http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/ A feed of BeetTV's Videos Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:23:01 GMT 2008-12-03T21:23:01Z www.viddler.com/store/bigbg_37336474.png www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/ BeetTV http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/382/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/382/" title="Video Search Monetization Works: Blinkx CEO Claims" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=42c5e17&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Video Search Monetization Works: Blinkx CEO Claims" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/video-search-mo.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/video-search-mo.html</p><p>Video</a></p><p>Video search works, particularly around professionally-produced content. Suranga Chandratillake, CEO of Blinkx, the London/San Francisco-based video search engine, told TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld in this segment from the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable that his company is serving ads on 80-90 percent of professionally produced content and on 10-20 percent on user-generated content. The ads are both display and in-stream.</p><p>Here is Erick's report on the company's most recent earnings. Revenue is rising substantially, he finds.</p><p>While display advertising is down, video search is a growing and viable business, Suranga says.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/blinkx">blinkx</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/chandratillake">chandratillake</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/search">search</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/suranga">suranga</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/techcrunch">techcrunch</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/video">video</a></p> Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:23:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/382/ BeetTV 2008-12-03T21:23:01Z blinkx chandratillake search suranga techcrunch video BeetTV Video Search Monetization Works: Blinkx CEO Claims http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/383/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/383/" title="Joost Launches Video iPhone App on WiFi; 3G Capacity Coming Soon" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=f6816e92&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Joost Launches Video iPhone App on WiFi; 3G Capacity Coming Soon" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/joost-launches.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/joost-launches.html<br/>On-demand</a><br/>On-demand web video service Joost's new (and free) iPhone application, launched Monday, streams its entire online library of 45,000-plus videos to users on WiFi networks, according to CEO Mike Volpi. A large portion of the library will be available on 3G within a month: "The technology is basically ready," he says. Volpi spoke to me about the launch from London Monday via video Skype.</p><p>Joost has a number of big-name content partnerships with companies including CBS, Viacom, Sony, Warner Music Group, Warner Brothers, and Turner, so it has some pretty great videos to offer: 1,200 shorts and movies (like Men in Black), 400 TV series (like The Daily Show) and around 18,000 music videos.</p><p>In the segment, Volpi describes the features of the application, such as its list of most popular videos within the user's geographic area.</p><p>--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/3g">3g</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/application">application</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/iphone">iphone</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/joost">joost</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mike">mike</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/volpi">volpi</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/wifi">wifi</a></p> Wed, 03 Dec 2008 21:19:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/383/ BeetTV 2008-12-03T21:19:02Z 3g application iphone joost mike volpi wifi BeetTV Joost Launches Video iPhone App on WiFi; 3G Capacity Coming Soon http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/381/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/381/" title="ExtendMedia Raises $10 Million in New Funding" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=f01b830&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="ExtendMedia Raises $10 Million in New Funding" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/extendmedia-rai.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/extendmedia-rai.html</p><p><br/>ExtendMedia</a></p><p><br/>ExtendMedia has raised an additional venture round of $10 million, Liz Gannes of NewTeeVee confirms tonight. News of the funding was first reported by peHUB.</p><p>In October of 2007, I interviewed CEO Keith Kocho. He speaks about the ScanDisk project, which has since been canceled. I've republished the interview here.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/$10">$10</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/extendmedia">extendmedia</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/keith">keith</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/kocho">kocho</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/million">million</a></p> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:34:03 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/381/ BeetTV 2008-12-02T15:34:03Z $10 extendmedia keith kocho million BeetTV ExtendMedia Raises $10 Million in New Funding http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/379/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/379/" title="Mumbai Terror Attacks, Big Event for Online Video Journalism" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=f73bedde&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Mumbai Terror Attacks, Big Event for Online Video Journalism" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/mumbai-terror-a.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/mumbai-terror-a.html<br/>As</a><br/>As the world has tuned into to live coverage of breaking news on network news channels, others found videos on demand on most of the major news sites and on YouTube, which has uploads of coverage of Indian broadcasters. I've posted the video below. We haven't seen much in the way of user-generated video yet, although there many dramatic photos up on CNN iReports.</p><p>CNN has featured live streaming of the events from the beginning.</p><p>Last month at the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable, we discussed the value of user-generated video for news sites. Commenting in this video is Chet Rhodes of the Washington Post, Andrew Heyward, former president of CBS News, Mark Larkin of CBSNews.com, KC Estenson of CNN.com and co-moderator Erick Schonfeld of TechCrunch.