently offer from Hulu and other sources," said Joe Costello, CEO of Orb Networks. "With Orb TV and Orb BR, consumers now have another way to watch all of this great blinkx content, and are no longer limited to viewing it on their computers."
"Orb has a truly innovative and flexible offering to bring online media to TVs," said Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO at blinkx. "We're pleased to deliver our robust video search technology and our massive index of professionally produced video to Orb customers everywhere."
Orb TV ($99), a hockey puck-sized device that plugs into any TV, enables consumers to stream online video, photos and music to a TV. It is easy to set up and simply controlled through a smartphone app (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, Android, and Android Tablet), or using any computer. In addition to blinkx content, Orb TV provides consumers with easy access to thousands of movies and TV shows through services such as Netflix, Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu and Comedy Central. Orb TV also allows consumers to stream their personal content – including home movies, downloaded files, photos and music - from any PC to a TV screen.
Orb BR ($19.99) is a software solution that leverages the power of PS3s and connected Blu-ray players to bring users the same content as Orb TV – without any additional hardware purchase. Orb BR transforms a Blu-ray player into a complete streaming solution – and all controlled using a smartphone. With today's announcement, Orb BR brings blinkx content to the millions of PS3s and connected Blu-ray players in the market.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 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 Orb Networks
Based in Oakland, California, Orb Networks, Inc. is the leader in digital media streaming solutions for the digital home and remote access applications. In addition to Orb TV and Orb BR, Orb Networks offers the Orb Music Player ($79) that streams iTunes and Pandora to any home stereo; and Orb Live, the first service that enables consumers to stream popular premium online TV shows, sports, movies and more directly to their smartphone. For more information about Orb products, please visit www.orb.com.
according to site analytics, we have moved ahead of google video in the monthly ranking for unique visitors, now in first place which is very impressive.
growing so fast must bring its own problems and Blinkx have been staffing up recently at a senior level, first that legal guy a few weeks ago, (were they sending out a message with that appointment - I suppose he is watching over the patents like a hawk!)
now they are looking for a Director of Financial Planning and Analysis, according to digitalis on the ADVFN website. It cannot be easy doing budgets for a business that doubles in size every 12 months!
what an amazing company this has turned out to be, and still early days, touch wood
blinkx passes video.google in uniques 28-Oct-11 02:59 pm
Partnership with EmpowHER Media. blinkx leads video.google in US video UVs (August)
blinkx announced (27th) that it has entered a partnership with EmpowHER Media (www.empowher.com) a social health company dedicated to women, enabling access to video content to improve health and well-being blinkx expects to be able to offer access to more than 7,000 EmpowHER videos (350 hours) relating to feminine health and wellbeing. As in its other media content partnerships blinkx will place contextually relevant advertising against videos selected and share resulting revenue with EmpowHER. EmpowHER was founded Michelle King Robson in 2009. It is a top-5,000 site (Compete.com) and a top-5 women’s health site (Quantcast data) with 12m (E) unique visits in 2010. Site Analytics recorded 0.592m unique visitors for EmpowHER in August (US) ranking it 3rd in its category behind healthccentral.com (1.61m) ad womentowomen.com (0.654m).
We note that according to Site Analytics.com blinkx recorded 9.892m unique visitors (UVs) in the US in the month of August. This places blinkx ahead of video.google.com at 8.89m UVs, of video.aol.com at 1.54m and veoh.com at 1.09m. It was previously ranked 2nd to video.google.com blinkx is ranked 126th overall in the US in terms of unique visitors by Site Analytics.
blinkx’ interims are due on Nov. 9th
Press Release Source: Burst Media On Thursday October 27, 2011, 1:00 pm EDT
BURLINGTON, Mass., Oct. 27, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Burst Media, (http://burstmedia.com), a leading online media company and wholly owned subsidiary of blinkx PLC (LSE AIM: BLNX), today released the results of a survey on upcoming holiday spending trends. Conducted in October, the survey of more than 650 online U.S. adults ages 18 or older revealed that a stressed economy weighs upon consumers' wallets, but it does not put a complete damper on holiday cheer. The Burst study did find that one-third (37.4%) of all shoppers plan to cut back on spending this holiday season compared to 2010, however more than one-half (56.3%) plan to spend more or the same amount. Nearly one-third (31.5%) have already started their holiday shopping or will do so by the end of October, meaning the present purchasing season has officially begun.
