<s>
RhythmOne	B-Application
,	O
previously	O
known	O
as	O
Blinkx	B-Application
,	O
and	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
Group	I-Application
,	O
is	O
an	O
American	O
digital	O
advertising	O
technology	O
company	O
that	O
owns	O
and	O
operates	O
the	O
web	O
properties	O
AllMusic	O
,	O
AllMovie	O
,	O
and	O
SideReel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinkx	B-Application
was	O
founded	O
in	O
2004	O
,	O
went	O
public	O
on	O
the	O
AIM	O
market	O
of	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
in	O
2007	O
,	O
and	O
began	O
trading	O
as	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
in	O
2017	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RhythmOne	B-Application
acquired	O
All	O
Media	O
Network	O
and	O
its	O
portfolio	O
of	O
web	O
properties	O
in	O
April	O
2015	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
merged	O
with	O
Taptica	O
International	O
(	O
renamed	O
Tremor	O
International	O
in	O
June	O
2019	O
)	O
,	O
an	O
advertising	O
technology	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Israel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinkx	B-Application
was	O
named	O
after	O
blinkx.com,	O
an	O
Internet	O
Media	O
platform	O
that	O
connects	O
online	O
video	O
viewers	O
with	O
publishers	O
and	O
distributors	O
,	O
using	O
advertising	O
to	O
monetize	O
those	O
interactions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinkx	B-Application
has	O
an	O
index	O
of	O
over	O
35	O
million	O
hours	O
of	O
video	O
and	O
800	O
media	O
partnerships	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
111	O
patents	O
related	O
to	O
the	O
site	O
's	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
technology	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
known	O
as	O
CORE	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2004	O
,	O
Suranga	O
Chandratillake	O
,	O
former	O
US	O
chief	O
technology	O
officer	O
of	O
Autonomy	B-General_Concept
Corporation	I-General_Concept
,	O
founded	O
Blinkx	B-Application
as	O
a	O
toolbar	O
for	O
web	B-Application
search	I-Application
,	O
specializing	O
in	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2004	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
launched	O
an	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
search	B-Application
engine	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2005	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
launched	O
SmartFeed	O
,	O
an	O
RSS	O
web	B-General_Concept
feed	I-General_Concept
for	O
video	O
links	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2006	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
Corp	O
.	O
agreed	O
to	O
use	O
Blinkx	B-Application
technology	O
to	O
power	O
the	O
video	O
search	O
on	O
some	O
parts	O
of	O
its	O
MSN	B-Protocol
service	O
and	O
Live.com	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2007	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
contextual	O
video	O
advertising	O
platform	O
named	O
AdHoc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2008	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
released	O
the	O
Blinkx	B-Application
Beat	O
video	O
screensaver	O
and	O
in	O
April	O
of	O
that	O
same	O
year	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
its	O
broadband	O
TV	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2008	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Advanced	O
Media	O
Platform	O
(	O
AMP	O
)	O
,	O
a	O
proprietary	O
video	O
content	O
management	O
solution	O
and	O
in	O
August	O
2008	O
launched	O
Blinkx	B-Application
Remote	O
,	O
a	O
directory	O
of	O
full-length	O
TV	O
shows	O
online	O
for	O
the	O
US	O
and	O
UK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2008	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
introduced	O
the	O
Un-roll	O
Unit	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
ad	O
unit	O
for	O
online	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2009	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
acquired	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
assets	O
of	O
the	O
bankrupt	O
Zango	O
company	O
under	O
its	O
Pinball	O
Corporation	O
subsidiary	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
launched	O
behavioral	O
targeting	O
through	O
Blinkx	B-Application
AdHoc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
mobile	O
video	O
search	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
launch	O
of	O
a	O
new	O
mobile	O
API	B-Application
(	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
launched	O
Blinkx	B-Application
Beat	O
for	O
Google	O
TV	O
and	O
Cheep	O
,	O
a	O
social	O
shopping	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2010	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
achieved	O
profitability	O
and	O
positive	O
operating	O
cash	O
flow	O
,	O
doubling	O
revenue	O
year	O
on	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
introduced	O
TV	O
API	B-Application
(	O
Application	B-Application
Programming	I-Application
Interface	I-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
woomi	O
,	O
the	O
connected	O
TV	O
destination	O
from	O
Miniweb	O
Interactive	O