</p><p>It will be interesting to see how the unfolding effects of the attacks in India will impact this trend. We will be watching this and updating this post throughout the day. <br/>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/chet">chet</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/citizen">citizen</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/cnn">cnn</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/content">content</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/ireport">ireport</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/journalism">journalism</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/larkin">larkin</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mark">mark</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mumbai">mumbai</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/post">post</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/rhodes">rhodes</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/user-generated">user-generated</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/washington">washington</a></p> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:28:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/379/ BeetTV 2008-12-02T15:28:02Z chet citizen cnn content ireport journalism larkin mark mumbai post rhodes user-generated washington BeetTV Mumbai Terror Attacks, Big Event for Online Video Journalism http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/380/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/380/" title="Huffington Post Raises $25 Million Round" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=b96b8ea8&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Huffington Post Raises $25 Million Round" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/huffington-post.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/12/huffington-post.html</p><p><br/>The</a></p><p><br/>The Huffington Post has raised an additional $25 million in venture funding, according to a report this morning by Kara Swisher of AllThingsD. In a subsequent post, she reports that the Huff Post has formally announced the news.</p><p>In January, I interviewed Huff Post investor and board member Eric Hippeau of SoftBank about the value of the media property for venture capitalists. I've republished the interview today.</p><p>Update 12/2: Ad Age's Michael Learmonth says that Huff Post now has more value than some big newspaper companies.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/capital">capital</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/eric">eric</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/hippeau">hippeau</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/huffington">huffington</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/post">post</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/softbank">softbank</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/the">the</a></p> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:27:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/380/ BeetTV 2008-12-02T15:27:01Z capital eric hippeau huffington post softbank the BeetTV Huffington Post Raises $25 Million Round http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/378/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/378/" title="SheFinds.com Predicts What Gadgets Will Sell out First This Holiday" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=a5539ea4&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="SheFinds.com Predicts What Gadgets Will Sell out First This Holiday" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/online-media-co.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/online-media-co.html</p><p><br/>Consumers</a></p><p><br/>Consumers planning to buy a Wii Fit or Blackberry Storm this holiday season should act fast: Those are some of the gadgets that will disappear first this holiday season, according to the great Sold Out Guide on shopping blog Shefinds.com. Last month, I interviewed SheFinds.com founder Michelle Madhok about the Web 3.0 concept behind the site.</p><p>"Web 2.0 was all about everybody having access...Everybody had an opinion," she says. "What we're looking for now in Web 3.0 is curation. And that's where we come in."</p><p>Shefinds.com is the more popular property of the women-oriented online media company White Cat Media, which also owns MomFinds--and a number of "Finds" domain names for future verticals. Both sites aim to fix the online shopping model, according to Madhok. "If you Google something like black pants, you get 10 million results back. The shopping model is broken for people who want to shop online," she says.</p><p>SheFinds.com scouts the web for hot fashion and beauty products and links to them, garnering revenue from the stores when SheFinds visitors click through and make a purchase. Founded in 2004, the site now has 300,000 monthly unique visitors and syndicates its content to The Huffington Post, Real Simple, Comcast, MSN, and Yahoo.</p><p>Earlier this year, we published an interview with venture capitalist Steve Jurvetson about the success of women's media company Glam.com, which skyrocketed past iVillage to become one of the top 15 most popular websites in the United States--proving that there's room for newcomers to succeed in the women's market online. We think Shefinds' shopping model makes a lot of sense in this space, and we'll be keeping an eye on this company's progress.</p><p>It's too bad online shopping is going to take a major hit this year; according to a report on CNET today, online sales growth projections have been cut in half for November-December.</p><p>Update: He</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/black">black</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/cat">cat</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/friday">friday</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/madhok">madhok</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/michelle">michelle</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/momfinds">momfinds</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/shefinds">shefinds</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/shefinds.com">shefinds.com</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/white">white</a></p> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:10:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/378/ BeetTV 2008-12-02T15:10:02Z black cat friday madhok media michelle momfinds shefinds shefinds.com white BeetTV SheFinds.com Predicts What Gadgets Will Sell out First This Holiday http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/377/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/377/" title="Google's New Chrome Web Browser Getting a Shine from CNET Users, Report" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=c23fc49&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Google's New Chrome Web Browser Getting a Shine from CNET Users, Report" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/googles-new-chr.