Comments on: blinkx signs Dow Jones Online

By: NewTeeVee » Blinkx Launches Video Search Wiki

NewTeeVee » Blinkx Launches Video Search Wiki — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 22:30:34 +0000

[...] I’m not sure if I’m just surprised Blinkx announced something, anything, besides yet another partnership with a video site. Share/E-mail Sphere Topic: Online Video, Startups, Geekout Tags: Blinkx, Video [...]

By: NewTeeVee » Lycos’ MIX Fails to Thrill

NewTeeVee » Lycos’ MIX Fails to Thrill — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:24:21 +0000

[…] Lycos, which went from bearish to bullish on broadband content over the course of six years, is hoping to raise their profile as a destination portal. But how this ties into their deal with video search site blinkx is beyond me, since the search functionality isn’t plugged into MIX or Cinema. […]

By: Mary Hodder

Mary Hodder — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:44:59 +0000

Hi Liz,
It’s true that Dabble has all the WSJ and Dow Jones video info in our search system. We were given it directly some time ago, though it’s available in public feeds. It came in a lump with 74,000 or so videos, though WSJ and the other Dow Jones videos only number less than 500.

Here is an example of a Walt Mossberg / WSJ video on Dabble:

http://dabble.com/node/5923610

I kind of have to agree that putting out a press release for each and every little data feed (we were given 300 feeds yesterday by seven different companies) seems kind of silly. We’d spend all our time putting out the press releases if we did that.

mary

By: Jan

Jan — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 16:15:40 +0000

Isn't announcing in a press release every new "partner" a little strange. Yesterday in Red Herring, they said Dabble had 120. But we don't see them "announcing" new data weekly. This is a great con for those who report tech news.

Can you imagine Google putting out a press release each time they got some new data?

And Dow Jones isn't only searchable on Blinkx. They are on Searchforvideo.com, Dabble, and Yahoo video.

This is just more Blinkx spin. But the weekly press release they put out on each new little chunk of data sure seems to get the spin meisters spinning as well.

By: streamer

streamer — Thu, 21 Dec 2006 03:17:06 +0000

why don't they use P2P live broadcasting technology, like TVKoo.com, one server providing global broadcasting with much better quality than brightcove? Maybe they have too much money wasted on bandwidth.

By: Marshall Kirkpatrick

Marshall Kirkpatrick — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 18:26:05 +0000

Now that their interface is vastly improved, I think Blinkx is in a pretty darned good place as the video market comes into its own. Partnerships like the ones Podzinger is getting, where the search functionality is included in partner sites, seem like the next logical step.

Chandratillake gives a darned good interview too, would love to read or see one with him here!