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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/magnify-is-growing-in-dollars-and-partners-by-inking-a-deal-with-boxee-and-migrating-customers-to-a-fee-based-service-the-co.html Magnify is growing dollars by migrating customers to a fee-based service, the company's CEO Steve Rosenbaum told Beet.TV in an interview earlier this month. Andy interviewed Rosenbaum last week outside the NY Video Meetup. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/raised-6-mln-in-syseies-b-wiht-general-catalyst-unioe-square-and-spakr-caprticiaption-in-the-roundw-ill-allow-us-to-fous-on.html Despite the high-profile loss of Hulu content earlier this year, Boxee users are still tuning in: the average Boxee user watches six to seven TV shows and three movies on the Web-to-TV service each week, Boxee CEO Avner Ronen told Beet.TV in an interview earlier this month. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/09/ash-watch-majo-a-lot-of-advertisers-and-agencies-are-afriad-of-he-end-produc-videosshort-form-evergree-soift-we-have-500.html Charging for your services is the new black. Web video startups, like WatchMojo.com and Magnify.net are realizing that there's nothing wrong with getting paid for their content and services; in fact such practices can lead to staying in business and turning a profit. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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Added: Tue, 25 Aug 2009 09:53:11 -0800
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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/online-video-is-hugely-different-from-television-and-brings-more-value-to-it-cnnmoneycom-anchor-poppy-harlow-told-beettv-i.html Online video is both hugely different from television and brings more value to TV, CNNMoney.com Anchor Poppy Harlow told Beet.TV earlier this month. Ms. Harlow helms much of the site's daily video coverage. The more flexible medium of the Web has its advantages, she told us. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/the-huffington-post-is-driving-revenue-to-msnbccom-.html REDMOND, WA -- MSNBC.com, the first major video news organization to provide sharable videos, has found booming usage of its videos off its site, notably on the Huffington Post. Seeking to monetize this "off-the-site" consumption of video, the company will soon insert advertising into its embeddable player. Managing the ads in the embeddable player is YuMe, a Redwood City-based video ad newtwork. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/microsoft-says-one-third-of-worlds-pc-has-silverlight-installed-600000-developers-and-designers-onbo.html REDMOND, WA -- Microsoft Silverlight, the new Web multimedia platform, is "one of the fastest Web plug-in's," with one third of the world's PC's having the program installed, said Chris Swenson, Senior Strategy Officer in this interview with Beet.TV at Microsoft headquarters. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/videos-from-bliptv-are-rising-in-views-on-verizons-cable-video-on-demand-service-and-thats-one-of-the-reasons-the-telco-is-n.html Verizon customers have been upping their consumption of Blip.tv shows on Verizon's cable video-on-demand service and that's one of the reasons the telco is now offering shows from the video-sharing site to its DVR customers, Verizon's Garrett Rieman told Beet.TV at a Blip.tv event in New York recently. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/big-boston-vc-firm-sees-upside-in-midtail-online-video-content-.html Boston-based Bain Capital Venture Partners, an investor in Blip.tv, is bullish on online video investment. Managing Director Jeff Glass sees other investment opportunities around "medium-tale" video content and its related ecosystem. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/mtv-networks-is-currently-selling-ad-inventory-into-the-format-it-officially-declared-the-winner-for-online-video-and-the-med.html MTV Networks is currently selling ad inventory for the format it officially declared the best for online video, and the media company expects other Web publishers to follow suit, said Jason Witt, SVP and GM of MTV's digital advertising unit in an interview with Andy last week in Manhattan. The best is a 5 second pre-roll plus overlay. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/internet-tv-provider-the-platform-has-a-big-advantage-over-its-competition-in-that-its-owned-by-comcast-but-even-with-corpor.html SEATTLE, WA -- Internet TV provider thePlatform has an advantage over its competition because it's owned by Comcast. But even with corporate ownership and first dibs on plum projects like TV Everywhere, the firm is still feeling the broader economic pressures like anyone else. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/08/bing-director-stefan-weitz-its-hard-to-break-that-habit-of-google-.html REDMOND, WA -- Stefan Weitz, Director of Bing, the new search engine from Microsoft, says that internal research has found that users develop a "habit" with their search engine of choice. In the first of a two-part interview with with Beet.TV, he does not refer to Google by name. He said that gaining market share in search is a "long term play" and getting users to switch is not easy. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/with-a-pedigree-in-non-fiction-and-reality-shows-bravo-is-looking-to-mimic-its-on-air-advertising-strategy-on-the-web-by-inc.html HOLLYWOOD--With a pedigree in non-fiction and reality shows, Bravo is looking to mimic it's on-air advertising strategy on the Web by incorporating sponsors into shows, the network's new media chief Lisa Hsia told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest in earlier this month. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/hulu-will-fail-in-three-years-natpe-chief-predicts.html HOLLYWOOD -- In a bold assertion, NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman told Beet.TV that he expects Hulu to fail within three years unless the site changes its business model. NATPE is short for National Association of Television Program Executives. "Three years from now Hulu will be history. If you have something no one is willing to pay for, you don't have anything." Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer Disclosure: NATPE is producing partner for Daisy Whitney's New Media Minute.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/adobe-offers-up-powerful-flash-tools-for-free-in-big-open-source-effort.html The Adobe text layout framework environment TLF, which powers the new, elegant The New York Times Reader, is being released for free as part of a big "open source" move from Adobe. At the same time, the company has announced it will make free a new framework for video players. Adobe has linked up with Akamai and other major players in the online video space to create a universal video player. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/lionsgate-realizing-95-margins-on-profitable-digital-business.html HOLLYWOOD, Calif -- Whoever said digital media wasn't profitable wasn't talking to Lionsgate's Curt Marvis. The president of digital media told Beet.TV that the company's digital business is realizing 95% profit margins across new media venues like iTunes, Amazon, CinemaNow, Hulu and YouTube. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/live-online-events-can-generate-big-bumps-stickam-says.html HOLLYWOOD, Calif -- While the convenience factor of watch-when-you-want has made Web video popular, live events are also luring big audiences on the Web, Stickam's Program Director Andy Wombwell told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest earlier this month. The site launched in 2005 and has grown from 1 million users in 2006 to 4.5 million users today, Wombwell said. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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Added: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 07:52:43 -0800
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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/youtube-looks-to-bliptv-for-new-show-creators.html Blip.tv, the fast-growing video sharing site which leads the industry in hosting and distributing episodic Web video programs, now allows its show producers to upload directly to YouTube, the company announced earlier today. At the Blip.tv event, I spoke with George Strompolos who manages content partner alliances for YouTube about new agreement. With the new arrangement, revenue from ads sold by Blip and surfaced on YouTube will split between the producer, Blip, and YouTube. Andy Plesser, Managing Editor