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/googles-new-chr.html</p><p><br/>Stephen</a></p><p><br/>Stephen Shankland has done a little research on adoption of Chrome, the recently introduced Web browser from Google. He finds that 3.6 percent of visitors to CNET used Chrome in October, up from just one percent in September. While CNET users are earlier adopters, the general population uses Chrome less one percent, he finds.</p><p>In September, Kelsey interviewed Google Marissa Mayer in San Francisco at the TechCrunch 50 conference. Kelsey spoke with her about Chrome. We have republished that interview today.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/chrome">chrome</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/cnet">cnet</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/marissa">marissa</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mayer">mayer</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/shankland">shankland</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/stephen">stephen</a></p> Tue, 02 Dec 2008 15:05:04 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/377/ BeetTV 2008-12-02T15:05:04Z chrome cnet google marissa mayer shankland stephen BeetTV Google's New Chrome Web Browser Getting a Shine from CNET Users, Report http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/376/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/376/" title="Kyte has Ad Server Integration for Streaming Video" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=b57522b1&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Kyte has Ad Server Integration for Streaming Video" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/kyte-has-ad-ser.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/kyte-has-ad-ser.html</p><p><br/>Kyte</a></p><p><br/>Kyte has launched new monetization with major ad server integrations and mobile web apps, the company announced today. Danial Graf, president and CEO of Kyte, spoke with Kelsey about these and others developments immediately after the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable last month in New York at MSNBC.</p><p>For more on this development, check out these posts by Josh Lowensohn at CNET and Erick Schonfeld at TechCrunch.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Exeuctive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/daniel">daniel</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/graf">graf</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/kyte">kyte</a></p> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 23:09:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/376/ BeetTV 2008-11-25T23:09:01Z daniel graf kyte BeetTV Kyte has Ad Server Integration for Streaming Video http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/375/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/375/" title="BitGravity has Multi Stream, Live Product, Report" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=be7503ac&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="BitGravity has Multi Stream, Live Product, Report" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/bitgravity-has.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/bitgravity-has.html</p><p><br/>BitGravity,</a></p><p><br/>BitGravity, a new content delivery network (CDN) which is largely focused on streaming high-quality live video, has a new product out which delivers six high-def video streams at once. The development was reported by Michael Arrington at TechCrunch. Live streaming, while a niche, is growing, and BitGravity, with customers like Revision3, could be well positioned for growth.</p><p>In July in Los Angeles, I spoke with co-founder Perry Wu. I've republished the interview here.</p><p>Update: BitGravity and Revision3 launches interactive live streaming for diggnation tonight. Here's the press release. Here's the new post by Michael Arrington.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/bitgravity">bitgravity</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/cdn">cdn</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/distribution">distribution</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/live">live</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/perry">perry</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/streaming">streaming</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/wu">wu</a></p> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:56:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/375/ BeetTV 2008-11-25T22:56:02Z bitgravity cdn distribution live perry streaming wu BeetTV BitGravity has Multi Stream, Live Product, Report http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/374/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/374/" title="YouTube Has Essential Analytics Tool, Laura Lee" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=31bf5ec2&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="YouTube Has Essential Analytics Tool, Laura Lee" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/youtube-evoluti.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/youtube-evoluti.html</p><p>As</a></p><p>As YouTube expands its offering of professionally produced--and advertising-appropriate--videos, its analytics tool YouTube Insight will become increasingly important. YouTube's Strategic Partner Development Manager Laura Lee explained the value of YouTube Insight for both content creators and marketers at the Beet.TV Online Video Roundtable last month.</p><p>"That tool I think has been really powerful especially to our content publishers, because they can go in and say, 'You know what, I can make marketing decisions, I can even make programming decisions online real time to drill down on a per state level in the U.S. to see how people are really consuming my content," she says.</p><p>In late September, YouTube introduced a new feature for Insight called Hot Spots to allow publishers not only to see their most popular videos, but the most popular parts within their videos. We expect Insight to get even more sophisticated with YouTube's new focus on professional, long-form content. YouTube has already acquired television programming and feature films through its recent and much talked-about deals with CBS and MGM.</p><p>Greg Sandoval's recent story for CNET, "A coming of age for YouTube," describes YouTube's recent monetization developments.</p><p>Insight was launched in March of last year but has not been widely discussed.</p><p>Beet.TV Popular with California Dudes!</p><p>We checked out Insight for our Beet.TV YouTube channel and learned a few facts about our audience demographic: It's 70 percent male and largely based in California. We posted the Insight graph of the data below: </p><p>--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer</p><p>11/21/08 Update: Richard Siklos at Fortune has a story today on the move away from user-generated content at YouTube.