While they're not planning to be Scrooges, this year shoppers are keen to avoid the ghost of holiday bills past. To keep from paying off those overflowing stocking stuffers well into spring, most are choosing to bypass the plastic, with only one-fourth (25.3%) of shoppers saying they will primarily use credit cards to make their seasonal purchases. More than one-half (54%) will keep the "season of giving" from becoming the "season of giving too much" by primarily using debit cards, cash or checks.
As for where they're shopping, many savvy shoppers are choosing their Internet browsers over browsing the racks. Four-in-five holiday shoppers (79.5%) will use the Web to "window shop" or make a purchase, avoiding mall parking hunts and door buster deals. Of course that doesn't mean shoppers aren't searching for savings. Out of shoppers who have officially declared their brand loyalty by following one via social media, one-half (49.5%) do so to get special offers they would otherwise miss. Women are nearly twice as likely as men to follow a brand for these exclusive deals (63% vs. 33.3%) and are more inclined to show how much they "like" a brand through social media in general (53.6% vs. 45.9%). Men, however, are more likely to use the Internet to shop (84.5% vs. 74.9%), proving they will typically do anything to ditch a day at the mall.
"Consumers are certainly going to be very mindful of their spending this holiday season, which poses a challenge for product marketers and advertisers who must excite shoppers and drive them to open their wallets and make purchases," said Burst Media Marketing Director Mark Kaefer. "With more and more shoppers turning to the Web for their holiday shopping needs, the brands and advertisers who leverage the creativity, scalability and interactivity of online display and social media will be well positioned to engage and succeed with holiday consumers."
About Burst Media
Founded in 1995, Burst Media represents thousands of independent Web publishers. Through a select group of vertical channels, built around areas of specific interest, Burst connects advertisers with audiences across the Web's most dynamic communities in a social, engaging way. A wholly owned subsidiary of blinkx PLC (LSE AIM: BLNX), Burst is headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, with sales offices throughout the United States and in the UK. Visit http://burstmedia.com or call +1 (781) 852 5200 for more information.
Leading edge technology offers an amazing investing opportunity to those with the foresight to catch the trend and ride the wave to triple (and sometimes even quadruple) digit gains. In the past, those with this foresight invested heavily in Netscape (browser), AOL (dial up), Broadcast.com (BRCM) (video) and Google (GOOG) (search engine) and came out as millionaire investors. While others with a lack of knowledge were shorting these stocks, the pioneers had the vision to see that these companies were going to change the way the world works.
The technology
The mobile imaging market is being driven by irreversible trends. Most of the phones being sold today are smartphones that have sophisticated cameras. The pixel clarity improves with each new generation. As the mobile camera improves, the capture rate of data improves. One company stands poised to storm the market and capitalize on this technology.
Mitek Systems' (MITK) camera capture technology is able to record pictures of checks and accurately deposit them in a bank or brokerage account. MITK has signed up six of the top 10 banks, including BOA (BAC), Chase (JPM), Schwab (SCHW) and Fidelity and has agreements with over 80 clients. To date, 26 clients have successfully implemented the technology.
The generational improvement in smartphone cameras is quickly allowing mobile imaging to enter additional markets. The possibilities are unlimited and go so far beyond simply depositing checks. Mitek has already developed an application for paying bills. With this application and one click, you will be able to pay bills from your smartphone. In the future, we see smartphone applications for insurance forms, pharmacy forms, medical records…well, you get the picture.
The case
I would like to share some bullet points with you to make your research on MITK easier. There are irreversible trends in technology today that should make MITK mobile imaging technology the industry standard in many markets. Early adoption is already underway.
The facts
The Independent market research firm Mercatus llc, has published a mobile banking report funded by Visa, favorable to Mitek Systems.
The research report published by Mercatus llc calls for 1.5 billion mobile deposits by 2014.
According to the market research published by Mercatus llc, transactional cost of a deposit is cut from $1.50 per transaction to a dime when using moble check deposit.
Mitek Systems is followed by William Blair and Janney Montgomery Scott.
Mitek Systems is profitable and has $16 million in the bank, alleviating the need for additional financing.
Mitek Systems' second application, Bill Pay (pdf), was named best of show at Finovat Spring 2011.
Mitek Systems has developed a point and shoot application to transfer credit card balances to springboard into new markets.
Mitek Systems has a proven and experienced management team.
Mitek Systems has partnered with industry leading banks to propel its growth to the stratosphere.
The current short position in MITK is 1,772,100 shares and growing; large short positions can be quite difficult to cover, often resulting in a short squeeze when market conditions turn.
