Blinkx stock fails to meet high expectations for online video ads
The online video sector is growing fast, and advertising forecasts point to a boom. So why is one of the leading companies’ share price sliding in the other direction?
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The online video sector is growing fast, and advertising forecasts point to a boom. So why is one of the leading companies’ share price sliding in the other direction?
As the online video opportunity booms, video index and advertising firm Blinkx is growing fast – but not quite as fast as had been expected, as revenue for the last 12 months fell slightly behind analysts’ expectations..
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.
Video index and ads firm Blinkx is buying up UK ad tech vendor and network Burst Media for $30 million (£18.5 million).
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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 (S MIVA).
Blinkx isn’t taking no for an answer. Despite dropping its pursuit of pay-per-click ad network MIVA last month after being rebuffed, it’s no…
Video site Blinkx lost $3.26 million (£2.07 million) between April and September – fairly hefty, but far less than the $12.8 million (£8.1…
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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.
Video search company blinkx has offered to acquire pay-per-click ad company MIVA for $1.20 a share
Updated: The Miva board has rejected this bid, “following careful review and consideration”, the company said in a statement. The board said…
— Blinkx: Yet another product launch from the video search index – today it debuted a TV listings guide. Blinkx Remote merely links to prog…
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Video search index Blinkx slimmed its losses to $4.5 million in the six months to March 31, from $18.2 million in the same period last year.…
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Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-base…
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