</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/beet.tv">beet.tv</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/cbs">cbs</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/content">content</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/insight">insight</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/laura">laura</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/lee">lee</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mgm">mgm</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/online">online</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/professional">professional</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/roundtable">roundtable</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/user-generated">user-generated</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/video">video</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/youtube">youtube</a></p> Tue, 25 Nov 2008 22:51:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/374/ BeetTV 2008-11-25T22:51:01Z beet.tv cbs content insight laura lee mgm online professional roundtable user-generated video youtube BeetTV YouTube Has Essential Analytics Tool, Laura Lee http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/373/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/373/" title="Adconion Acquires KTV Digital Media for New Branded Content Division" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=e77b477d&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Adconion Acquires KTV Digital Media for New Branded Content Division" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/ad-network-adco.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/ad-network-adco.html</p><p><br/>Global</a></p><p><br/>Global ad network Adconion acquired production studio KTV Digital Media today and officially entered the branded entertainment game, driving home the point that product placement in online video is here to stay. Angel investor Ron Conway called it "the next multi-billion dollar industry" at TechCrunch50 in September, and more and more ad networks are getting on board. Check out our previous interviews with Digitas and Ogilvy about their branded content offerings.</p><p>Adconion launched its video syndication platform AMG-TV in late September (now called Adconion.TV), and with the addition of KTV Digital Media has formed its own branded content division, RedLever, which will produce original branded content for its clients. In September I interviewed Adconion President of North America Keith Kaplan about the evolution of the company's services. </p><p>In the segment, he discusses Adconion.TV and its first syndication partner, Vuguru, the new media studio for Michael Eisner's The Tornante Company. Adconion syndicates Vuguru's show "Back on Topps," a office sports comedy web series created by the Sklar brothers.</p><p>--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/adconion">adconion</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/amg-tv">amg-tv</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/back">back</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/branded">branded</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/company">company</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/content">content</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/digital">digital</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/eisner">eisner</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/kaplan">kaplan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/keith">keith</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/ktv">ktv</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/media">media</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/michael">michael</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/on">on</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/placement">placement</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/product">product</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/the">the</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/topps">topps</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/tornante">tornante</a></p> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:09:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/373/ BeetTV 2008-11-21T23:09:01Z adconion amg-tv back branded company content digital eisner kaplan keith ktv media michael on placement product the topps tornante BeetTV Adconion Acquires KTV Digital Media for New Branded Content Division http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/372/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/372/" title="Experimental Ad Budgets for Online Video are "Now Gone," Blip.tv's Dina Kaplan" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=ff11a6f7&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Experimental Ad Budgets for Online Video are "Now Gone," Blip.tv's Dina Kaplan" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/experimental-ad.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/experimental-ad.html<br/>Many</a><br/>Many of the experimental advertising budgets for online video are "now gone" as a result of the fiscal crisis, says Dina Kaplan, co-founder of Blip.tv. I caught up with her yesterday at the "Future of Television" conference in Manhattan where she was a panelist.</p><p>Moving beyond the the experimental stage, Dina says she is working closely with ad agencies to create methods to determine the value of online video ads. This is clearly important as many online video creators, ad networks, and syndicators and others have predicated businesses on advertising. Let's hope Dina's method gets traction. We will report on this as it develops in the new year.</p><p>Dina was on a panel moderated by Lindsay Campbell, actress and online video celebrity journalist of Wallstrip, then MobLogic. Lindsay told me that her engagement with MobLogic had concluded and she is evaluating other opportunities. Also on the panel, posing with Dina below, were Andrew Budkofsky of Break Media (second from right), Lindsday, and J. Crowley, co-founder of Black20, a NY-based television producer of very funny web video.<br/>Update: Peter Kafka at All Things D has a story up on changes at MobLogic.