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/believe-it-how-a-little-video-blog-powered-the-agenda-for-election-reform.html At the Personal Democracy Forum in New York last week, I interviewed Jacob Soboff, who created the Why Tuesday advocacy campaign. The organization set out to change the national voting day from Tuesday in an effort to build greater voter participation. Andy Plesser, Exec. Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/adobe-readies-open-framework-for-universal-video-player.html Adobe seeks to unify the many flavors of video players with one universal framework, which it calls Strobe. The program, which has picked up a number of partners, is close to being launched, according to Adobe's Jen Taylor in this interview. Strobe was announced by Adobe in April. Andy Plesser, Exec. Producer

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Added: Fri, 17 Jul 2009 11:33:02 -0800
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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/adobe-lines-up-with-open-video-initiative-and-html-50.html While the open video movement seeks an environment free of licensing fees for software, Adobe is supportive of the movement. We caught with Adobe's Jen Taylor in New York last month at the Open Video Conference where she was a speaker. She said that much of Adobe tools on the Web are free. Furthermore, she says that the big software company is collaborating with the HTML 5.0 movement. Jen is director of Flash content creation at Adobe. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/video-coming-to-wikipediawill-be-viewable-on-microsoft-explorer-too.html One of the most anticipated developments in Web video will be the implementation of open source video into Wikipedia. The recent launch of Firefox 3.5 will support the Ogg format, which will be needed to view Wikipedia videos. Explorer does not support Ogg, but watchers will be able to watch videos in a Java video player, according to Michal Tzur, co-founder and president of Kaltura. Andy Plesser, Exec Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/next-new-networks-betting-big-on-midtail.html Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times calls Next New Networkss shows midtail miscellany. During a chat with Beet.TV at the OMMA Video conference in New York in June, the companys co-founder Fred Seibert likened Next New Networks' approach to the early days of broadcast and especially cable, which became successful through carving out niches. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/dailymotion-leads-the-industry-with-ogg-theora-implemetation.html Now that Firefox 3.5 has been released, we will be seeing new sorts of programs for video including Ogg Theora, the open-source, non-Flash program for video. DailyMotion, the big Paris-based video sharing site, has created a pilot to encode a several thousand clips into the format as part of an experiment. Users need the new Firefox 3.5 to view the clips. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/dramafever-.html DramaFever is a new destination site for Korean dramas for audiences in the US and Canada. Many Korean dramas are popular throughout much of Asia and are a part of the "Korea wave" of the 21st century. DramaFever hopes to tap into fans of Korean dramas and offer a legal option to view the popular shows, complete with English subtitles. For the uninitiated, Bak recommends "Boys Over Flowers." Soh Won Cha, Guest Blogger

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Added: Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:33:31 -0800
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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/hps-vivian-tam-notebook-line-in-china-without-web-filtering.html HP's line of fashion-oriented notebooks, designed by Chinese-born, American-based fashion designer Vivienne Tam, are being marketed globally around the world, including China. Last month at the Wall Street Journal's D: All Things Digital conference, I interviewed HP's marketing Sr VP Satjiv Chahil about the Vivienne Tam line, which was introduced at last year's Fashion Week in New York. Andy Plesser, Exec. Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/white-house-signs-online-video-distribution-deal-with-california-startup.html The White House has signed an agreement with TubeMogul, a start-up to distribute and analyze web videos, said David Burch, a TubeMogul executive, in this video interview. It offers two tiers of service, a free product and a paid service, which provides analytics on video usage. The White House has opted to use the paid service. Andy Plesser, Exec. Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/online-video-needs-more-longform-shows-to-win-ad-dollars-emarketer-says.html Online video advertising is on the rise, but the medium will grow rise faster as consumers watch more long-form programs online, eMarketer Senior Analyst David Hallerman says. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/07/eyewonder-pushes-standards-efforts-for-web-video.html EyeWonders Universal In-Stream Framework, introduced last year, is an open standards platform that lets publishers deliver in-stream ads from EyeWonder and other ad technology providers. These type of offerings can help the industry in its quest towards standards. But for standards to work they need to be adopted by many. The need for standards and scale was echoed by many industry experts at last week's conference, including executives from Kraft and Google. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/yume-inks-ad-deal-with-msnbccom-for-embeddable-player-.html 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. Last week we caught up with YuMe CEO Michael Mathieu who gave us the overview on embeddable players, the msnbc.com deal and the look of YuMe video ad units. Andy Plesser, Exec. Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/what-the-hell-is-ogg-theora-and-should-we-care-mike-hudack-explains.html NEW YORK , NY -- There is a powerful movement underway for open video standards for the Web. The biggest implementation will be seen very soon on Wikipedia where you will watch videos in an open source video application called Ogg Theora. The imminent release of Firefox 3.5 will come with HTML 5, which allows video to be embedded into the Web page without the need for plug-in's. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/boingboing-relaunches-video-channel-with-worlds-biggest-video-player.html BoingBoing, the popular and influential blog about culture and technology, has had video for sometime and now it's bigger than ever, literally. With the redesign of BoingBoing TV, featuring a larger video player and numerous thumbnails, the site has become increasingly "video-centric," said Xeni Jardin, co-editor, in my interview with her on Saturday. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/confirmed-firefox-35-will-launch-on-tuesday-the-next-evolution-of-the-browser.html Firefox 3.5, the next big release of the popular browser, will be released to the public on Tuesday, a spokesperson for Mozilla confirmed today. I interviewed him last Friday at the Open Video Conference in New York. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/cnns-ireport-had-1-million-page-views-on-monday-iran-crisis-is-enormous-moment-in-citizen-journalism.html CNN's iReport popularity as a destination has surged with the Iran crisis. A CNN spokeswoman citing internal numbers told me that page views for the iReport reached 1 million on Monday. Nielsen put the monthly unique visitors to iReport at 1.8 million. Yesterday I interviewed Lila King, senior producer at CNN.com, who oversees iReport. I interviewed her in the CNN newsroom in Atlanta via a Skype Video hook-up from our New York studio. Andy Plesser

