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Blinkx moves to quash bid rumours

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Blinkx Plc. issued a statement saying that it "is not aware of any external bids or bid-related reason" for the recent rise in its share price.

Blinkx launches blinkx BBTV

blinkx announced Wednesday the availability of blinkx BBTV, a significant advance in online television that leverages blinkx's patented speech and visual recognition technology to simultaneously deliver a high-quality television experience over the Internet, and link it to the universe of information on the Web, adding dimension and context to the viewer's experience.

Blinkx launches online TV service Blinkx BBTV

Video search engine Blinkx is moving into the online TV market. The company has launched Blinkx BBTV, which offers films and programming from existing content partners using an application available free for download. Blinkx said what distinguishes its service from other online TV ventures is the use of its speech and visual recognition technology to link the programming to related videos and information on the internet.

How to choose a auction site

With sites offering low bid auctions popping up like daisies in the spring time, how do you choose the one that is right for you? To name a few, we have "Bid Clever", "Bid Low", "Bid Nation", "Bid 4 Prizes" and "Mr. Bid Low". There is "e-Lot Bidder", as well as "Low Ball" and Silver Tag Auctions." I am sure there are plenty of others out there that have yet to become aware of them.

Blinkx Launches blinkx BBTV, partners with Dogwoof for film channel on BBTV

LONDON (Thomson Financial) - Video search engine Blinkx Plc. launched blinkx BBTV, its first broadband television which delivers high-quality television over the internet.

Blinkx flies on Google and Newscorp bid talk

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares of video search engine firm Blinkx surged 50 percent to a seven-month high on Friday, on talk that Internet giant Google and media conglomerate NewsCorp may bid for the firm.

Blinkx launches Advanced Media platform for media companies

Blinkx, a UK-based search engine company, has announced the launch of the blinkx Advanced Media platform, video content management software that supports and enhances blinkx's Conceptual Recognition Engine (CoRE) technology, in addition to helping media companies to optimise their video assets and maximise their monetisation.

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Analysis: Is Blinkx the Next Acquisition Target?

Speculation is rising around a potential acquisition of Blinkx, a video search engine by either Google or News Corp (and possibly Yahoo!). Traffic to Blinkx has increased steadily over the past year – the market share of visits for the week ending May 10, 2008 is 10x higher than the same week in 2007. Much of this growth is being driven by new users, since 62% of the traffic to Blinkx during the same timeframe had not visited the website in the past 30 days.

blinkx BBTV fuses Internet TV with Web search capabilities

blinkx BBTV officially launched today. Using blinkx’s patented speech and visual recognition technology, blink BBTV delivers a high-quality Internet TV experience and links the video content to the endless information available on the Web.

Blinkx Internet TV Launching

Blinkx CEO Suranga Chandratillake has been telling me for months about the preparations for BBTV -- Blinkx Internet TV effort. Finally, it's launching today (Wednesday).

Blinkx Player Aims to Improve Internet TV Viewing

Video search engine Blinkx introduced blinkx BBTV, a new downloadable online television player designed to deliver higher-quality viewing on the Internet.

Blinkx Plc - Holding(s) in Company

RNS Number:0948Q Blinkx Plc 14 March 2008 TR-1: NOTIFICATION OF MAJOR INTERESTS IN SHARES 1. Identity of the issuer or the underlying issuer of existing shares to which voting rights are attached: Blinkx plc 2. Reason for the notification (please tick the appropriate box or boxes) An acquisition or disposal of voting rights X An acquisition or disposal of financial instruments which may result in the acquisition of shares already issued to which voting rights are attached An event changing the breakdown of voting rights Other (please specify):___________________________________________ 3. Full name of person(s) subject to the notification obligation: F&C Asset Management Plc 4. Full name of shareholder(s) (if different from 3.): See Box 9 below 5.

blinkx Doubles Size of Advertising Sales Team to Support Massive Online TV Opportunity

SAN FRANCISCO, BUSINESS WIRE -- blinkx, the world's largest and most advanced video search engine, today announced that it has doubled its advertising sales team to support new business development, and plans to continue its aggressive growth in this area. New hires will join blinkx in San Francisco, London, Los Angeles and New York. "We're strengthening our team to help us take on a tremendous opportunity in online vide.....

