From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jul 13 2011 1:32 PM

The average Internet user in the U.S. spends 4.5 hours a month on social networks, and research from online video technology provider Brightcove shows that the time spent with social media can improve the engagement with online video for brands and business.  Every AutoShared Tweet from YouTube ...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jul 12 2011 2:49 PM

The appointment of Anthony De Rosa, a product manager at Reuters who quickly became the company’s Social Media editor, is "the most amazing (journalism) story around," says Jim Impoco, Executive Editor, Thomson Reuters Digital, in this inteview with Beet.TV. We spoke with Impoco yesterday at Tho...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, Jul 11 2011 3:59 PM

The New York Times has just released an App for Windows 7 mobile devices. Recently, we interviewed Microsoft’s David Sayed about the mobile platform and its deep video sharing utility. We are republishing the interview today. Andy Plesser

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jul 06 2011 7:23 AM

In the last six months, the number of adults with e-readers has doubled to 12% of the population, but only 8% own a tablet and tablet growth is slowing, according to the latest research from Pew. That’s about the same penetration as earlier in the year. The research giant also found that e-reade...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jul 05 2011 11:21 AM

While most of the online video ecosystem is fine, "there is a dark side," where some companies artificially increase view rates, while others place inventory in unwanted locations, says Toby Gabriner, President of Adap.tv.  Gabriner says that these problems parallel some of the earlier issues wi...

From: Beet.TV on Sun, Jul 03 2011 5:14 PM

Electus, the Los Angeles-based television production studio founded by former NBC executive Brad Silverman, is expanding its digital and television offerins, says Drew Buckley, COO in this interveiw with Beet.TV We spoke with him last month at th OMMA Video conference where he spoke about the wo...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, Jul 01 2011 1:07 PM

All Things Digital, the fast-growing events and publishing unit of Dow Jones, headed by Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg, plans to expand its reviews section, says Swisher in this video interview with Beet.TV We caught up with her yesterday in New York for this interview.  She says she hopes to hi...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 6:01 PM

Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of All Things Digital, says that while there is "froth" around IPO activity, including the anticipated IPO filing of social game maker Zynga, the fundamentals around these companies are more substantial than during the tech boom of the late nineties. Of the buzz...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 1:00 PM

LONDON (via Skype Video) Skype has released an Android App for two-way video calling and SMS messaging. The App is available on selected handsets. This morning, we inteviewed Skype’s Mark Douglas in London via Skype Video about the new offering. Andy Plesser

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jun 30 2011 7:47 AM

The free ESPN App for live sports on the iPad was released in April. When combined with the downloads on the Android platform, the ESPN App has had in excess of 2 million downloads, says Tim Connolly, VP of Digital at Disney/ESPN in this interview with Beet.TV. The App has been widely used this ...

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jun 29 2011 8:41 AM

Animoto, a company which allows users to create custom videos from a sort of "clipboard" in the sky, has raised $25 million in venture funding. The new round is for mobile expansion, to allow users to create moble video on the run, reports Ryan Lawler at NewTeeVee. At the TechCrunch 50 in San Fr...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, Jun 10 2011 11:03 PM

Having launched just over two years ago as a hub for colleges' and universities' YouTube channels, YouTube EDU has become a destination for education, providing an index for a broad range of topics and campus activities, says Angela Lin who manages the education program at YouTube. The...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, Jun 10 2011 12:16 PM

SAN BRUNO/HANOVER/PALO ALTO — YouTube, which has recently introduced its live streaming platform, will stream its first live commencement from Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire this Sunday (6.12) at 9:30 a.m. EDT on Dartmouth’s YouTube channel. Late night comedian Conan O'Br...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jun 09 2011 6:14 PM

ABC is the only television network with an App for episodes for the iPad. Since the launch, the App has been downloaded two million times and 28 million episodes have been streamed, says Albert Cheng, EVP for Digital Disney/ABC Television. We spoke with him earlier this week about tab...

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jun 08 2011 12:10 PM

As part of the New York Times new paid subscription program, the paper is seeking greater "engagement" with readers, says Denise Warren, General Manager of the NYTimes.com in this interview with Beet.TV. The Times introduced its own recommendation engine in March, a system to present re...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, Jun 06 2011 3:01 PM

Rebecca Paoletti, who was Yahoo’s head of video for North America, is readying a major young men's video site and content distribution play. The unnamed site is being developed by Legion Enterprises, the New York-based company best known for developing the Major League Gaming site, which ha...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jun 02 2011 11:26 PM

The iPad has "truly become the fourth screen," says Daniel Heaf, Digital Director of the BBC Worldwide, in this interview with Beet.TV. He says that session time on the device matches the time spent with traditional media such as periodicals and television. He says the BBC has had over 10 millio...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, May 31 2011 5:02 PM

After years of development, with successes and failures, "Internet video is finally working," says Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, in this interview with Beet.TV. Counter conventional wisdom, online video is not cannibalizing television consumption but helping to drive it, he says. We...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, May 26 2011 7:17 AM

SeatGeek, the New York-based marketplace for premium tickets for sporting and entertainment events, is driving revenue for big publishers including Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily News and others, says co-founder Russell D’Souza. Recently the company took an investment from Ashton Kutc...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, May 20 2011 10:00 PM

Launched just over a year ago, now with 1700 videos and millions of streams, TechCrunchTV is expanding with new programming, a state-of-the-art studio at the Aol headquarters in Manhattan and a focus on videoblogging. The big tech site is finding a successful strategy in using the text of blog p...