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/hp-has-touch-screen-publishing-platform-satjiv-chahil-explains.html HP's Satjiv Chahil, senior vice president for marketing. He shared a demo that he calls the "newsstand of the future." HP, the world's leading personal computer maker, is developing applications for its TouchSmart line of computers, including one created with Adobe AIR for publishers which allows content to be browsed by touch. Andy Plesser

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/starcom-expands-online-video-research-projects-brings-in-boa-general-mills-us-cellular.html Starcom is expanding its research project called The Pool to include new publishers and advertisers focused on short-form content for the Web, said Tracey Scheppach, SVP and video innovation director at Starcom USA. In my interview at the OMMA Video conference in New York on June 16 she said new partners include AOL, CBS, BBE, Fancast, Microsoft Advertising and Tremor Media, with Starcom clients US Cellular, Bank of America and General Mills coming on board. Daisy Whitney

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/abc-news-paul-slavin-on-news-gathering-in-iran-and-the-evolution-of-digital-news-.html Paul Slavin, who heads digital operations for for ABC News, explains the difficulty of news gathering in Iran. We spoke last Tuesday (June 16) about news gathering in Iran; this was before the government imposed strict restrictions on foreign journalists. Andy Plesser

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/tubemoguls-hypersyndication-launches-into-20-says-mark-rotblat.html Brands like Home Depot and Red Bull are using TubeMogul to launch themselves into the same realm as media companies. Mark Rotblat, VP of Sales & Marketing at TubeMogul notes that the distance between entertainment and product advertising is becoming smaller as brands begin to use the distribution service widely. Here at Beet.TV, we use TubeMogul. TubeMogul launched its 2.0 version last month with a new interface and more analytics. Allison Salewski

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/news-aggregation-site-newser-gets-25-million-investment-report.html Newser, a new news content aggregation site, has raised $2.5 million investment funds, its first, Rafat Ali at paidContent reports tonight. Rafat says the investment round involves several individual investors. Rafat gets the the story with co-founder Patrick Spain. Spain tells Rafat that the site has 2 million visitors per month and Compete puts the number of monthly uniques at 650,000. Andy Plesser