,	O
the	O
cloud-based	O
video	O
distribution	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
acquisition	O
of	O
Burst	O
Media	O
,	O
an	O
online	O
media	O
and	O
technology	O
company	O
headquartered	O
in	O
Burlington	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
announced	O
the	O
Blinkx	B-Application
app	O
would	O
be	O
available	O
on	O
Roku	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
announced	O
a	O
partnership	O
with	O
Orb	B-Application
Networks	I-Application
to	O
bring	O
35	O
million	O
hours	O
of	O
TV	O
,	O
video	O
,	O
and	O
audio	O
to	O
Orb	B-Application
TV	O
and	O
Orb	B-Application
BR	O
Users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
November	O
2011	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
acquired	O
Prime	O
Visibility	O
Media	O
Group	O
(	O
PVMG	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2012	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
received	O
a	O
U.S.	O
Patent	O
for	O
Moving	O
Thumbnails	O
technology	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2012	O
,	O
an	O
open	O
beta	O
of	O
the	O
next-generation	O
Blinkx	B-Application
site	O
launched	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2013	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
's	O
next-generation	O
video	O
search	O
and	O
discovery	O
site	O
went	O
live	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Dec	O
2013	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
acquired	O
Rhythm	O
NewMedia	O
Inc.	O
,	O
a	O
Mobile	O
Video	O
Advertising	O
Platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2015	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
acquired	O
All	O
Media	O
Network	O
for	O
an	O
undisclosed	O
amount	O
,	O
including	O
website	O
properties	O
Sidereel.com,	O
Allmusic.com,	O
and	O
Allmovie.com,	O
and	O
unified	O
its	O
brands	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2016	O
,	O
Blinkx	B-Application
plc	O
changed	O
its	O
name	O
to	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
plc	I-Application
and	O
began	O
trading	O
as	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
plc	I-Application
on	O
the	O
London	O
Stock	O
Exchange	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2016	O
,	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
acquired	O
Austin	O
,	O
Texas-based	O
mobile	O
rewards	O
company	O
Perk.com	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2017	O
,	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
acquired	O
assets	O
and	O
200	O
employees	O
from	O
RadiumOne	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
acquired	O
YuMe	O
Inc	O
.	O
for	O
$185	O
million	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2019	O
,	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
Taptica	O
International	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
Media	O
Network	O
(	O
AMN	O
)	O
,	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
All	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
(	O
AMG	O
)	O
and	O
AllRovi	B-Application
,	O
was	O
an	O
American	O
company	O
that	O
owned	O
and	O
maintained	O
AllMusic	O
,	O
AllMovie	O
,	O
AllGame	O
(	O
until	O
its	O
closure	O
in	O
2014	O
)	O
,	O
SideReel	O
and	O
Celebified	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macrovision	O
(	O
now	O
TiVo	O
)	O
announced	O
on	O
November	O
6	O
,	O
2007	O
that	O
it	O
had	O
agreed	O
to	O
purchase	O
All	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
for	O
a	O
reported	O
$102	O
million	O
;	O
$72	O
million	O
in	O
cash	O
was	O
paid	O
up	O
front	O
,	O
and	O
$30	O
million	O
in	O
contingent	O
payments	O
were	O
made	O
one	O
year	O
later	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
a	O
time	O
,	O
all	O
of	O
the	O
guides	O
were	O
controlled	O
by	O
Rovi	O
's	O
nameservers	O
and	O
combined	O
access	O
to	O
the	O
All	O
Music	O
and	O
All	O
Movie	O
Guides	O
was	O
provided	O
via	O
AllRovi.com	B-Application
from	O
2011	O
until	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
overall	O
website	O
is	O
allmedianetwork.com	O
(	O
previously	O
allmediaguide.com	O
and	O
allrovi.com	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
April	O
16	O
,	O
2015	O
Blinkx	B-Application
Plc	O
acquired	O
All	O
Media	O
Network	O
and	O
rebranded	O
the	O
website	O
under	O
the	O
new	O
unified	O
RhythmOne	B-Application
Group	I-Application
banner	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Initially	O
published	O
in	O
book	O
form	O
in	O
1991	O
as	O
the	O
All	O
Music	O
Guide	O
,	O
the	O
content	O
is	O
now	O
freely	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
for	O
online	O
reference	O
and	O
information	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
available	O
via	O
licensing	O
for	O
point-of-sale	O
systems	O
,	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
,	O
and	O
online	O
music	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RhythmOne	B-Application
also	O
produces	O
the	O
AllMusic	O
guide	O
series	O
that	O
includes	O
the	O
All	O
Music	O
Guide	O
to	O
Jazz	O
and	O
the	O
All	O
Music	O
Guide	O
to	O
the	O
Blues	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Like	O
AllMusic	O
,	O
this	O
content	O
