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Report: Blinkx Achieves 1,000 Percent YOY Growth

Blinkx might not be up for sale; an official source denied acquisition rumors that started last week.  But corporate statements don't necessarily mean much, and new Hitwise stats portray Blinkx as a tempting target.

Google, News Corp Might Be Bidding On Blinkx

A word here, a number there . . . nothing remotely solid has been established, but rumors that Google and/or News Corp bid on video search engine Blinkx were enough to send the company's stock up 53 percent today.

Blinkx TV Knows How To Do It

How-to articles frequently grab attention at social media sites like Digg and Delicious. Video site Blinkx will try building on that popularity.

Blinkx Scores Goal.com Partnership

As a writer, I like words, and believe that writing has a place in nearly every situation imaginable.  Yet few people would be willing to “read” a sporting event, and so it’s rather noteworthy that Blinkx has become the power behind Goal.com’s video search.

Blinkx AdHoc Sets Out To Share Revenue

Can Blinkx bring down Google?  Maybe not.  But in one particular area, Blinkx is keeping up, and a new development will allow publishers to make money off the videos they embed in their sites.

Blinkx Seals Deal With CelebTV.com

I have to give Blinkx credit; on the video-sharing site’s homepage, “News” is still above “Entertainment.”  But if you want to indulge an interest in entertainment, you may be happy to hear that Blinkx has signed a deal with CelebTV.com.

Blinkx Inks Ad Deal With Utarget

Video search engine blinkx, said today that it has partnered with Utarget, a UK based online video advertising network, to place video advertising around its video content for UK audiences.

Blinkx Picks Up "Prom Queen" Sequel

If you haven’t heard of “Prom Queen,” know that the show was - in terms of “scripted Internet dramas,” anyway - a big sensation.  And now Blinkx, the video search engine, has won the rights to host and distribute the sequel.

Blinkx Announces 28 New Partnerships

I like Blinkx - the video search engine stays busy, thereby giving us something to write about.  And today, the video search engine gave evidence that it has been very busy - Blinkx announced 28 new media partnerships.

Blinkx Hires Several New Execs

Google probably hires around 40 people on a daily basis; it almost certainly achieves that every week.  Not every company’s worth $160 billion, however, and so it’s significant that Blinkx, which has a much smaller budget, has added a few employees and raised its overall headcount to 40.