Please go to the Mitek Systems website for additional information.
Shorts often win
Professional short sellers usually benefit from the enormous capital requirements companies need to bring their technologies to market. The need to finance operations often lets short sellers cover their position, even if they (the shorts) are completely wrong.
A lot of capital and willingness to blindly short millions of shares can be enough to destroy many publicly traded companies. However, it can be an investment disaster to recklessly short stocks of ground breaking technologies that alter the way we carry out our day to day transactions.
Short sellers are currently selling somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 thousand shares of Mitek Systems shares a day, despite the opinions of two credible Institutional wall street analysts that currently have buy recommendations on the stock. I guess having traded on the bulletin board and having a yearly low of $1.50 has proven irresistible to this class of short sellers. Perhaps these short sellers should watch the next Schwab commercial on mobile bank deposit.
Kamikaze pilots usually die
Without trepidation, short sellers have relentlessly sold Mitek System stock. Entrenched shorts blinded by their greed have built a sophisticated network whose goal is to destroy many companies, while pocketing millions in the process. They systematically place their bets, and all hell breaks out in the securities they build these humongous short positions in.
The short sellers count on the lack of investor awareness of how NASDAQ markets operate, and the cooperation of the market makers, to whom they give millions in business yearly. The ability to manipulate stocks in the short term often discourages investors, brokers and fund managers. Investors of all stripes start to question what is going on. Shorts win when investors capitulate.
For the last two weeks I have spent every day glued to the level two market maker screens observing the trading of MITK. Having spent 15 years in the profession, I have a lot of knowledge on how NASDAQ markets operate. The systematic manipulation of MITK, in spite of being under accumulation by new funds, has been quite the spectacle to witness. The way this stock is being shorted is a prime example of why these professional shorts are universally hated.
For a small company it is often quite difficult to produce enough investors following the company to offset the seemingly endless supply of stock these shorts are willing to sell. When these shorts are wrong they lose big. It is nearly impossible to cover short positions of 10 or 20 percent in companies that will soon produce earning momentum.
A call to arms
I own MITK, I have done extensive research on their technology, and I hate these shorts. I encourage everyone to do their own research. Betting against a stock is one thing, but setting out to systematically destroy the psychology of investors seems anti-American to me. I am reaching out to all Investors looking to catch that technology wave capable of producing unimagined gains.
It will be quite ironic that these shorts will soon be able to cover their margin call utilizing mobile check deposit.
Disclosure: I am long MITK.
grant thank you for all you have done its great to hear from you on here when we get rich we should meet for lunch I am in ohio where are you from?
Blinkx earnings for the six mths not Quarter.Usually it is mid or late november not announced as of yet.
Blinkx has 111 patents 35 million hours of search content for videos (more than yahoo or google) has over 700 media partners like cbs.
Is going to be into internet tvs and dvr boxes.
owns 100% of shopping software called getcheeep.(which I think they will spin off and give free shares ) idk when or if tho just a guess.
blinkx owns 100% of burst media which has a ton of unique visitors each mth. blinkx should be increasing those rates now that it can target ads better this will be the first earnings with burst revenue in it.
Blinkx Plc is a holding company. The principal activity of the Company, along with its subsidiaries, consists of the provision of video search and advertising services on the Internet. The Company operates a global Internet business. Its products include blinkx 3D, blinkx.com, blinkx AdHoc, blinkx AdHoc BT, blinkx Advanced Media Platform, blinkx Beat, blinkx Brasil, blinkx Embeddable Player, blinkx Internet Explorer 8 Add-ons, blinkx it, blinkx Mobile Video Search, blinkx Red Label, blinkx Remote, blinkx Remote for Kids, blinkx Video Wall, Cheep and Video SEO. During the fiscal year ended March 1, 2011 (fiscal 2011), the Company introduced blinkx Internet TV API, and new distribution agreements were done with Boxee, Google TV, Amino and Woomi to increase blinkx's operation in the OTT and Internet television (TV) space. In May 2011, the Company acquired Burst Media, which was announced in April 2011.
My uncle died today he needed a kidney transplant and it never came in time.
I bought stock in this company its got a great shot at doing something remarkable and I think it can be done in less than ten years .
TNGN could make the organ donor list a thing of the past.
I never got to mention TNGN to him I wished i had tho to give him more hope.
Life is short live everyday like it was your last and be good to all.
