Los Angeles - News Corp.'s (NYSE: NWS) FOX Networks, the company's international ad network, announced on Tuesday that it has acquired a majority stake in Utarget, a European ad network that specializes in online video and counts over 600 U.K. websites among its members.

San Francisco - Blinkx, a searchable index of Web video, announced on Thursday that it has signed a deal with Utarget, to place video advertising around its video content for U.K. audiences. The deal includes Blinkx video from U.K. broadcaster ITN. Utarget claims a network of more than 125 sites and said it delivered 9.6 million video ads in August, from advertisers including Coca-Cola, Shell and Smirnoff.