Blinkx, a video search engine, has launched their advertising program to allow publishers to earn revenue on their uploads. Much like AdSense for YouTube, which was revealed earlier this week, Blinkx’s solution matches ads contextually with videos. Ads are displayed either in a transparent window at the bottom of the video screen, or in a banner that sits on top of it. We first learned of Blinkx’s program earlier this summer.
In addition to Google/YouTube, Blinkx joins many other companies that offer publishers a way to earn money from video. VideoEgg, AdBrite, and BrightRoll all offer similar programs, with dozens of other companies also competing for a share of the quickly growing video advertising market.
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[via IHT]