is	O
also	O
available	O
via	O
licensing	O
to	O
point-of-sale	O
systems	O
,	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
,	O
and	O
online	O
stores	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AllGame	O
,	O
active	O
between	O
1998	O
and	O
2014	O
as	O
the	O
All	O
Game	O
Guide	O
,	O
offered	O
information	O
and	O
reviews	O
about	O
many	O
console	B-Application
,	O
handheld	B-Application
,	O
arcade	O
,	O
and	O
PC	O
games	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
US	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
AllMusic	O
database	O
is	O
also	O
used	O
by	O
several	O
generations	O
of	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
and	O
Musicmatch	B-Application
Jukebox	I-Application
to	O
identify	O
and	O
organize	O
music	O
collections	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
11	I-Device
and	O
the	O
integrated	O
MTV	O
Urge	O
music	O
store	O
have	O
expanded	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
AllMusic	O
data	O
to	O
include	O
related	O
artists	O
,	O
biographies	O
,	O
reviews	O
,	O
playlists	O
and	O
other	O
data	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rovi	O
also	O
makes	O
this	O
content	O
available	O
for	O
point	O
of	O
sale	O
systems	O
in	O
stores	O
globally	O
,	O
for	O
CD	O
and	O
DVD	O
recognition	O
in	O
software	O
media	B-Device
players	I-Device
such	O
as	O
Windows	B-Device
Media	I-Device
Player	I-Device
and	O
Musicmatch	B-Application
Jukebox	I-Application
,	O
and	O
for	O
providing	O
content	O
for	O
a	O
variety	O
of	O
websites	O
including	O
iTunes	B-Operating_System
,	O
Pandora	B-Application
,	O
and	O
Spotify	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Formerly	O
,	O
All	B-Application
Media	I-Application
Guide	I-Application
sold	O
print	O
compilations	O
of	O
its	O
information	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RhythmOne	B-Application
's	O
database	O
was	O
initially	O
set	O
up	O
by	O
Vladimir	O
Bogdanov	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
lengthy	O
criticism	O
of	O
Blinkx	B-Application
by	O
Harvard	O
Business	O
School	O
Associate	O
Professor	O
Ben	O
Edelman	O
,	O
published	O
in	O
January	O
2014	O
,	O
sought	O
to	O
prove	O
that	O
Blinkx	B-Application
continued	O
the	O
adware	O
operations	O
of	O
two	O
companies	O
it	O
acquired	O
,	O
Prime	O
Visibility	O
Media	O
Group	O
and	O
Zango	O
,	O
and	O
was	O
defrauding	O
advertisers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Blinkx	B-Application
responded	O
point-by-point	O
in	O
March	O
2014	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
it	O
did	O
not	O
install	O
adware	O
without	O
user	O
consent	O
and	O
that	O
they	O
did	O
not	O
wholly	O
acquire	O
Zango	O
or	O
its	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
earlier	O
,	O
2009	O
blog	O
post	O
by	O
Ken	O
Smith	O
,	O
Zango	O
co-founder	O
and	O
former	O
CTO	O
,	O
supported	O
Edelman	O
's	O
assertion	O
that	O
Blinkx	B-Application
acquired	O
all	O
of	O
Zango	O
's	O
assets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Forbes	O
contributor	O
Peter	O
Cohan	O
claimed	O
that	O
Edelman	O
's	O
post	O
caused	O
a	O
massive	O
drop	O
in	O
blinkx	B-Application
's	O
stock	O
price	O
,	O
and	O
further	O
noted	O
that	O
Blinkx	B-Application
's	O
initial	O
,	O
now-deleted	O
corporate	O
response	O
on	O
30	O
January	O
2014	O
was	O
largely	O
an	O
attack	O
on	O
Edelman	O
's	O
methods	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
content	O
of	O
his	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
blogger	O
Mark	O
Scott	O
theorized	O
that	O
Edelman	O
's	O
undisclosed	O
client(s )	O
,	O
who	O
funded	O
his	O
research	O
on	O
Blinkx	B-Application
,	O
may	O
have	O
been	O
hedge	O
funds	O
who	O
profited	O
from	O
shorting	O
the	O
drop	O
in	O
Blinkx	B-Application
's	O
stock	O
price	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Endelman	O
published	O
further	O
research	O
in	O
April	O
2014	O
,	O
claiming	O
that	O
Blinkx	B-Application
offered	O
users	O
deceptive	O
software	O
installers	O
and	O
used	O
deceptive	O
pop-up	O
advertisements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
continued	O
to	O
defend	O
his	O
claim	O
that	O
Blinkx	B-Application
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all	O
of	O
Zango	O
's	O
assets	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
physical	O
headquarters	O
,	O
and	O
argued	O
that	O
a	O
Federal	O
Trade	O
Commission	O
order	O
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Zango	O
in	O
2007	O
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still	O
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to	O
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<s>
A	O
section	O
of	O
the	O
post	O
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fraud	O
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consultant	O
Wesley	O
Brandi	O
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and	O
furthered	O
his	O
initial	O
claims	O
that	O
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was	O
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its	O
advertising	O
affiliates	O
.	O
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