Blinkx

Infobox_Company
company_name = blinkx Inc.
company_
company_type = Public (LSE|BLNX)
foundation = flagicon|USA San Francisco, California
(July, 2004)
location_city = San Francisco, California
location_country = USA
industry = Internet services
key_people = Suranga Chandratillake, CEO
homepage = [http://www.blinkx.com/ blinkx.com]

Blinkx (London AIM: [http://www.londonstockexchange.com/en-gb/pricesnews/prices/system/detailedprices.htm?sym=GB00B1WBW239GBGBXAMSMB1WBW23BLNX BLNX.L] ) is an Internet search engine for video and audio content, based in San Francisco, that allows searching and classification of audio files, video clips and streaming media. Blinkx’s video search engine differs by using speech recognition to listen to the audio component of the video content, and then uses both the phonetic and text transcripts to match content with search queries. blinkx also indexes and searches podcasts and video blogs. It claims to be the largest deep indexed Video search engine with 26 million hours indexed and agreements with over 350 content companies.

History

* "2004": Suranga Chandratillake, a Sri Lankan and former Autonomy Corporation employee, founded blinkx as a toolbar for web search, specializing in video. [cite web | title = Blinkx' original web page | publisher = Internet Archive | date = 2005-05-14 | url = http://web.archive.org/web/20050514015809/www.blinkx.com/content/about.php | accessdate = 2007-07-12 ]
* "December 2004": blinkx launches audio and video search engine. [cite web | title = blinkx Unveils Search Engine for TV | publisher = Lost Remote | date = 2004-12-16 | url = http://www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=LRTVN.story&STORY=/www/story/12-16-2004/0002636303&EDATE=THU+Dec+16+2004,+08:02+AM | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "July 2005": blinkx launches SmartFeed, an RSS feed for video links. [cite web | title = Blinkx Gives Users Their RSS TV | publisher = PC World | date = 2005-07-19 | url = http://www.pcworld.com/article/121861/blinkx_gives_users_their_rss_tv.html | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "June 2006": blinkx reaches 4 million hours of searchable video content. [cite web | title = Blinkx to lead in video search engine | publisher = PhysOrg | date = 2006-07-06 | url = http://www.physorg.com/news71404493.html | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "October 2006": Microsoft Corp. agrees to use Blinkx technology to power the video search on some parts of its MSN service and Live.com. [cite news | title = Microsoft Signs Blinkx to Video Search | publisher = Jupiter Online Media | date = 2006-10-09 | url = http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article.php/3636801 | accessdate = 2007-07-08 ] Other sites it powers include Lycos, Infospace, the RealPlayer and parts of AOL.
* "June 2007": blinkx launches contextual video advertising platform named AdHoc. [cite news | title = blinkx launches contextual online video search ad platform | publisher = Search Engine Watch | date = 2007-06-25 | url = http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/070625-090524 | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "March 2008": blinkx releases the [http://www.blinkxbeat.com blinkx beat] video screensaver. [cite news | title = Tune in With blinkx beat: blinkx Brings Personalized Video Bulletins Straight to the Desktop | publisher = Reuters | date = 2008-03-19 | url = http://www.reuters.com/article/pressRelease/idUS124068+19-Mar-2008+BW20080319 | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "April 2008": The company launches its [http://www.blinkxbbtv.com broadband TV application] . [cite news | title = Blinkx BBTV brings Web interactivity to TV, film | publisher = CNET | date = 2008-04-01 | url = http://news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9908547-7.html | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]
* "August 2008": Launch of [http://tv.blinkx.com blinkx Remote] , a directory of full-length TV shows online for the US and UK. [cite news | title = Blinkx Launches TV Search Service | publisher = Wired | date = 2008-08-13 | url = http://blog.wired.com/business/2008/08/blinkx-launches.html | accessdate = 2008-09-05 ]

References

External links

* [http://www.blinkx.com blinkx.com]
* [http://uk.intruders.tv/Suranga-Chandratillake,-founder-and-CEO-of-the-video-search-company-blinkx-_a282.html Interview with Suranga Chandratillake, founder and CEO of blinkx] video