Bill is with God today may we all be ready when our time comes too.
groupon ipo comming soon
wonder what this does to blinkx share price as blinkx owns 100% of getcheep shopping software!
BLNKF a true hidden gem
shhhhhhhhhhh! ha ha
onwards and upwards
The next two Q's for mitek are going to be fireworks indeed imo.
Video Search engine Blinkx was up today
as dealers noted data showing that u.k. internet based advertising driven by social networks
and on-line video sites over took t.v. for the first time in the first half
re: Todays daily Express business
06 October 2011 - blinkx (146p) BUY (TP - 181p)
Company: Daniel Stewart
http://bit.ly/pajSck
blinkx expands management team
? blinkx has announced the appointment of Frank Pao as executive vice president of Business Affairs and general counsel. Mr. Pao will oversee all aspects of business affairs and legal policy and will be based in San Francisco.
? CEO Suranga Chandratillake commented: "blinkx has achieved significant growth over the past year, culminating in our acquisition of Burst Media. Frank brings with him substantial industry experience, success in cultivating key strategic relationships, deep M&A expertise in both dealmaking and integration, and a long record of proven operational execution which will be of tremendous value to us as we continue to build the business."
? Prior to joining blinkx, Mr Pao was as president and chief executive officer of the video analytics company, Vidient Systems, where he led the turnaround and growth of the company culminating in its sale to Agilence in 2011. He previously held roles as president of Verity, chief operating officer of Autonomy US and senior vice president, Business Affairs, at the internet search specialist Virage.
? Yesterday we raised our blinkx target price from 160p to 181p based on positive metrics reported in the UK online advertising segment, notably growth in video online ads, +100%YoY to 9% of the online segment, which itself rose 14%YoY (to 28% of UK ad spend).
Blinkx is well positioned to take part in the growth of online video advertising, said Goldman Sachs
Shares in video search engine firm Blinkx (LON:BLNX) were up by 6.8 per cent to 144.75 pence each at lunchtime today after Goldman Sachs initiated research on the company with a ‘buy’ rating and a 12-month price target of 250 pence.
The investment bank said that Blinkx’s strong technology (based on Autonomy’s Intelligent Data Operating Layer server) coupled with intellectual property it has developed itself gives it “strategic appeal”, but more importantly it positions it well to take advantage of structural growth in the online video advertisement market.
Goldman said that execution risks “remain high” due to Blinkx’s lack of scale, but the bank still expects the firm to generate three-year organic revenue and earnings per share growth in excess of 43 per cent and 60 per cent respectively. This is “not fully reflected” in the current share price, added Goldman.
Meanwhile, success in other applications areas, such as ‘Connected TV’ and ‘Transaction Hijacking’, would offer additional upside.
A catalyst to a strong share price performance, in Goldman’s view, will be Blinkx’s first half results for its 2012 financial year. These come out in November.
The bank expects a good half year and forecasts revenue and operating profit (at the adjusted EBIT level) of US454.3 million and US$5.1 million respectively. Meanwhile, a key focus for investors in the forthcoming results will be signs of progress being made on the integration of Burst Media – which Blinkx acquired in the spring.
right on grant
blinkx keeps growing the company and we all know GROWTH creates wealth thats what we want.
risk, GS recommendation reiterates this. OK broker recommendations and target prices to be taken with pinch of salt, but this one will turn true in my view. The Google of Video is not a title you get lightly! Far more money in moving images than text over medium term on the web
26 Sep Blinkx PLC BLNX Goldman Sachs Buy - 250.00 Initiates/Starts
I have just picked up this weeks copy of Shares Magazine and have spied an article entitled "Survival of the Fittest" which details 10 tempting takeover targets that they have identified.
Blinkx is the Number 2 mentioned out of 10. And heres what it says:
"Blinkx: 150p: Market Cap:£510M - + BUY
It is only a matter of time before the big hotters in the booming social media space turn their attention to Blinkx (BLNX:AIM). The online video search specialist spun out of Autonomy (AU) in 2007 has video content that the internet's super majors, Microsoft, Google and Facebook would dearly love to have. Over 35Million hours of it, to be precise, from more than 720 global media partners, and counting. It uses its vast library of video for third-party advertising campaigns, either directly through its own blinkx.com website or by licensing its technology to partners in revenue-share deals. Interestingly blinkx.com last year broke in to the world's top 10 most visited websites. Blinkx has the technology and the content to make a real difference to one of the online players as they battle for supremacy, and revenues, within the online social media space. Pre-tax profits are set to go from $24million this year (March 2012) to $108 Million by 2016, so do not rule out a fat takeover premium being offered when it comes, perhaps close to £1 billion. (Sterling)
blinkx Scores Partnership With Pro Football Weekly and Cinesport, Just as Football Season Kicks Off »
21 September 2011
From the freshest field goals and most talked about touchdowns to analysis of your favorite NFL team’s trading and training, thousands of the best sports videos are now available on www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF.— September 21, 2011—blinkx, the world’s largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced partnerships with Pro Football Weekly and Cinesport, giving blinkx users access to video highlights of the hottest games they missed and coverage of the home teams they root for – not to mention the bitter rivals they love to root against. Leveraging its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will also place contextually relevant advertising against the videos and share resulting advertising revenue with the partners.
