"...the deal is constructed the way YouTube used to approach “premium”
content-makers: A simple Internet real estate + revenue sharing deal.
That is, AOL gives YouTube access to the stuff it’s already making,
and sells the YouTube inventory itself. The clips will run using
YouTube’s player, and the two companies split revenue."
from All Things Digital
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Will AOL be selling the YouTube inventory - or Blinkx?...
Monday 1 October 2012
Thursday 27 September 2012
Comcast and NBC Put Money, Marketing Into a Social TV App: Zeebox Lands in the U.S.
There are lots of “social TV” apps out there, and none of them have
any real traction. But here comes another one, armed with a significant
advantage: A big push from one of TV’s biggest programmers.
Zeebox, which has garnered a lot of attention, and some users, in the U.K., has landed in the U.S. And if you stop reading now but turn on an NBCUniversal channel later this year, you’re going to end up hearing more about it, anyway: The cable and broadcast programming giant, along with its corporate cousin Comcast Cable, has invested in the start-up, and says it will give it a huge marketing push...
from All Things Digital
Zeebox, which has garnered a lot of attention, and some users, in the U.K., has landed in the U.S. And if you stop reading now but turn on an NBCUniversal channel later this year, you’re going to end up hearing more about it, anyway: The cable and broadcast programming giant, along with its corporate cousin Comcast Cable, has invested in the start-up, and says it will give it a huge marketing push...
from All Things Digital
Thursday 20 September 2012
Another Blinkx Next Big Thing that's too late...
Late, Expensive And Probably Redundant: YouView Finally Launches UK Digital TV Service
Two years after it was meant to go live, and with a list of backers that includes the BBC, ITV, Channel 4, Channel 5, Arqiva, BT and TalkTalk, YouView today finally crashed the UK TV party. Available by the end of July with a selection of major retailers, the service is based around an all-in-one set-top box that you can use without a subscription, which includes 100 digital TV and radio channels, catch-up and on-demand services, as well as the ability to record programs.
But with a price tag that will begin at £299 ($469) without the required broadband thrown in, and competing against a host of existing services, is this a case of too-little, too-late?
from TechCrunch
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from July - and I've still no sign of YouView STBs actually being sold...
Blinkx Reinvents Itself Again, Adapting to the Future of Video
I’ve rarely run into a company as adaptable, even Protean, as Blinkx.
I’ve been following it since it spun off from Autonomy in 2004 with the
mission of finding applications for Autonomy’s search and indexing
technology. The first area that founder and CEO Suranga Chandratillake
explored was desktop search for Macs and PCs, but within a year the
company pivoted into video search. Since then it’s reinvented its
approach to the video market every couple of years...
from Xconomy
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The usual smug, self-regarding, self-satisfied fuckwittery form our late, unlamented CEO. The man's self-delusion and arrogance is breath-taking: to read that interview you'd think Blinkx was already another Google, instead of a company which has totally lost the confidence of investors and the markets and seems to lurch from one crisis to another (and, incidentally, whose share price is only slightly above the IPO price 5 years after float).
Chandratillake mentions in that interview that he thought about leaving Blinkx. Christ, I wish he had. Not that he should have been given the choice: his sorry ass should have been fired after 5 years of failure to deliver products and shareholder value...
from Xconomy
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The usual smug, self-regarding, self-satisfied fuckwittery form our late, unlamented CEO. The man's self-delusion and arrogance is breath-taking: to read that interview you'd think Blinkx was already another Google, instead of a company which has totally lost the confidence of investors and the markets and seems to lurch from one crisis to another (and, incidentally, whose share price is only slightly above the IPO price 5 years after float).
Chandratillake mentions in that interview that he thought about leaving Blinkx. Christ, I wish he had. Not that he should have been given the choice: his sorry ass should have been fired after 5 years of failure to deliver products and shareholder value...
Monday 17 September 2012
Telefonica picks HP's Aurasma for augmented reality expansion
(Reuters) - Telefonica said it has picked HP's Aurasma technology to expand its mobile advertising offerings in one of the largest deals yet in the emerging market for augmented reality.
