Video Search Monetization Works: Blinkx CEO Claims

Video Search Monetization Works: Blinkx CEO Claims

Video search works, particularly around professionally-produced content. Suranga Chandratillake CEO of Blinkx, the London/San Francisco-based video search engine told TechCrunch’s Erick Schonfeld in this segment from the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, that his company is serving ads on 80-90 percent of professionally produced content and on 10-20 percent on user generated content. The ads are both display and in-stream.

Here is Erick’s report on the company’s most recent earnings. Revenue is rising substantially, he finds.

While display adverising is down, video search is a growing and viable business, Suranga says.

Andy Plesser

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