From in-depth NFL analysis to the most exciting breaking news from the wide world of sports, every day can be Sunday with the latest and greatest sports videos ready to watch at www.blinkx.com. Pro Football Weekly offers the best coverage in the NFL, including NFL news, insider commentary, injury reports, transactions, power rankings, player statistics, team statistics, picks, rumors, and fantasy football advice, meaning would-be coaches will never get blindsided at a fantasy draft again. Cinesport is a daily local sports video platform that produces and distributes a variety of premium sports content for users as a turnkey solution, and offers sports highlights on-line and on-demand, transforming any room with a screen into first row stadium seating.
“Sports videos are always in high demand on blinkx, especially now as the new NFL season is upon us and MLB playoffs are around the corner,” said Julia Blystone, CMO of blinkx. “We are pleased to provide blinkx users anywhere with the sports action they crave and high-quality coverage and content for the teams they are most passionate about.”
“Since 1967, Pro Football Weekly has been bringing the best and most up to date coverage in the NFL to its audience,” said Hub Arkush, PFW Publisher and Editor. “By partnering with the world’s largest video search engine, we are able to extend our reach online and deliver our coverage to blinkx users and sports fans around the world.”
“As the number one syndicator of professional sports content, we at Cinesport are thrilled to provide blinkx users access to our wide range of premium sports video and our growing entertainment offerings,” said Chief Content Officer, Larry Weitzman. “blinkx’s unique technology is a perfect match for our contextually targeted content and offers powerful distribution to a broad global audience.”
As the pioneer in video search technology, blinkx has built a reputation as the smartest way to find rich media on the Web. The company has made more than 720 partners and indexed over 35 million hours of video and audio content to date.
About blinkx
blinkx plc (LSE AIM: BLNX) is the world's largest and most advanced video search engine. Today, blinkx has indexed more than 35 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 – the growing amount of TV and user-generated content on the Web means keyword-based search technologies only scratch the surface. blinkx's patented search technologies listen to—and even see—video on 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 Pro Football Weekly
Pro Football Weekly has been the authority on pro football since 1967. PFW continues to broaden its reach by offering a continually growing multimedia product line in addition to its flagship product, the print edition of Pro Football Weekly. PFW’s offerings include annual magazines, nationally syndicated TV and radio shows, a number of mobile applications and a syndicated video distribution network that reaches millions of viewers daily.
About CineSport
CineSport, the web’s number one sports video provider with over 13 million unique viewers a month (comScore Video Metrix Sports category, May 2011) provides sports news, programming and production services to more than 70 blue chip web sites throughout the country including: Sporting News, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Boston Globe, Philadelphia Inquirer, Atlanta Journal Constitution, and the St Louis Post-Dispatch. The company’s sports content includes local and national sports league highlights, features, and in-depth local sports reports produced in association with its media partners. CineSport provides sites with an end-to-end video programming, production, hosting and advertising sales platform. In March 2011, the company launched CineStars, an entertainment vertical which offers up-to-the-minute perspective on major entertainment stories with national and local appeal as well as providing daily exclusive content including, celebrity interviews, movie and music reviews from established critics, and a first look at the biggest entertainment events of the day.
Sporting News is CineSport's national ad-sales representative, offering integrated sponsorship packages including pre-roll video, banners, and rich media, and CineSport is the exclusive video-programming and platform provider for Sporting News.
For more information about CineSport LLC, go to cinesport.com.
shareholder meeting todays from safari norm on another message board.
i have always had a question about ''cheep''
if i go to car insurance sites it gives me 10/15 companies giving different quotes, but the personal information i give is different from the next buyer of insurance.
This is not the case if i want to see and buy the make and style of shoes, or a certain TV.