Blinkx Brings Video Search to New P2P TV Service

As if the Internet TV space weren't crowded enough, the video search gurus at Blinkx have announced their own service called BBTV. On paper, pairing a video distribution service with Blinkx's speech-to-text search tools seems like a no-brainer. But, a look at BBTV reveals a lot of the same shortfalls that plague other online video entrants like Hulu, Joost, and Veoh.

Blinkx Rises And Falls On Mystical Google-News Corp Acquisition Chatter

Market speculation from an Investec analyst (via Bloomberg) that Google (NSDQ: GOOG) or News Corp (NYSE: NWS) may buy voice recognition-based video search index Blinkx did wonders for the company today - then petered out a little. FT.com casually noted the company may seek a Nasdaq listing, adding to its listing on London’s AIM market. Blinkx shares jumped by 50 percent in the morning to a seventh-month high, valuing it at £102 million ($204 million).

Market Report: Best Buy bid banter buoys Carphone and DSG

Market rumours again mooted the prospect of a 400p-per-share offer from Best Buy, the American consumer electronics retailer, which has been cast as a suitor before. There was also talk that Vodafone was said to be considering a bid for the company. But while Carphone stock touched an intra-day high of 259.25p, up 7.75p, on the back of the talk, analysts remained unconvinced.

Blockbuster bid for Circuit City may fizzle out

(Reuters)—Blockbuster has been weighing funding options for its $1.3 billion unsolicited bid for Circuit City Stores, but continues to explore other strategic opportunities in case its takeover bid falters, sources familiar with the situation said Tuesday.

Frosted Flake gets bid of $1,175 on eBay

As of Monday afternoon, the state-shaped cereal flake had received 46 bids, with the top bid $1,175, well above the top bid of $10.49 Friday.

Blockbuster launches $1bn bid for US retail chain Circuit City

Blockbuster, the most famous name in DVD rentals the world over, has launched an audacious bid to turn itself into a retailer, with a $1bn-plus bid for one of the US's biggest electronics chains.

Wall Street Sour On Blockbuster's Circuit City Bid

As the content world moves toward all-digital distribution, Blockbuster has made a $1 billion-plus play to reinforce its bricks-and-mortar footprint with a hostile bid for Circuit City Stores.

Report: Yahoo, AOL may combine; News Corp. may make bid

Possible deal between Yahoo and AOL is a bid to thwart a Microsoft takeover, but News Corp. reportedly is in talks with Microsoft to jointly bid for Yahoo

Electronic Arts' $2 Bln Takeover Bid For Take-Two Turns Hostile - Update

(RTTNews) - Video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc. (ERTS) turned hostile towards Take-Two Software by taking its $2.0 billion takeover bid directly to the shareholders. Electronic Arts, the maker of the "Madden" football and "Need for Speed" racing games, on Thursday said it commenced a tender offer to acquire all of the currently outstanding common shares of Take-Two for $26.00 per share in cash following the rejection of its sweetened unsolicited bid last month.

Rubik's Cube Proof Cut to 25 Moves

KentuckyFC writes "A scrambled Rubik's cube can be solved in just 25 moves, regardless of the starting configuration. Tomas Rokicki, a Stanford-trained mathematician, has proven the new limit (down from 26 which was proved last year) using a neat piece of computer science. Rather than study individual moves, he's used the symmetry of the cube to study its transformations in sets. This allows him to separate the "cube space" into 2 billion sets each containing 20 billion elements. He then shows that a large number of these sets are essentially equivalent to other sets and so can be ignored. Even then, to crunch through the remaining sets, he needed a workstation with 8GB of memory and around 1500 hours of time on a Q6600 CPU running at 1.6GHz.

Indian Consumer Electronics Maker Videocon Will Bid For Motorolas Handset Business

Indian consumer electronics maker Videocon Group will be bidding for Motorola’s mobile devices business, its chairman Chairman Venugopal Dhoot told Dow Jones today. Venugopal declined to put a price or value on the bid. The news comes a week after Motorola (NYSE: MOT) split its business in two, hiving off its mobile division. Dhoot told Bloomberg that it needs a handset business so that they could “complete the full chain,� in India, where they “are in consumer durables…in retail…and also have mobile phone licenses.� Merrill Lynch estimates that Moto’s handset business is worth about $3.8 billion—more than double the market value of Videocon Industries, the group’s listed company. If its bid were successful, Videocon would become the world’s third largest handset maker.

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