From: sevenload on Fri, Nov 13 2009 6:51 PM

Steve Rosenbaum, CEO of the video search and discovery network Magnify.net, shares details of the new social media tools and services the startup began rolling out this week.The new features will allow users across any of Magnify.net’s 33,000 partner sites to chat, share and discover videos base...

From: sevenload on Fri, Nov 13 2009 6:06 PM

Truveo, the video search engine that’s spent the last 18 months powering other sites, is set to unveil Thursday its new strategy to be a destination site for videos across the Web. While many companies opt to provide software and services as a third-party provider — which is often the easi...

From: sevenload on Fri, Nov 13 2009 5:46 PM

Truveo, the video search engine that’s spent the last 18 months powering other sites, is set to unveil Thursday its new strategy to be a destination site for videos across the Web. While many companies opt to provide software and services as a third-party provider — which is often the easi...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Nov 10 2009 6:56 AM

Forrester has published a comparative study of six online video platform service providers. We reported on the study on Friday.  While some industry observers are taking issue with the inclusion of just six players when there are over 60 such companies in the sector, that’s not the goal of the...

From: Beet.TV on Fri, Oct 23 2009 8:07 AM

Msnbc.com,  was the first major video provider to provide an embeddable player, allowing users to play videos on their sites.  Finding widespread adoption of the player "off domain," the company is further nurturing the process by allowing its player to be resized so it can fit on Facebook, Cha...

From: Beet.TV on Sun, Sep 13 2009 10:43 PM

Guided by a focus on what today’s business headlines mean to jobs, savings, and homes, CNNmoney.com has been profitable with video since it began video operations more than a year ago, Chris Peacock, the site's VP and editor told Beet.TV in a recent interview. The site itself launc...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jul 28 2009 8:03 AM

We are here at the Blip.tv news event and demo of the new web site, Mike Hudack, CEO and co-founder, said that producers on Blip.tv can syndicate videos directly to YouTube with Blip.tv managing advertising sales of these syndicated shows. While Blip.tv has offered content creators the opportuni...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jul 23 2009 9:12 AM

Online video site how-to programmer and syndication service 5min.com scored $7.5 million in venture capital in its second round, the company is expected to announce today. The round was led by Globespan Capital Partners and included additional investment from existing venture partner Spark Capit...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Jul 09 2009 10:36 PM

TubeMogul’s David Burch says that an analysis of video discovery has found that blog are the biggest referrer of video views. According to the  study by TubeMogul, 45% of video views come from specific searches for a video.  Of the the 55% remaining, 81% are found through blogs. If you ...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jun 30 2009 6:37 PM

NEW YORK, NY — The White House has signed an agreement with TubeMogul, an Emeryville, California-based start-up to distribute and analyze web videos, said David Burch, a TubeMogul executive, in this video interview. I interviewed David this afternoon at the Personal Democracy Forum. (Pleas...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jun 23 2009 9:20 AM

Qik, the mobile video platform, is being integrated into Brightcove, the big video services company.   Initially, mobile users will be able upload files, but soon after they will be able to stream live to Brightcove-powered sites. This could be an important development in, so called, "c...

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jun 17 2009 2:03 PM

Earlier this week, authorities in Iran blocked YouTube along with several other sites and mobile networks.  For YouTube, the crackdown has been highly effective, with traffic dropping by 90 percent. This number is from internal log files provided to Beet.TV by a YouTube spokesperson.I’v...

From: Beet.TV on Tue, May 05 2009 12:19 PM

Showtime is the third most viewed entertainment channel of all-time on YouTube and the premium network relies heavily on the viral video site as a marketing platform. With 16.5 million subscribers to the pay TV channel, Showtime has found that digital venues like iTunes and YouTube can drive add...

From: Beet.TV on Thu, Apr 30 2009 10:20 PM

LAS VEGAS — With newspaper and other media sites going multimedia, the AP is finding fast-rising demand for its online video news products, Bill Burke who heads up global online video for the AP tells Beet.TV Even local television sites, which produce their own content, are seeking outside...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, Apr 20 2009 3:05 PM

thePlatform, the white label video services company owned by Comcast, has announced it is has new customer in 4Kids.TV. Seems like the Seattle-based company has made something of specialty in streaming online video content for kids.  The company says that 8 percent of its streams is for...

From: WTAETV Pittsburgh on Wed, Mar 11 2009 12:09 PM

March 11, 2009: Our daily videoblog with Ashley DiParlo and Becky Emmers links you to Web sites and videos that Pittsburghers are talking about.

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Jan 28 2009 12:21 PM

YouTube came out the victor today in the comparison of best HD video sites by CNET.com’s Webware, impressive for a site so new to HD. Webware's Josh Lowensohn writes that "YouTube was the runt of the litter last year, and one of the reasons we put together the initial comparison." This ye...

From: WTAETV Pittsburgh on Fri, Jan 23 2009 11:54 AM

Jan. 23, 2009: Our daily videoblog with Ashley DiParlo and Becky Emmers links you to Web sites and videos that Pittsburghers are talking about.

From: Beet.TV on Wed, Dec 24 2008 7:48 AM

Just about a year ago, Beet.TV broke the news  that msnbc.com would be the first television network- affiliated online publisher to allow its videos to be embedded.  That strategy has been adopted by virtually all the U.S. news sites as well as Reuters.  Charlie Tillinghast, president as msnbc.co...

From: WTAETV Pittsburgh on Wed, Oct 29 2008 2:39 PM

Oct. 29, 2008: Our daily videoblog with Ashley DiParlo and Becky Emmers links you to Web sites and videos that Pittsburghers are talking about.