So as a company the only one that would win is the cheapest supplier of the TV
all the rest lose, and if they lose then why advertise on ''cheep''
This only helps the public buyers, who do not put the advertising on Blinkx, my feeling is Blinkx got off on the right foot by making advertising its goal, others have gone different ways to run their sites and failed.
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I do not need to wait for a analyst/newspaper/mm/broker to tell me the results will be good in November, the management and the share holders at the AGM told me by their feelings and managements comments.
-Any- reduction in the share price i see as a personal added bonus to buy.
if it uses a camera it has to be mitek bc they have the patents on it.
grant your very welcome .
blinkx is my favorite stock and I still think its undervalued .
But I also invested in www.miteksystems.com (MITK) check them out the software for banking apps for smart phones using the cell camera instead of a tiny key board and
41 patents and a nasdaq listing and signed 80 banks and 2 big brokerage firms and paypal
Grant got an email from fellow investor in blinkx he thinks the short term price target is $3.55 he also thinks that this Tuesday at blinkx shareholder meeting that HPQ may announce an offer for blinkx shares for about that same price.
He thinks HPQ may want to hurry to buy them before earnings, and stock rise again .
I am NOT for any buyout offer .
blinkx is doing just fine by itself.
I wanna be rich!
re buyout rumor post by safari norman
i see you are still finding and posting good information,
this rumour will certainly bring more investors into Blinkx
and it will also bring the speculators on board
especially when it is mentioned in the FT
i expect we will see more newspapers will pick this rumour of a takeover up.
and a few of us think there will be more money to be made in a few years if there is no takeover, so we are in a win-win situation.
buyout rumor
By Neil Hume and Bryce Elder
Published: September 15 2011 20:34
Blinkx, the online video provider, continued its recent good run, rising a further 4.8 per cent to 151½p. Traders pinned the rise on rumours of a bid approach and further consideration of a recent research note from Daniel Stewart that noted a recent increase in traffic.
“Site Analytics has identified that Blinkx’s US unique visitor volume surged in July by 33 per cent month on month, and by 168 per cent year on year, to 7.862m a day. This contrasts with volume at the 5.1m to 5.5m level in first half of 2011,” the note said
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/153d9abc-dfb7-11e0-b1db-00144feabdc0.html#ixzz1Y3ahCrr4
Company: Daniel Stewart
Surge in unique visitor volume in July
?? Site Analytics, [wwwsiteanalytics.compete.com] has identified that blinkx’ US unique visitor volume (UV) surged in July by 33% month-on-month, and by 168%
YoY, to 7.862m/day. This contrasts with volume at the 5.1 to 5.5m level in H1’11.
?? This may be a temporary move, but it places blinkx on a footing in the US with
video.google.com. July data for video.google.com shows 8.93m unique visitors
(No.1) with blinkx a close No.2 (14% lower) at 7.86m. video.aol.com trailed at
1.73m and veoh.com at 1.37m.
?? We suggest that the surge may be an early indication of the fruits of blinkx’
acquisition of Burst Media, which accesses some 61% of the online US video
viewing population. blinkx’ stated aim is the rapid integration of Burst’s content
and reorganisation into its verticals, aligned with general categories available to
its advertising partners.
?? Search volume, for which the UV (unique visitor) parameter charted by
SiteAnalytics is one proxy, is the key driver for blinkx’ revenue model, driving
searches towards approved material within its library of 300m+ hours of material
(e.g. in “how to” sites, auto or cookery online magazines, historical archives etc.)
and thence triggering targeted ads from its clients. blinkx reported that its cpm
(ad rate) of $18-$20 is significantly above that of Burst (<$2) offering potential
leverage on it acquired viewing customer base.
eddo please stop buying plfm one hundred bux is still one hundred bux until you give it to these crooks the gig is done IMO.
buy a real company like blinkx
BLNKF
video search engine
52 million cas eps of .02
no debt just bot a company to further grow.
I asked IR questions via email
1.Cash? The cash position was last reported for 31 March 2011, at which point it was $52,8 million.
2. NASDAQ listing? Management has not indicated that there are any such plans to list elsewhere at the moment
3. getcheep possible spin off? The product remains in closed beta testing for review and evaluation. It is one of a number of blinkx’s product development initiatives in the area of automated contextual services, such as Comparison Shopping.
Techinvest manager says US and small-cap focus is winning out amid ‘crazy’ IPO prices in technology space.
