THUNDER BAY– The first-ever study on Canadians’ viewing habits of online video conducted by Ipsos Reid and M Consulting finds 80 per cent of all Canadians indicate watching some video content online. Among those that have watched video online 41 per cent watch more online video content than they did last year. A growing audience means a bigger business opportunity for brand marketers and the Canadian film community to produce original online video content.
“A loyalty of sorts is being developed for online video,” says Bill Mohri, president of M Consulting who commissioned the study, which will be unveiled in full at the MergeMedia: Online Branded entertainment conference on October 22. “There is the potential that a critical mass of Canadians could be watching more online video than TV much sooner than experts predicted.”
While males between the ages of 18 to 24 comprise the biggest, most frequent audience, 41 per cent of all Canadians say they watch online video at least a few times per week. And the study found that people who view online video at least once per day are more receptive to branded entertainment, with 18 per cent indicating positive purchase intent for brands that have developed entertaining content online...
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TR-1: NOTIFICATIONS OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES |
1: Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: | Blinkx PLC |
2: Reason for notification (yes/no) | ||
An acquisition or disposal of voting rights | yes | |
An acquisition or disposal of qualifying financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached | no | |
An acquisition or disposal of instruments with similar economic effect to qualifying financial instruments | no | |
An event changing the breakdown of voting rights | no | |
Other (please specify): |
| no |
3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: | Standard Life Investments Ltd |
4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): | Vidacos Nominees |
5. Date of the transaction (and date on which the threshold is crossed or reached): | 14 October 2010 |
6. Date on which issuer notified: | 15 October 2010 |
7. Threshold(s) that is/are crossed or reached: | 9% |
8: Notified Details | ||||
A: Voting rights attached to shares | ||||
Class/type of share If possible use ISIN code | GB00B1WBW239 | |||
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Situation previous to the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | |||
27,125,646 | 27,125,646 | |||
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Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Number of shares | Number of voting rights | Percentage of | ||
Direct | Indirect | Direct | Indirect | |
28,006,007 | 7,149,353 | 20,856,654 | 2.310% | 6.738% |
B: Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction | ||||
Type of financial instrument | Expiration date | Exercise/ conversion period/date | No. of voting rights that may be acquired | Percentage of voting rights |
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C: Financial Instruments with similar economic effect to Qualifying Financial Instruments | ||||||
Resulting situation after the triggering transaction
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Type of financial | Exercise | Expiration | Exercise/ | Number of voting | % of voting rights
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Total (A+B+C) | |
Number of voting rights | Percentage of voting rights |
28,006,007 | 9.048% |
9. Chain of controlled undertakings through which the voting rights and/or the |
Proxy Voting:
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10. Name of the proxy holder:
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11. Number of voting rights proxy holder will cease to hold:
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12. Date on which proxy holder will cease to hold voting rights:
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13. Additional information:
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14. Contact name:
| Frances Smith |
15. Contact telephone number:
| 01223 488500 |