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/local-tv-to-grow-online-biz-by-25-this-year.html 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 3-4 times this year, the CEO of local media research firm Borrell Associates told me at the OMMA Video conference June 16 in New York. Stations focused on Web video are best positioned for the future; groups doing well so far in this area are NBC, Belo, Raycom and Lin, Borrell said. Broadcasters that havent yet invested in online video need to bite the bullet and invest resources because relying on existing staff is too challenging, he said. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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Staci Kramer over at paidContent has a story up about a big shake-up at the Huffington Post, with veteran publishing executive and VC Eric Hippeau replacing Betsy Morgan. I have published an interview we did with Eric from February of 2008 on his view the change nature of news content and the evolution of the Huffington Post. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/tremor-media-has-one-billion-video-impressions-per-month-ceo-jason-glickman.html Tremor Media, the New York-based online video advertising network, has 1 Bil. video impressions and 135 million unique video viewers in its network according to Jason Glickman, CEO. He says that despite all the buzz about instream and interactive advertising, pre-roll advertising is the industry's mainstay. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Added: Tue, 16 Jun 2009 09:33:57 -0800
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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/myspace-has-been-a-calamity-for-news-corp-michael-wolff.html Michael Wolff, who has written a much talked about book about Rupert Murdoch and the rise of News Corp, sees MySpace in a downward spiral. In this interview with Beet.TV, he calls the acquisition of the social media site a "relative calamity for News Corp." because the giant media company "knows nothing about technology." On stage with Andy Lack, the head of multimedia for Bloomberg, he said the valuation of MySpace would be somewhere around $600 million, about the purchase price. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/politicocom-to-be-profitable-this-year-john-harris.html Politico.com, the Washington-based, online news organization created by former Washington Post staffers in 2006, will become profitable this year, says John Harris, editor and co-founder, in his interview with Beet.TV. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/reuters-mobile-news-strategy-launches-iphone-and-nokia-apps.html Reuters, the giant global news and information company, is expanding the offering of its content via mobile with the launch of an iPhone application and an application for Nokia's OVI store. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/google-inks-deal-with-carls-jr-and-youtube-stars.html At the Digitas New Front in New York earlier this week, Googles Alex Levy, director of branded entertainment, told Beet.TV about the partnership that rolled out this week. Google and YouTube are creating custom content for Carls Jr. to distribute across the Google content network and on a newly created brand channel on YouTube, she said.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/online-publishers-getting-creative-in-the-downturn.html Reports out today on the downturn in online advertising for Q1 must not come as surprise to most publishers. Seeking new form of revenue and presenting the industry is developing new forms of display advertising. On Monday here in New York, at the ContentNext conference, I interviewed Pam Horan, president of the Online Publishers Association. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/the-new-york-times-had-60-million-mobile-views-on-april-10-million-on-iphone.html Last week at the Mediabistro Internet Week event, I caught up with Rob Samuels who heads mobile products for The New York Times Company. In this interview, Rob said that the Times Wire, the real time feed of Times headlines, is now on the Apple mobile device. He said that the Times iPhone application has had nearly 2 million downloads. We reported on Saturday that The Times will be one of the first news organizations to have an application for the new Palm Pre. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/journal-passes-msn-money-and-aol-finance-as-webs-second-biggest-finance-site-nielsen-.html Over the past year, the Wall Street Journal Digital Network has passed both MSN Money and AOL Money & Finance to become the second biggest site among the top 15 Financial News & Information Sites tracked by The Nielsen Company. Yahoo! remains the leader. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/ciscos-dan-scheinman-on-web-video-and-where-it-may-go.html SAN JOSE, Calif -- We read the today's annual report on global web traffic from Cisco and the dramatic rise in video file traffic on the Internet. Stacy Higginbotham over at GigaOm has an analysis, as does Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/thewbcom-starts-shoot-new-jason-priestleyjordan-levin-show.html Called The Lake, the original coming-of-age Web drama will be directed by Jason Priestley of 90210 fame and will follow four families during a summer on the lake. Each of the 12 episodes will run about 7-10 min, Levin told us during an interview at the Digitas New Front event in NY. Levin also discussed the state of brand advertising on the Web and what advertisers and creators need to do to bring more dollars into this medium. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/venturebeats-matt-marshall-gears-up-for-demo.html Matt Marshall, editor and CEO of VentureBeat, the authoritative technology and finance blog, is gearing up for his first year as co-producer of DEMO, the 20-year-old tech conference. The number of companies presenting this year at DEMO will be expanded with a second tier earlier-on of less funded start-ups in a category titled AlphaPitch. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/neal-shapiro-video-journalism-will-succeed-online-with-truth-and-integrity.html Neal Shapiro is longtime network news producer and former president of NBC News, now President and CEO of WNET/Thirteen, the flagship PBS station in New York. He says that video journalism has changed but elements of success remains the same, truth, integrity and balanced reporting. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/why-have-a-blog-when-you-can-tweet-anil-dash-explains.html Anil Dash, the chief evangelist for SixApart, the big San Francisco-based blog software company, explains that while social networks ebb in and out of vogue and present content changing ideas, having a blog is always controlled by the blogger. In this interview, he says that TypePad is readying a major redesign. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/youtube-star-nalts-discusses-online-video-challenges-for-brands.html The biggest challenges to brands finding success with online video is not money or ideas; its lining up all the various departments within a company. Thats what Kevin Nalty, a YouTube star, told me during an interview at the Digitas New Front event in New York last week. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/paula-deen-queen-of-southern-cooking-has-new-video-show-produced-by-eqal.html Paula Deen, "America's best southern cook" has expanded her sizable television presence with a new online video reality cooking show produced by EQAL, the Los Angeles-based video production company best known for creating lonelygirl15. At the Digitas event in New York last week, Beet.TV's Daisy Whitney interviewed Paula and EQAL co-founder Greg Goodfried about the new show. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/mediavest-brands-like-pg-coke-walmart-exploring-digital.html Giant media agency MediaVest just promoted digital director Amanda Richman to EVP and managing director after becoming head of digital in 2008. She oversees MediaVest's digital practice. She also talks about pre-rolls, an ad format that gets a bad rap, but that actually has been proven to work well, she said. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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ESPN is planning on merging its magazine and other online offerings, including Web videos from the the cable network, into a paid subscription site in August, Jon Fine reports in BusinessWeek There has been much talk about the viability of pay models for media, clearly the folks at ESPN are betting that sports fans will pay. http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/espn-to-charge-for-online-subs-business-week-reports.html Last week in California at D: All Things Digital, Jon talked about the profound changes in the media landscape. He says that the turmoil in the media industry has made it a very exciting beat to cover.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/analog-tv-shutoff-streaming-video-on-mobile-phones-in-san-francisco-boston-miami-turned-on.html Bill Stone, the president of FLO TV, which is wholly owned by Qualcomm speaks. Frequencies in several markets carry TV signals to mobile phones. Qualcomm, which has spent $500 million to buy frequencies used by analog broadcasters in several U.S. markets, is expanding the reach of its FLO TV network in new markets including SF, Boston, Houston and Miami, adding 60 mil. potential customers. The subscription service is available on nine phones from Verizon and AT&T.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/next-new-networks-on-track-to-turn-profit-in-09.html Despite the overall downturn in the advertising market, online studio Next New Networks is on a path to turn a profit this year, states CEO Lance Podell. During the first four months of 2009, Next New Networks booked the same amount of ad revenue as the company did in all of 2008. The key to survival is simple, Podell said: sell ads. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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Interview with Craig Newmark, founder of craigslist from after his panel organized by iWantMedia today in Manhattan. He told me that while his company has had "an effect on newspapers," the notion that it has killed newspapers is "urban legend." After I spoke with Newmark, I asked New York Times media columnist David Carr if Craig killed newspapers. He said the list shot their "back-end off" but didn't blame Newmark. Congratulations to Patrick Phillips, founder of iWantMedia for putting together such a superb program and doing such an ace job at moderating. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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AOL Video includes scores of brands in many countries. Over the past several months, much of the video publishing operations has switched to the Brightcove platform. We caught up last week here in New York with Victor Haseman, Director of AOL Video about the company's global use of video and the Brightcove platform. Victor says that the AOL is going to be increasingly changing the presentation of its video to a 16X9 format, which is the wider, and generally a higher quality presentation. Many publishers, including Beet.TV, have made the switch. AOL is an investor in Brightcove, as is Hearst which also uses the technology. Disclaimer: This video was produced and published as part of a sponsorship of Beet.TV by Brightcove.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/nick-denton-a-third-of-gawker-media-posts-have-video-elements.html Yesterday, at the much talked about iWantMedia panel on the future of the media, Gawker Media founder Nick Denton said that a third of his company's "posts are video centric." Gawker blogs publish videos that are embeds from other sources and videos culled from a rack of DVR's which monitor a number of cable channels. Nick told the panel that video integration was the biggest development at his company. After the panel, I interviewed David Carr, media columnist for the New York Times about the value of the moving image. He also spoke about the evolution of blogging as serious reporting. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/gordon-crovitz-news-brands-can-convert-10-percent-of-uniques-to-paid.html Gordon Crovitz, former longtime publisher of The Wall Street Journal, has partnered with Steven Brill and Leo Hindrey to create an e-commerce company for news publishers to charge for content. Crovitz was an attendee last week in California at the Journal's D: All Things Digital conference. In this interview conducted with Beet.TV, he explains that news brands can charge an audience of 10 percent of a site's monthly unique visitors for some premium content. That could have a big impact on their profit and loss, he says.

