Streaming video service Wuaki.tv, which launched in the U.K. this summer, has partnered with Panasonic to make its app available on Viera smart TVs. The company says it expects smart TVs to be the largest viewing platform for its content.…
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Simon & Schuster to stream book videos on Roku and Blinkx
Book publisher Simon & Schuster is ramping up video distribution, creating content channels and signing with partners like Roku, Blinkx and Taboola. For now, the videos are intended to promote books and authors, not to drive advertising revenue.…
Read MoreBlinkx Is Coming to a TV Near You
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 MoreBlinkx Buys Burst Media for $30M
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 MoreBlinkx Buys Burst Media To Chase Higher Video Ad Rates
Video index and ads firm Blinkx is buying up UK ad tech vendor and network Burst Media for $30 million (£18.5 million).…
Read MoreBlinkx Aims For Over-The-Top Through The Back Door
Video index Blinkx may come to the connected TV market more as a feature of other services than by bringing its own services to the devices.……
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I realize this is a chicken-and-egg thing, but social media doesn’t work without scale. Blinkx makes some nifty video search technology, but…
Read MoreBlinkx Expects To Beat Expectations With Big Revenue Jump
Online video search index and advertising firm Blinkx says it expects to blow away analysts' expectations by posting a much stronger half-ye……
Read MoreBlinkx’s Growing Income Tethered By Ongoing Expenses
Video search-and-ads firm Blinkx nearly doubled its income last year - but ongoing product costs left it with another significant loss. Sur……
Read MoreVid-Biz: Jaroo, Blinkx, Southern Comfort
Cookie Jar Entertainment Launching Hulu for Kids Site; Jaroo.com will kick off with 50 TV series digitize a library of 6,000 episodes.…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Sling, CIMM, Family Guy
EchoStar: Sling Brings TV Everywhere; new ad campaign from the satellite company aimed at cable MSOs claims simplicity for distributing content. (Multichannel…
Read MoreVid-Biz: DTV, Veoh, Super Ads
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);…
Read MoreVid-Biz: Hulu, Cuban, College Football
Kilar on Original Content; in a Q&A, Hulu CEO says he expects library content like recycled TV shows will remain the biggest…
Read MoreBlinkx Makes Another Bid for MIVA
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).…
Read MoreBlinkx Reboots Bid For Ad Net MIVA, New All-Cash Offer
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……
Read MoreEarnings: Blinkx Slims Its Losses, Ad Forecast ‘Conservative’
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……
Read MoreVid-Biz: TiVo, Time Warner, Blinkx
Supreme Court Stays Out of TiVo vs. Dish; high court won’t consider an appeal of the $74 million judgment against the satellite…
Read MoreBlinkx Drops Bid For Search Marketing Firm Miva
Online video search firm Blinkx, which is publicly traded on the AIM market, has dropped its public bid to acquire pay-per-click ad network……
Read Moreblinkx Also Going Download-Free for Its Joost-like Product
blinkx, which was clearly following Joost when it launched a desktop client for Internet TV five months ago, is now in step…
Read MoreBlinkx Drops BBTV App Like A Stone, Folds In To Website
Just like iPlayer, *BSkyB* and Joost before it, video search index Blinkx has decided to sideline the rather clunky standalone application f……
Read MoreIndustry Moves: Brownlee Leaving AOP, Blinkx Finds CFO
-- AOP: Association of Online Publishers director Ruth Brownlee will leave to concentrate on caring for her children, just nine months after……
Read MoreInvision.TV Launches Web Program Guide
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 MoreBlinkx Offers to Buy MIVA
Video search company blinkx has offered to acquire pay-per-click ad company MIVA for $1.20 a share…
Read MoreUpdated: Blinkx Bids $41 Million For Miva; Ad Net Rejects Proposal
Updated: The Miva board has rejected this bid, "following careful review and consideration", the company said in a statement. The board said……
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