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So guess who I'll be writing to next?
Thursday, 5 March 2009
Wednesday, 4 March 2009
BBC's web TV project to "spawn a whole new industry"
"Project Canvas, the broadcast industry initiative to establish a common IPTV standard, could see the creation of a new software industry, according to the BBC's tech boss.
Canvas, expected to go live in 2010, is a collaboration between the BBC, BT and ITV to develop a platform to carry on-demand content to new broadband-enabled TV receivers."
from silicon.com
ITV results
No mention of Blinkx. Hulu gets a mention, but not Blinkx...
'...other search engines' - hmmm, I sure would love to know which ones they mean...
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according to Advertising Association data. The majority of online revenues come
from "search" advertising (such as Google and other search engines) where
revenues increased by 20% to a total of GBP1.6 billion. Online display
advertising increased by 12% to GBP579 million and online classified advertising
by 20% to GBP595 million. Online now accounts for 23% of all advertising spend
in the UK, up from 19% in 2007.
Whilst online advertising revenues continued to increase over 2008, supply of
online display advertising inventory - in particular "white space" banner
advertising - has grown very rapidly, putting downward pressure on prices.
The proportion of homes accessing the internet via a broadband connection
continues to grow. Over 90% of internet users in the UK now use broadband and
60% of UK households now have a broadband connection. With more homes enjoying
faster broadband connections - with 50Mb services available in some areas -
demand for online video has grown. A year after its full launch, the BBC was
recording around 1 million video views via its iPlayer service every day. BARB
data showed a 77% year-on-year increase in the number of people watching
television content online. There is evidence that online advertising revenues
are gravitating to such high-quality services, rather than user-generated
content. In the US, the Hulu online video service has been forecast to be on
course to match YouTube's advertising revenues in 2009, despite the latter's
considerably larger reach.
Virgin, BT and Sky have all now established VoD services available to their
subscribers. Such services include content provided by established broadcasters,
such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. An emerging trend is the convergence of
online video services with VoD, with the BBC iPlayer and the ITV Player services
now available to Virgin subscribers via the television.
subscribers. Such services include content provided by established broadcasters,
such as the BBC, ITV and Channel 4. An emerging trend is the convergence of
online video services with VoD, with the BBC iPlayer and the ITV Player services
now available to Virgin subscribers via the television.
The social networking market continued to expand during the year. Facebook
reached over 200 million monthly unique users and 80 billion monthly page views
globally, the majority outside the US. Other major social networking sites
include Bebo, MySpace, LinkedIn and Friends Reunited."
reached over 200 million monthly unique users and 80 billion monthly page views
globally, the majority outside the US. Other major social networking sites
include Bebo, MySpace, LinkedIn and Friends Reunited."
I'm no chartist, but...
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this was posted by 'fathert' on ADVFN. If he's right, unless there is some major news from the company to break the downward trend the Blinkx share price is heading sub-10p again.
Which means it's heading sub-10p again...
Monday, 2 March 2009
A correction...
Apologies - looks like Blinkx has done a tie-up with MTV after all (as pointed out to me by another poster on ADVFN):
"blinkx.tv Adds MTV Networks Programming to Its Video Search Capabilities
The full slate of MTV Networks' programming will be searchable on blinkx.tv"
only problem is it was reported here
a site most people have never heard of.
Which poses the question: why? Why is it being pointed out by someone on a bulletin board? I think I read the media fairly assiduously: at least one broadsheet weekdays and at least two at weekends, New Media Age, Revolution magazine - how come I didn't see anything?
If this invisibly low profile is accidental then sack the PR company. If it's deliberate then the question is: WHY?
Who?
Yet another nonentity deal with another partner nobody's ever heard of...
When you think of the deals that Blinkx could and should be getting a part of - ITV, the MTV music channel going online - pissant little deals like this just don't cut it...
Sorry to seem so negative all the time, but what shareholders want is evidence that Blinx - and the share price - have turned a corner and are headed for the big time. And this ain't it...
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NEW YORK, March 2 /PRNewswire/ -- - Leading video search engine to leverage best-of-breed video content management system from KIT digital KIT digital, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: KITD), a leading global provider of Internet Protocol-based video enablement technologies, today announced a strategic partnership with blinkx, the web's largest and most advanced video search engine. Under the terms of the agreement, KIT digital will vend blinkx a multi-year enterprise license - including re-selling capability - to its "VX" digital asset management suite. blinkx will integrate KIT's VX suite into the blinkx Advanced Media Platform to streamline its ability to establish and host video content management services for clients.
from Investegate
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