Augmented reality, or AR, overlays text or graphics on images viewed on smartphone, tablet and PC screens or through dedicated glasses, enabling features like image recognition.
The boom in smartphones led by Apple Inc's iPhone, which has location capabilities, cameras and sufficient processing power, has enabled people to try out AR technology for themselves.
The technology, which has been a feature of science fiction books and movies for decades, is expected to move into the mainstream in the coming years as chipset vendors have begun to incorporate it into products and large mobile firms like Telefonica pick it up.
Telefonica said it will use Aurasma's technology across its operations in some 25 countries, starting with Britain. The value of the deal was not revealed, but the companies said it was the largest-ever deal between an AR company and a telecom operator.
"We see this as a tipping point. This is the first time when a telco of its size is backing AR," Matt Mills, head of global partnerships at Aurasma, told Reuters.
from Reuters
Wednesday 12 September 2012
Partnership with SNTV
Blinkx Plc
Partnership with SNTV
RNS Number : 0331M
Blinkx Plc
12 September 2012
blinkx Partners with SNTV for Captivating Sports Coverage
From pulse-pounding plays to insightful athlete interviews, the latest sports videos can be found at www.blinkx.com
SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. - September 12, 2012- blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced a partnership with SNTV, the world's leading television sports video news agency, to give blinkx users a front row seat to even more premium sports content. Leveraging
its unique AdHoc platform, blinkx will place contextually relevant
advertising against these videos and share resulting revenue with SNTV.
From cycling to soccer, SNTV has developed
relationships with all of the major rights-holders, enabling in-depth
coverage of the majority of the most prestigious sporting events around
the globe. SNTV's crews are present at all major sporting events worldwide, covering stories at the scale and magnitude of the Olympics and the FIFA World Cup, but also bringing consumers news of the novel and niche - competitions like wife-carrying and snail racing.
blinkx and SNTV will deliver the best and broadest content in the most
concise format, allowing casual viewers and sports fanatics to keep up
with all the latest game-winning goals and record-breaking races.
"We're delighted to partner with SNTV,
known for their high quality and immediate sports coverage, to bring
videos of world famous and up-and-coming athletes alike to our
audience," said Brian Mukherjee, CEO, blinkx. "SNTV got its reputation
as the essential guide for sports fans for a reason, and we are very
pleased to make their constantly growing library of sports footage fully
searchable on blinkx.com."
"At SNTV we aim to provide
the best, most relevant, comprehensive and fast sports news service
there is, which means covering dozens of sports on a day-to-day basis,"
said Martin Kay, Managing Director, SNTV. "By partnering with blinkx,
with its vast video-viewing audience, the fans of these various athletic
events will be able to search out and discover the best sports footage
from around the world."
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 signed more than 800 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 SNTV
SNTV is the world's leading television
sports video news agency whose mission is to deliver the most relevant
sports news to its customers, in the most useful ways. SNTV is a
partnership between IMG Media, the world's largest independent producer
and distributor of sports programming, with more than 40 offices
worldwide, and The Associated Press, the backbone of the world's
information system
Press Contacts for blinkx
Tim Turpin
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tim.turpin@sparkpr.com
Sparkpr
+1 (415) 321 1894
tim.turpin@sparkpr.com
Nicole Love
Marlin PR
+44 207 869 8328
blinkx@marlinpr.com
Marlin PR
+44 207 869 8328
blinkx@marlinpr.com
Charles Lytle
Christopher Wren
Citigroup Global Markets Ltd
NOMAD and Broker for blinkx plc
+44 207 986 4000
Christopher Wren
Citigroup Global Markets Ltd
NOMAD and Broker for blinkx plc
+44 207 986 4000
Press Contacts for SNTV
Gary DoubleIMG
T: +44 20 8233 7425 gary.double@imgworld.com
McCormack House, Hogarth Business Park,
Burlington Lane, Chiswick,
London W4 2TH
T: +44 20 8233 7425 gary.double@imgworld.com
McCormack House, Hogarth Business Park,
Burlington Lane, Chiswick,
London W4 2TH
This information is provided by RNS
The company news service from the London Stock Exchange
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