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NEW YORK -- Dana Perino, former White House Press Secretary to President George Bush, thinks that President Obama's use of online video for his weekly addresses is "great." Perino, now a Fox News commentator and public relations executive with Burson Marsteller, was in New York today as speaker in Federated Media's media and marketing conference. She was interviewed onstage by John Battelle. HuffPo is Doing a Pretty Good Job She had some nice things to say about the Huffington Post onstage and off in this interview. She told me the site is "rebuilding its reputation and dong a pretty good job." Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Lauren Rich Fine, former longtime newspaper analyst for Merrill Lynch, and now research director for ContentNext Media, parent of paidContent, tells me that some newspapers will be able to charge for selected, premium content, but not many can charge for full, recurring subscriptions. I spoke to her on Monday afternoon in midtown Manhattan, during the ContentNext daylong conference In a related post, yesterday we published an interview with former Wall Street Journal publisher Gordon Crovitz on his new start-up which helps news publishers charge for content. The New York Times Will Survive Despite the grim predictions in some quarters about the imminent demise of The New York Times, Lauren says the paper will continue to publish but will continue to face difficult financial challenges. . Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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REDMOND/NEW YORK -- Bing, the new search engine released this week from Microsoft, has an agreement with Hulu to surface and play videos on its site. Stefan Weitz, Director of Bing in Redmond via video Skype. He spoke about the integration with Hulu and plans to integrate Bing with other premium content producers and aggregrators. Stefan also addressed the issue of the the "moving thumbnails" and the question of fair use. Microsoft has a technology which somehow samples segments from a clip and presents a short excerpt. Not shown is the video is this important topic: I asked Stefan about how video producers can make sure to get their clips surfaced on Bing. He said that there is not a site map available but producers should contact Microsoft directly to get their content up and running. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/why-microsofts-bing-matters-techcrunchs-erick-schonfeld-and-cnets-ina-fried-explain.html CARLSBAD, Calif -- Bing, the new Microsoft search engine debuted here yesterday, is different. What impressed me most is how Bing creates rich, well organized environments to do research, find entertainment and buy things -- complete with toll free phone numbers. For operators of e-commerce site or entertainment destination sites, particularly those who rely on display advertising, Bing is something to keep an eye on. So why is Bling different and will it succeed? Hanging out in the press room at D: All Things Digital earlier this week, I has the good fortune to get the perspective of two of industry's most insightful writers, Erick Schonfeld, Co-Editor of TechCrunch and Ina Fried, lead Microsoft beat reporter at CNET News.com. I spoke with Ina on Tuesday before the launch and Erick yesterday, immediately after the Ballmer ...

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Saturday, May 30, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/metabolism-of-news-production-at-journal-is-way-up-almar-latour.html The "metabolism of news production at the Wall Street Journal has gone way up," says Almar Latour, managing editor of the Wall Street Journal Online in this interview with Beet.TV I sat down with Almar on Tuesday afternoon in the press room of the D: All Things Digital conference in Carlsbad, California. He explained the paper's evolution to real time reporting and publishing. Could be that the increase in news production is part of the big online traffic growth of 160 percent in April over the same period last year. The paper's integration of its print and online reporting staff will accelerate with the new newsroom being readied in Midtown Manhattan at the News Corp building. The move will be completed over the next few weeks. So how does this real time reporting sit with Journal staffers? I overheard one veteran Wall Street Journal reporter remark to .....

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Sunday, May 31, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/verizon-intros-mifi-personal-hot-spot.html Earlier this month, Verizon introduced the Mi-Fi service, which allows for up to five Wi-Fi connections from pretty much anywhere the carrier has 3G coverage. The speeds average between 700 Kbps and 1.4 MBps, divided by the number of devices connected at any given time. New York Times technology columnist David Pogue called the service amazing in a recent review. Brooke Crothers wrote on CNET that device is "one kick-ass router." Earlier this week at D: All Things Digital, the tech conference sponsored by the Wall Street Journal, Andy caught up with Verizon spokesperson John H. Johnson for a chat about the new product. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer

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Sunday, May 31, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/p2p-is-essential-for-quality-costeffective-online-video-distribution-pando-ceo.html Robert Levitan, chairman and founder of Pando Networks, a P2P distribution company with 30 million installs and major clients including NBC, says that P2P is an essential tool in video content delivery, and he says it can save publishers up to 75 percent of delivery costs. He says the inherent limits in the public Internet makes P2P adoption important and essential for live streaming of major events. Despite the promise of P2P, there are hurdles, including the necessity for consumers to download the P2P application to their computer. Levitan expects that Adobe and Microsoft will provide a system to skip the download process sometime in the future. I interviewed Robert in Madison Park earlier this month. This is the second of two interviews. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/rainbow-media-ifc-developing-web-originals.html Rainbow Medias IFC.com plans to introduce an original Web series each month from July through November, the company told Beet.TV. In an interview at his New York office, Michael Depuy, director of product development, said the Web original slate is part of the media companys expanding efforts in video across all platforms. Video is the vital aspect of our Web strategy. All of our brands are continuing to produce more video exclusively for the Web," he said. That's why AMC recently introduced a video-centric iPhone app for its show Breaking Bad, he said. In addition, Rainbow Media has signed development deals with creators found through user-generated video submission contests. Like most cable networks, Rainbow Media does not usually offer full episodes for streaming for most of its networks' series, including the Emmy Award winning Mad Men on AMC. Depuy said the company is ...

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Monday, June 01, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/adobe-provides-new-flash-authoring-tools-for-business-applications.html Having dominated rich media design, Adobe is bringing its development and design tools to business applications. Companies including SAP are using Flash to create apps. Today, the company released new tools. Adobe's Dave Gruber came by Beet.TV to explain the importance of this development. Anthony Ha at VentureBeat gives an overview on the news. For a story on how this will empower designers, check out this story by Erica Naone over at Technology Review. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Tuesday, June 02, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/06/john-battelle-its-all-about-conversational-marketing.html John Battelle, a pioneer in publishing who was the first publisher of WIRED and the Industry Standard, has been running an ad agency for blogs and other niche publishers called Federated Media. I caught up with him last week in Carlsbad, California at the Wall Street Journal's D:All Things Digital Conference. John explains how his company provides value to marketers by getting them into what he calls conversational media with key audiences. The topic of conversational media will be discussed today, here in New York at Federated industry summit. In our interview, he speaks about the needs for proper metrics. Just yesterday, he endorsed a new tracking system for online advertising from comScore. Magid Abraham, President and CEO of comScore is speaking at the conference this morning. Beet.TV will cover. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer You can find Beet.TV on the ...