Borne out of a long-running technology investment newsletter, the MFM Techinvest Technology fund resides almost unnoticed at the top of the IMA Technology sector on a one- and three-year basis, having benefitted from increased focus on the US and an overweight to small caps.
The vehicle is run by Conor McCarthy of Techinvest in Ireland, and administered by Marlborough Fund Managers in the UK. McCarthy has published a technology newsletter since 1984 and launched the fund in the aftermath of the tech bear market in 2003.
“Our only marketing tool is our performance”, said McCarthy, but while the fund has returned 51.9% over three years against a sector average of 21.3%, 15.8% of which came in the last year alone, it is still just £18m in size. “People are still a little wary of the tech sector on this side of the Atlantic, not least in the small-cap space”, he said.
An increased focus on North America rather than the UK has helped drive performance since 2008. Having had about 20%-25% of the portfolio in US and Canadian stocks prior to that period, the fund now holds about 60% in North American stocks.
“As we got more familiar with the North American market we realised its attractiveness. The degree of liquidity in small-cap stocks in general seems to have seriously shrunk in London in recent years. In North America the liquidity is between 10 and 20 times more”, McCarthy said.
By contrast, the fund “completely avoids Chinese and Indian stocks because of a lack of knowledge of the political and business nuances of those countries,” he added.
On a stock specific level, McCarthy pointed to Mitek Systems, which specialises in imaging technology, as a key success story. The stock has quadrupled in value since the fund bought into it last autumn, and reached a 52-week high last week despite tumbling by a third of its value in the first week of August.
Mitek, McCarthy said, is also an example of the under-researched nature of the space, as it hit its recent highs after analysts initiated coverage of the stock for the first time.
“There were no forecasts on Mitek until 25 August. Sometimes you have to wait for the rest of the world to latch onto them”, McCarthy said.
Another top holding, broadcast systems supplier Miranda Technologies, is “probably the most undervalued stock we know of,” the manager said, despite gaining 30% since the fund purchased it.
The portfolio’s largest holding, video search engine Blinkx, is a similar story. The company was spun out of Autonomy, whose CEO Mike Lynch retains a 6% interest, and McCarthy said he was “fascinated” the stock had attracted so little commentary following HP’s bid for Autonomy.
The small-cap focus, has, however, hit returns in recent weeks: “The small-cap sector tends to suffer more than most in difficult times”, said McCarthy.
The manager added the fund has in the past “had its write-offs, and stocks which go to zero”, but said a portfolio which includes nearly 100 stocks helps insulate returns.
The majority of tech sector interest remains focused on the upper echelons, and while McCarthy holds names such as Apple and eBay, he believes many companies further up the cap scale in the sector are suffering from excess hype.
“Valuations are crazy, and stocks at IPO can get hopelessly overvalued. We tend to avoid such stocks altogether, particularly in the US”.
Techinvest manager says US and small-cap focus is winning out amid ‘crazy’ IPO prices in technology space.
Borne out of a long-running technology investment newsletter, the MFM Techinvest Technology fund resides almost unnoticed at the top of the IMA Technology sector on a one- and three-year basis, having benefitted from increased focus on the US and an overweight to small caps.
The vehicle is run by Conor McCarthy of Techinvest in Ireland, and administered by Marlborough Fund Managers in the UK. McCarthy has published a technology newsletter since 1984 and launched the fund in the aftermath of the tech bear market in 2003.
“Our only marketing tool is our performance”, said McCarthy, but while the fund has returned 51.9% over three years against a sector average of 21.3%, 15.8% of which came in the last year alone, it is still just £18m in size. “People are still a little wary of the tech sector on this side of the Atlantic, not least in the small-cap space”, he said.
An increased focus on North America rather than the UK has helped drive performance since 2008. Having had about 20%-25% of the portfolio in US and Canadian stocks prior to that period, the fund now holds about 60% in North American stocks.
“As we got more familiar with the North American market we realised its attractiveness. The degree of liquidity in small-cap stocks in general seems to have seriously shrunk in London in recent years. In North America the liquidity is between 10 and 20 times more”, McCarthy said.
By contrast, the fund “completely avoids Chinese and Indian stocks because of a lack of knowledge of the political and business nuances of those countries,” he added.
On a stock specific level, McCarthy pointed to Mitek Systems, which specialises in imaging technology, as a key success story. The stock has quadrupled in value since the fund bought into it last autumn, and reached a 52-week high last week despite tumbling by a third of its value in the first week of August.