</p><p>Disclosure: Blip.tv is provides video encoding and streaming services to Beet.TV. Blip also represents the purple channel in advertising sales on a non-exclusive basis. Blip also distributes Beet's awesome podcast on iTunes. You will see how it looks on my new iPod Nano at the end of my interview with Dina. </p><p>-- Andy Plesser</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/blip.tv">blip.tv</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/campbell">campbell</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/dina">dina</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/future">future</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/kaplan">kaplan</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/lindsay">lindsay</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/television">television</a></p> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 22:35:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/372/ BeetTV 2008-11-21T22:35:01Z blip.tv campbell dina future kaplan lindsay television BeetTV Experimental Ad Budgets for Online Video are "Now Gone," Blip.tv's Dina Kaplan http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/368/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/368/" title="VideoEgg Hatching Video Ads in iPhone" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=19c66b1c&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="VideoEgg Hatching Video Ads in iPhone" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/videoegg-hatchi.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/videoegg-hatchi.html</p><p>VideoEgg,</a></p><p>VideoEgg, the San Francisco-based video ad network, will introduce advertising to the iPhone, reports TechCrunch's Erick Schonfeld. For the story, Erick interviewed VideoEgg's Troy Young, who talks about the opportunity of the iPhone for marketers. Troy disses AdMob, a mobile phone ad network which presently serves ads to the iPhone.</p><p>Here's the company press release.</p><p>Whoever wins and how, it is inevitable that more consumers will watch video on iPhones and on iPods. </p><p>I've republished my interview with Troy from February.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/troy">troy</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/videoegg">videoegg</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/young">young</a></p> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:50:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/368/ BeetTV 2008-11-21T08:50:01Z troy videoegg young BeetTV VideoEgg Hatching Video Ads in iPhone http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/371/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/371/" title="Move Networks and PermissionTV in Link to Bring "Adaptive Streaming" to Smaller Publishers" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=1cae02ab&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Move Networks and PermissionTV in Link to Bring "Adaptive Streaming" to Smaller Publishers" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/move-networks-a.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/move-networks-a.html</p><p><br/>Move</a></p><p><br/>Move Networks, the small Utah-based company which has created an impressive high quality, low bandwidth solution to streaming video for ABC, FOX, the and others, will now provide its technology to much smaller publishers through an association with Boston-based PermissionTV.</p><p>Move's streaming technology is not Flash or Microsoft based, it is a technology it calls "adaptive streaming" -- a process which breaks up and sends along small packets which are assembed by the user depending on local bandwidth. In July I interviewed Move CEO John Edwards who explains how the technology works. It involves a small web plug-in.</p><p>PermissionTV is a software for service company which provides ways for companies to integrate video in various Web applications. It has primarily implemented Flash solutions. In October, the curtains went up on Permission and Move's implementation of streaming of on-demand performances by the Metropolitan Opera, available through a subscription service. Some operas are free for viewing.</p><p>Permission also collaborates with Move on Fox programming.</p><p>Yesterday, I interviewed PermissionTV's Matt Kaplan for an overview on the company and the new association with Move, which is essentially a reseller agreement.</p><p>Today, John Edwards will be speaking at the Future of Television Conference. We will cover. <br/>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/future">future</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/move">move</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/networks">networks</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/permissiontv">permissiontv</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/television">television</a></p> Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:33:00 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/371/ BeetTV 2008-11-21T08:33:00Z future move networks permissiontv television BeetTV Move Networks and PermissionTV in Link to Bring "Adaptive Streaming" to Smaller Publishers http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/367/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/367/" title="Boxee Raises $4 Million in First Finance Round" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=221b4d1c&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Boxee Raises $4 Million in First Finance Round" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/boxee-raises-4.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/boxee-raises-4.html</p><p>Boxee,</a></p><p>Boxee, a home media networking solution provider (for an explanation read these posts by MG Siegler at VentureBeat and Robin Wauters at TechCrunch) has closed its first financing round with $4 million from Spark Capital and Union Square Ventures. </p><p>Earlier this year, we interviewed CEO Avner Ronen about the company. In the segment, he shows us a demo of the product.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/avner">avner</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/boxee">boxee</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/capital">capital</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/ronen">ronen</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/spark">spark</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/square">square</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/union">union</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/ventures">ventures</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:08:07 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/367/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T21:08:07Z avner boxee capital ronen spark square union ventures BeetTV Boxee Raises $4 Million in First Finance Round http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/366/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/366/" title="StumbleUpon Inks More Deals with Web Video Publishers" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=65ad7138&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="StumbleUpon Inks More Deals with Web Video Publishers" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/stumbleupon-ink.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/stumbleupon-ink.html</p><p>StumbleUpon,</a></p><p>StumbleUpon, the content recommendation site owned by eBay, has extended it premium service to several new publishers including Funny Or Die, Atom, Scientific American, and 5min.com, according to a report in CNET this morning.