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Friday, May 29, 2009 http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/yahoo-ceo-gets-high-marks-from-kara-swisher.html CARLSBAD, Calif -- One of the most talked about sessions here at D: All Things Digital was Wednesday's one-on-one on stage conversation between Yahoo! CEO Carol Bartz and co-executive editor Kara Swisher. The session was informative and very entertainment. A video of the session can be seen below. Late Wednesday night I caught up with Kara for an interview about the conference and the Bartz session. Kara told me, "she's a character, I let her explode.....and she did a very good job." About the success of the conference, she explained the strong editorial focus of the sessions and the informal networking environment. She says the tech industry is "like high school...

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he third annual CNET Webware awards are out and YouTube and Justin.tv are among video-related companies among the 100 winners. Other video-related winners are Amazon Video on Demand, Hulu, Ustream and Vimeo. Here's the word from Webware's editor Rafe Needleman: "This is the year that people have truly embraced Web 2.0 sites, services, and applications as a medium to communicate and collaborate," said Rafe Needleman, editor of CNET Webware.com. "We've seen more people use services like Google Docs, Facebook, and Twitter, and believe the 2009 Webware 100 Awards will become a valuable resource for those who want to learn more about Web 2.0. Leveraging the expertise of our editors and the passion of our users, this annual list recognizes those companies and organizations who are committed to creating innovative experiences and tools on the Web." Here's the press release. Earlier this month, we interviewed YouTube spokesperson Chris Dale about developments at YouTube, surround new ...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Google has been making progress with its Google Book Search project, having scanned and indexed 7 million volumes, but it will vastly expand if a settlement with authors and publishers is approved by a U.S. Federal court in Manhattan. The settlement decision is expected sometime in Q4 of this year. The agreement covers authors with who hold copyrights in the United States. If the settlement is approved, Google will expand the project globally. Books_sm2 We sat down with Google spokesperson Gabriel Stricker who explained the process and what the approval will mean for users of Google and authors of "orphan" books which are out of print but still have copyright protection. While amount of money for authors in the settlement is just $60 per title, there will be other fees in the form of sharing in e-commerce, search and advertising. Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch wrote about the pending settlement and payment to authors back in ...

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Wednesday, May 20, 2009 We read the expansive Mediabistro Q&A with Larry Kramer, entrepreneur/editor, media visionary. In the post published today, he addresses a number of topics including the evolution of the newsroom, regional news coverage and the challenges for mainstream media to navigate the extraordinary period of turmoil. Last April, I interviewed Larry about how mainstream media can embrace social media. I have republished the interview today. Larry will be a speaker at the Mediabistro "Circus" in New York on June 3. Sounds like a great event. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 We are huge fans of the Washington Post's innovative use of online video. The paper has been on the forefront of the industry's use of online video. One of the most celebrated series has been OnBeing, a series of simple, three minute profiles of non-celebrities with interesting stories, simply shot. Its about building an online community of people who dont usually make the news but have fascinating stories to tell, said Ju-Don Roberts, washingtonpost.com Managing Editor. The series has just been launched with an unusual, interactive element, allowing viewers to post comments within a graphic interface. Jen.crandall Jennifer Crandall, Senior Video Producer at the Washington Post, is the creative force being OnBeing. Yesterday we spoke with her via our Skype Video hook-up from the paper's multimedia newsroom. The series has been nominated for an Emmy. Maybe Jen will win it this time. David, my low key video producer here at Beet, is really ...

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Friday, May 22, 2009 Great piece up by Daisy Whitney writing for the Hollywood Reporter on how Google TV is becoming part of the television ad marketplace. Marketers can buy Google TV for buying television time or they can insert their ads on YouTube, a relatively new development in the monetization of YouTube. Early this month, we spoke with YouTube spokesperson Chris Dale about how Google TV works on YouTube, among other advertising solutions at the giant video site. We have reposted the video today. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Thursday, May 21, 2009 NEW YORK -- NBCs local media division plans to launch its local broadcast Web sites this summer, including one in New York. Separately, we have learned that the Huffington Post is expanding its local strategy. Having established its first local site in Chicago, its New York site will launch in June. NBC rolled out new sites for its 10-owned stations starting last fall and now will give all those sites an additional face lift in the coming months to add social media features, improve Web distribution and make them more community-focused. The New York NBC site is up, but is still in beta. For its New York effort, NBC is teaming with New York magazine and other content partners. Since the initial site revamp in the fall, NBC has more than tripled the traffic to its locally owned sites, said Brian Buchwald, senior VP of local integrated media at NBC. With our Web brand, which we call locals only, its about micro-targeting a select group we call ...

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Saturday, May 23, 2009 Pando Networks, the New York-based peer-to-peer provider, which is working with broadcasters including NBC, is now working with major game publishers to distribute big files as big as 6GB, we have learned. Pando is working with Acclaim, Turbine and others to distribute a number of titles, according to Robert Levitan, CEO and founder of Pando in this video interview. We spoke with Robert earlier this week in Madison Park near our Manhattan offices. He told us Pando has 30 million client installs. Finding the Business Model in P2P The gaming industry could be a good, emerging market for P2P companies. Porno is evidently a growth area for Vuze, which is is now providing P2P distribution of porno, Janko Roettgers reported on NewTeeVee last week. Here's the take on the P2P media biz by Dan Frommer at Silicon Alley Insider. Andy Plesser, Excecutive Producer

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Tuesday, May 26, 2009 SAN JOSE --- Cisco has long been known as a business-to-business giant, but with several new initiatives on its docket the company is expanding into new business and consumer sectors. That includes the introduction of Web building tools in its Cisco EOS platform,designed to help media companies, artists and entertainers create branded, community-centric Web sites, said Dan Scheinman, senior VP of the Media Solutions Group at Cisco, who spoke to Beet.TV earlier this month. The premise behind Cisco EOS is it makes the administration of Web sites and digital media easier by managing them from one place, he said. It also enables social media features to enhance the community-building potential of the sites. Initial customers include Warner Music Group, with NHL.com and Nascar.com involved in the development stage. With more than 70% of the market in the networking equipment business, Cisco EOS is part of the company's broader plans to tap new business ...

