From: Beet.TV on Tue, Jun 30 2009 12:58 AM

Msnbc.com, the first major U.S. news site to provide embeddable videos, is moving to monetize its embedded videos and has a new association with YuMe, the Redwood City, California-based video ad network. Msnbc.com will continue to manage advertising on its own site, as YuMe will manage video ins...

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 Thu, Jun 18 2009 10:00 PM

Online video accounts for only a small portion of Internet revenue for local broadcasters, but the long-form infomercial business for their sites should grow three to four times this year, the CEO of local media research firm Borrell Associates told me at the OMMA Video conference June 16 in New...

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: Beet.TV on Thu, Jan 29 2009 8:40 AM

comScore has come out with a ranking of the fastest growing U.S. Web sites.  As Erick Schonfeld points out in TechCrunch, some of the sites have grown as a result of mergers.  Some, however, appear to be just plain popular.  Break Media, the video network for young adult males, is on fire. comSc...

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: Beet.TV on Sun, Jan 11 2009 7:04 PM

Accurate monitoring of online video consumption across multiple platforms is not an easy task. But for publishers and advertisers hoping to make a business of this, complete metrics is essential.  Nielsen Online is developing new system to track online video consumption on multiple sites by ident...

From: Beet.TV on Mon, Jan 05 2009 11:28 AM

How-to video site 5min has made its VideoSeed distribution platform, launched last month, a free service for site publishers, Beet.TV has learned. We are the first to break this news. The move is win-win: site publishers can add related video content to their sites for free, and 5min expands the ...

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: Beet.TV on Fri, Dec 05 2008 11:24 AM

Only large publishers with mainstream content--like CNN and Disney--should expect to make significant money from video ad revenue online, according to Benjamin Wayne, CEO of white-label plug-and-play video solution Fliqz. "It really doesn't get interesting from a revenue perspective unless y...