Mitek, McCarthy said, is also an example of the under-researched nature of the space, as it hit its recent highs after analysts initiated coverage of the stock for the first time.
“There were no forecasts on Mitek until 25 August. Sometimes you have to wait for the rest of the world to latch onto them”, McCarthy said.
Another top holding, broadcast systems supplier Miranda Technologies, is “probably the most undervalued stock we know of,” the manager said, despite gaining 30% since the fund purchased it.
The portfolio’s largest holding, video search engine Blinkx, is a similar story. The company was spun out of Autonomy, whose CEO Mike Lynch retains a 6% interest, and McCarthy said he was “fascinated” the stock had attracted so little commentary following HP’s bid for Autonomy.
The small-cap focus, has, however, hit returns in recent weeks: “The small-cap sector tends to suffer more than most in difficult times”, said McCarthy.
The manager added the fund has in the past “had its write-offs, and stocks which go to zero”, but said a portfolio which includes nearly 100 stocks helps insulate returns.
The majority of tech sector interest remains focused on the upper echelons, and while McCarthy holds names such as Apple and eBay, he believes many companies further up the cap scale in the sector are suffering from excess hype.
“Valuations are crazy, and stocks at IPO can get hopelessly overvalued. We tend to avoid such stocks altogether, particularly in the US”.
what this news means that mitek enters another huge industry which it already has 80 bank companies as partners (plus 6 of the top ten) what it will do is give the credit card customer the option to find a better rate on credit card % by taking a picture of the apr on your xredit card bill and send that info to banks to try and beat it and do a balance transfer for the customer in seconds if they agree to the new balance transfer rate.
the customer saves money the bank wins a new customer.
win win.
only 5 mutual funds hold mitk so far with this low float this thing will heat up in a hurry buy on dips MITK and BLNKF are the future stocks to hold long term for growth
from safari norman on blinkx london board...
With the AGM getting closer, and AU/HP deal there will be renewed interest in Blinkx in the next couple of weeks before and after the AGM.
There are always people that arrive before an AGM and buy the shares if they think there will be information that could move the share price upwards.
There is also added speculation on the holdings of the 5 largest share holders, what is their future position ?
The minute HP made a bid for AU was the minute that Blinkx became into play, we will see what Blinkx says about it, the best answer from Blinkx may be ''business as usual'' which may make Blinkx feel better, some share holders will take a bit of convincing, Blinkx itself is not a company that will sit and let the grass grow under its feet, if it is left to expand Blinkx may well make share holders a lot richer instead of being taken over.
As SC and ML are close and ML is expanding AU/HP then if a opertunity that was more interesting to Blinkx was seen by HP or AU and passed onto Blinkx then AU/ML/HP would still benefit financialy as they have a good % of Blinkx shares.
The share price of Blinkx is recovering fast,and i think it has further to go.
As we approach the AGM the newspapers and others will also be interested in writing about the AU/HP and Blinkx, we cannot expect reporters who write about companies results each day to know about some fashion business, the next day some energy business, then the tech business, so it is natural these reporters have to quickly find information about the company they have to write about, they naturally go to discussion board sites, taking in product and financial views, the same way they go over the company news part, that is all they will be interested in, and if the newspapers and the funds think Blinkx is worth mentioning and investing in, it will encourage others to invest.
With banks,shops, business, unemployment being so high, it is good to see a company like Blinkx expanding, and having a bright future, i personally hope there is no takeover for a couple of years, but i have to say Blinkx could be bought over at anytime.
MITK to open bell tomorrow.
Would it be smart to announce HUGE news shortly after that for mitek?
While all eyes are on us!!
its just good logic...
not saying release it today but soon if they have it...would be great timing..
don't you think brenton?
Is this a contract or another LOI?
brenton
state farm good to hear but I was talking about using mitek system to take a picture of your car insurance statement bill for benefits and then progressive or geiko can take the coverage and give you faster quotes on the cheapest coverage and in a few mintues or even possibly seconds instead of 15 mintues could save you 15% on car insurance.
Nice move today ..
Also called a brokerage firm that uses mitek check tech and he said that alot of customers loved the feature and its going well.
I do like MITK's cloud product as it can take a picture of insurance benefits and get quotes to customers fast instead if `15 min. could be in seconds with a mitek system in place send a pic and save money in seconds.
seen any car insurance commericals lately ? HUGE huh?
grant what are your thoughts on blinkx after HPQ is buying the parent company of blinkx autonomy which holds 13% of blinkx shares?