blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has made a strategic partnership with Belgacom, Belgium’s leading quadruple play provider, to power TV and Video Search across Belgacom’s new entertainment platform. This strategic partnership is exclusive for Belgium and Luxembourg. Belgacom has chosen to incorporate blinkx’s unique technology into its next generation entertainment platform, which will […]
blinkx has turned its first profit in the six months to September, more than three years after the flotation of the online video company. Revenues doubled to $27.4 million with a pre-tax profit of $2 million compared with losses of $7.3 million in the same period last year. Because blinkx’s operating costs are growing at […]
blinkx, the world’s largest video search engine, has formed a partnership with Amino Communications. Under the terms of the partnership, Amino and blinkx will develop an integrated search, recommendation and personalisation solution powered by blinkx technology to be deployed on Amino’s hybrid/OTT set-top boxes, including the Amino Freedom, which brings broadcast, on-demand TV, open Internet […]
Microsoft has revealed that the Sky Player app on its Xbox 360 games console will support the upcoming Kinect motion sensing gaming peripheral. The company said that when using Kinect, UK users will be able to browse Sky Player menus, pause TV programmes, rewind and fast-forward using only hand gestures. The new motion sensing gaming […]
TiVo, the digital video recorder maker, has reported a narrower loss than expected thanks to a pick-up in sales for its new Premiere recorder, but forecast a wider-than-expected net loss in the fiscal third quarter. The company said it expects a net loss in the range of $19 million to $21 million for its fiscal […]