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Thursday, May 28, 2009 CARLSBAD, Calif -- Biz Stone, co-founder of Twitter, told me that while Twitter "breaks" stories, it is not the whole picture and "journalists and reporters" are essential to make this work. I caught up with Biz and co-founder Evan Williams on Tuesday night after they kicked off the D: All Things Digital conference. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Friday, May 29, 2009 CARLSBAD, Calif -- Wireless giant Verizon is preparing its network to launch 4G technology in 20 to 30 markets in 2010, the companys spokesman John Johnson told Beet.TV at the D: All Things Digital conference. 4G is the next-generation of wireless technology that should support better multimedia and video streaming on cell phones. Verizons goal is to generate more usage of broadcast TV and personalized video with the 4G rollout, Johnson told us. The carrier began development of the 4G network back in 2007. Verizon has been building up mobile video usage with its VCast service, which delivers video clips from TV networks and others on an on-demand basis and via streaming. What people want to get is stuff thats current, hot, topical -- the game you cant be in front of, the presidential speech, the breaking news, Johnson said. Verizons 4G push comes as mobile video is poised to take off. The iPhone has driven demand for video on cell phones. More ...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/big-big-global-expansion-for-brightcove-but-on-iphone-founder-laments-.html Monday, May 18, 2009 NEW YORK, NY -- Brightcove, the Boston-based video services company, has been enjoying annual 300 percent growth, global expansion, strong balance sheet and is hooking up with devices including Vudu. According to Brightcove CEO and Founder Jeremy Allaire, the company is providing integration onto the iPhone for shows including AMC's Mad Men, Saul Hansell of The New York Times reports. Brightcove is developing iPhone apps for dozens of customers, a company spokesperson told me. I interviewed Jeremy last week at the Streaming Media East conference for an update on developments at the company. We did not cover the iPhone developments.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/vmix-powers-video-on-postnewsweek-sites-los-angeles-times-others.html Monday, May 18, 2009 NEW YORK -- VMIX, the San Diego-based video services company, is powering a number of newspaper and local television station Web sites, including the Tribune newspapers. It has had a recent win with the Post-Newsweek television stations sites. At the Streaming Media East conference last week, I caught up with VMIX CEO Mike Glickenhaus. Mike explained the utility of his company's "white label" solution. Among a number of services is the approval and moderation of user-generated video. He explains the value of UGC to papers the importance of having this material properly managed. The company has raised over $22 million in venture funding, paidContent reported back in October '07. It has not raised additional funds. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/healthination-quadruples-ad-revenue-partners-with-us-news-world-report.html Tuesday, May 19, 2009 Manhattan-based health information network HealthiNation has quadrupled its ad revenue on a year-over-year basis and has seen its monthly traffic grow more than seven times in some cases. Hn_logo The economy is accelerating the shift for pharmaceutical advertisers to the Web and that shift is helping the network win new partnerships, such as its recent co-production deal with U.S. News & World Report to produce videos on the nations best hospitals, explained Raj Amin, HealthiNations CEO in an interview with Beet.TV last week in New York's Madison Park. The magazine has been a distribution partner of HealthiNation since 2007. The expanded deal announced last week calls for the two media companies to launch a Web series in July timed with the release of U.S. News & World Reports annual Best Hospitals rankings. Amin calls HealthiNation a contextual network, m...

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Friday, May 15, 2009 NEW YORK -- Boxee, a free software download which allows users to connect computers to television sets, bypassing a cable box, has 500,000 users in the U.S.

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/youtube-says-viewers-click-to-buy-visa-ponies-up.html Sunday, May 17, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- As it continues to mine new advertising models, YouTube said VISA has currently bought out the new click to buy ad option on YouTube. The ad format is an overlay ad that pops up on music videos and gives viewers a chance to buy the track thats playing. Clicktobuy.VISA The VISA/YouTube promotion was first reported on Monday by Greg Sandoval at CNET News.com. (The VISA ad provides branding and a dynamic link, but users are not required to use VISA to purchase downloads.) Since launch in the fall, YouTube has sold million of tracks through the ad, the companys spokesperson Chris Dale told Beet.TV in this interview done at Google headquarters. The company has high hopes the ad format can drive sales for artists and creators. A recent Ipsos survey reported that half of all adults who watched a YouTube music video went on to buy music by that artist. Also, when...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/wsj-has-booming-growth-with-redesign-up-160-in-april-nielsen-reports.html Sunday, May 17, 2009 The Wall Street Journal's web site has jumped to more that 12 million monthly unique visitors in April, an increase of 160 percent over the same period last year, according a Nielsen Online report published today in Editor & Publisher. Wsj.logo We surmise that a big part of the jump has resulted from the complete site redesign which was implemented in September. We assume that the financial crisis has driven considerable traffic. Internal Wall Street Journal Memo Trumpeting the news to the staff on Friday, Alan Deputy Managing Editor of The Wall Street Journal, whose responsibility includes the paper's online operations and Almar Latour, managing editor of the WSJ.com, sent around this memo to the WSJ.com staff on the growth: Folks - We'd like to alert you to a significant milestone achieved by WSJ.com in April. Nielsen recorded a 160% increase in visito...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/new-york-magazine-wins-top-honor-as-best-web-site-.html Friday, May 01, 2009 NEW YORK -- Congrats to the crew at New York magazine for winning last night for best magazine web site with over 1 million unique visitors. The National Magazine Award was presented at the industry's annual gala held here last night. Earlier this year, I sat down with the site's GM Michael Silberman. He talks about the the success of the site and how its blog strategy has been effective. Michael was previously an online executive at Rodale and at msnbc.com The mood at the ceremony last night and the not exactly festive, reports David Kaplan at paidContent. More from the New York Observer. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/newspapers-with-online-video-see-substantial-revenue-report.html Friday, May 01, 2009 The small number of U.S. newspaper with online video operations, are seeing 27 percent of their online revenue coming from video ad sales, according to a research report released today by Borrell and published in Editor & Publisher by Jennifer Saba. Whether newspapers are making money on online video, given production costs, is tough to say, but what is clear from the report is that if they have inventory, they can sell it. We reported yesterday that the demand for online video is a booming business for the Associated Press and other content syndicators. Last fall, I spoke with Chet Rhodes, Assistant Managing Editor for News Video at the Washington Post. He explains how his newspaper integrates video into its site. -- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/brightcove-delve-see-fast-growth-and-profitability-from-nonmedia-clients.html Sunday, May 03, 2009 For both Brightcove, the Boston-based video services company and Delve Networks, a competing start-up player in Seattle, the fastest growth in their business is coming from non-media customers such as businesses and universities who want to use video for marketing and other purposes. In San Francisco in March, at the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, Jeff Whatcott, Brightcove's head of marketing said that non-media customers is the biggest and fastest growing sector. Alex Castro, CEO of Delve said that even if online video advertising "went to zero" his company will continue to do well. While much of the video content sector is concerned about advertising revenue, the service providers are doing well as video permeates the Web --- and way beyond media sites. Co-moderating the roundtable was Liz Gannes, editor of NewTeeVee. Andy Plesser, Executive Produ...

