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Blinkx rolled out a new channel for Roku devices, making its index of premium videos available through the broadband set-top box. The video search and ad company is expanding to reach the big screen, taking videos from its content partners and displaying them on connected devices. Read more »

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Online video search and ads company Blinkx announced Friday that it has acquired ad network Burst Media in a deal worth $30 million in cash and stock. The acquisition will nearly double Blinkx’s revenues by driving higher-CPM video advertising through Burst Media’s network of publisher sites. Read more »

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Cookie Jar Entertainment Launching Hulu for Kids Site; Jaroo.com will kick off with 50 TV series digitize a library of 6,000 episodes. (The Hollywood Reporter) Blinkx Issues Shares Worth $8.1 Million; company turns to stock market after losses associated with infrastructure deployment grew. (paidContent) Break Partners […] Read more »

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EchoStar: Sling Brings TV Everywhere; new ad campaign from the satellite company aimed at cable MSOs claims simplicity for distributing content. (Multichannel News) CIMM Lauches Web Site; the Nielsen rival debuts cimm-us.org and prepping to release RFPs this week. (Broadcasting & Cable) Microsoft Drops Family Guy […] Read more »

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DTV Delay-related News; according to Nielsen, more than 5.8 million U.S. homes (5.1 percent) are unprepared for the DTV switch (Nielsen Wire); the Consumer Electronics Association warns that the recent push back to the DTV switch could result in a shortage of converter boxes. (Broadcasting & […] Read more »

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Kilar on Original Content; in a Q&A, Hulu CEO says he expects library content like recycled TV shows will remain the biggest “bucket” of premium content, but originals like Dr. Horrible will be the fastest-growing segment. (MediaPost) Cuban Acquires Stake in Carmike Cinemas; Cuban, who also […] Read more »

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If at first you don’t succeed… After a failed first attempt, video search company Blinkx announced today that is once again making an offer to buy pay-per-click ad company MIVA. Read more »

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Supreme Court Stays Out of TiVo vs. Dish; high court won’t consider an appeal of the $74 million judgment against the satellite company over a patent dispute with the DVR maker. (The Associated Press) Time Warner Reacts to LIN Dispute By Urging People Online; after the […] Read more »

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blinkx, which was clearly following Joost when it launched a desktop client for Internet TV five months ago, is now in step with Joost in announcing today that it will make most of the functionality of its desktop client available through the browser. Shares of blinkx, […] Read more »

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With nearly half-a-dozen competitors, the company has a tough climb. McLean, Va.-based Invision is led by former cable industry execs, and built its own crawler, personalization, and social tools. It has 10 employees, and is self-funded. Read more »

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Video search company Blinkx announced tonight a “red-label” search product — which basically sounds like it’s making a self-service version of its white-label deals. The company will give free access to its search engine for sites with fewer than 10,000 searches per day, and ask partners […] Read more »

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Shares of Blinkx rose as much as 53 percent today on the London Stock Exchange following speculation it might be bought by Google or News Corp. Blinkx, however, released a statement saying it was “not aware of any external bids or bid-related reason for the [share] […] Read more »