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Tuesday, May 05, 2009 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 additional demand for a show, the networks Rob Hayes, senior VP and general manager for digital media, told Beet.TV during an interview at the companys headquarters last month. When you put your content on iTunes there is a real demand for it because people have heard about these shows but they may not be subscribers, he said. Its really the first time digitally they can access our shows. The premium networks digital strategy is worth noting. Heres why: the networks growing popularity and critical acclaim with shows like Dexter and The Tudors has risen in the last few years concurrently with Showtimes forward-thinking online distribution strategy. The CBS-owned unit wa...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/jibjabs-founders-on-evolving-the-business-model-for-digital-entertainment.html Monday, May 04, 2009 Scott Kirsner here...

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Wednesday, May 06, 2009 Tagging a video properly is an art form and its also one that can be abused by creators to generate search hits. Thats why online video search site OVGuide.com doesnt put too much weight on the tags in videos, the sites VP of Sales and Marketing Chad Cooper told Beet.TV in an interview at the National Association of Broadcasters Convention in Las Vegas last month. Video creators can game the system by tagging their videos with words and topics that have nothing to do with the content, he explained. The OVGuide.com search engine places more weight on the human editorial team at the company that reviews the videos and tags them on its site. It doesnt help any user experience when they click on something expecting one thing and then they get something totally different, he told Beet.TV. The strategy seems to be working because OVGuide.com turned a profit earlier this year, has been consistently winning new advertisers for its site that drew more than 16 mill...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/google-and-universal-music-reading-deep-immersive-music-site.html Saturday, May 09, 2009 MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Vevo is the big music site being created in a partnership between Google's YouTube and the Universal Music Group. It will be a "deep, immersive" music site with e-commerce and revenue share around advertising. While YouTube is powering the infrastructure of the site, it will be managed separately. Yesterday, there was a widely reported story that Vevo has selected a CEO. At the Google office on Tuesday, Beet.TV sat down with YouTube's Chris Dale who explained the relations ship between Google and Universal Music Group and the anticipated user experience. The site will launch later this year, he told us. It is not a joint venture, but a "partnership" Chris explains. Here's a report from Wired.com in April with more information. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

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Monday, May 11, 2009 SAN JOSE -- Teleconferencing, which had been limited to a small number high end corporate users, is becoming widely adopted by users of Skype Video and of other web services as well as more sophisticated corporate products from Cisco and others. Ken Wirt, VP of Consumer Marketing at Cisco tells Beet.TV that high end teleconferencing is set move into the consumer arena 'before too long." We taped this interview at the company headquarters last week. New York Times, business travel writer Joel Sharkey finds that teleconferencing is making major strides. He reports on Skype, Cisco's TelePresence and Teliris, a new, venture backed company and how these technologies are being use instead of travel. For now, a Cisco TelePresence system costs well into the the six figures. Surely interactive video will grow as form of communication and as away of doing business. Many of use these tools now. But the prospect of having access to really high-quality live interac...

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Wednesday, May 13, 2009 SAN JOSE -- To mine the growing opportunity in consumer technology, Cisco is expanding its presence in the consumer market and moving more aggressively beyond its business-to-business roots, the company told Beet.TV during an interview at Cisco headquarters. A lot of innovation happens at the consumer level and then moves up, said Ken Wirt, VP of consumer marketing. Laptops and Smartphones, as examples, have gained momentum with consumers and then moved into the enterprise market. Thats why Cisco began its expansion into the consumer market six years ago with the acquisition of Linksys, followed by the purchase of Scientific-Atlanta. Most recently, Cisco acquired Pure Digital Technologies, the makers of the super-popular Flip Mino video camera device, used by video bloggers and corporate clients alike. Ciscos approach to the consumer market is useful for other companies that are interested in growing their businesses. (And who isnt, especially during a r...

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http://www.beet.tv/2009/05/personalized-ads-improved-click-through.html Wednesday, May 13, 2009 By letting consumers personalize the ads they watch, marketers have increased the click through rates by 50% to 100% on some online campaigns. Thats what Naj Kidwai, the CEO of online video technology firm Real Time Content said during an interview with Beet.TV in New York. The companys tools let users personalize the ads they see based on profile information from an ad server network or behavioral targeting network, for instance. Essentially, that means each customer could be seeing a unique ad. A Real Time client in the United Kingdom doubled its sales of insurance policies using the ad technology, he said. The early results are impressive and they also align with data cable operators are realizing too when they serve up more targeted and addressable ads to viewers. As an example, Comcast has said customers are 38% less likely to tune away when an addressable ad is delivered. In g...