</p><p>In June, I caught up with founder Garrett Camp for an overview on how his service works and the value StumbleUpon provides to publishers. I've republished the interview today. </p><p>Here is the company's press release.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/camp">camp</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/garrett">garrett</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/stumbleupon">stumbleupon</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:08:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/366/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T21:08:02Z camp garrett stumbleupon BeetTV StumbleUpon Inks More Deals with Web Video Publishers http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/365/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/365/" title="Google Finance has Text Advertising, Global Expansion is Underway along with Potential Tie-ups with Brokerage Firms" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=48687131&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Google Finance has Text Advertising, Global Expansion is Underway along with Potential Tie-ups with Brokerage Firms" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/google-finance.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/google-finance.html</p><p><br/>Late</a></p><p><br/>Late yesterday, Google announced that it is putting text advertising onto Google Finance, the financial news and portfolio/stock tracking site. Google is putting considerable resources into the site and plans to expand it globally, according to an interview with Google's R.J. Pittman we did in July. R.J. indicated in the interview that Google will likely extend associations with stock brokerage firms to bring transaction opportunities to the site. To our knowledge, this has not yet happened.</p><p>Danny Sullivan at Search Engine Land has a post about emerging ads on various Google properties.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/finance">finance</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/pittman">pittman</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/rj">rj</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:59:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/365/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T20:59:02Z finance google pittman rj BeetTV Google Finance has Text Advertising, Global Expansion is Underway along with Potential Tie-ups with Brokerage Firms http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/362/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/362/" title="Breaking: Major League Baseball Signs Adobe for Streaming, Microsoft's Silverlight has Setback" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=e0edb022&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Breaking: Major League Baseball Signs Adobe for Streaming, Microsoft's Silverlight has Setback" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/breaking-major.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/breaking-major.html</p><p>Adobe</a></p><p>Adobe has landed a two-year agreement with MLB.com to stream its 2,500-plus spring training, regular season and post-season games live to MLB.com's 1.5 million subscribers. Games were previously streamed on Microsoft Silverlight, an arrangement announced in August of 2007. In the rich media platform game, Adobe has a home run here. Details were released a short time ago in a presentation by Adobe CTO Kevin Lynch in San Francisco at MAX, the big Adobe developers conference.</p><p>In September on the MIT campus, I interviewed Kevin about the evolution of AIR. (Note this is a different Kevin Lynch interview than the one which I posted earlier today on other Adobe news.)</p><p>Update: Here's the press release from Adobe.</p><p>-- Andy Plesser, Executive Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/adobe">adobe</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/baseball">baseball</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/flash">flash</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/league">league</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/major">major</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/microsoft">microsoft</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mlb.com">mlb.com</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/silverlight">silverlight</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:57:01 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/362/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T20:57:01Z adobe baseball flash league major microsoft mlb.com silverlight BeetTV Breaking: Major League Baseball Signs Adobe for Streaming, Microsoft's Silverlight has Setback http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/363/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/363/" title="China Leads in Global Internet Attack Traffic, Akamai Reports" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=d856dd6d&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="China Leads in Global Internet Attack Traffic, Akamai Reports" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/exclusive-akama.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/exclusive-akama.html</p><p>China</a></p><p>China was the leading source of Internet attack traffic in the three-month period ending September 30, according to Akamai's quarterly "State of the Internet" report, which the company published today. The United States has maintained its number two spot since Q1, and Japan, which topped the list in Q2, moved down to fifth place.</p><p>Akamailogo Last week McColo Corp, a major hosting service for spamming organizations, was taken offline, The Washington Post reported. Botnets using McColo's many Internet addresses were responsible for as much as 75 percent of spam a day, and it will be interesting to see if the shutdown makes any difference in the U.S.'s Q4 rank. Considering attack traffic accounted for 20 percent of America's overall Internet traffic in Q3, my guess is it probably won't--especially as attacks are escalating on other fronts, like the phishing scams that are thriving during the economic crisis. </p><p>Attack traffic increased 30 percent globally in Q3, and now originates from 179 countries compared to the 139 countries in Q2, the Akamai report found. </p><p>The "State of The Internet" report is based on data collected from Akamai's global server network, which delivers around 20 percent of Internet traffic a day. The network's size makes the data a useful, if not exact, indicator of overall Internet trends.</p><p>Andy interviewed Suzanne Johnson, Senior Industry Marketing Manager for Digital Media, in September at the Akamai headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. In the segment, she shows him a demo of the Akamai globe, which demonstrates the reach of Akamai's network. Below is an image from the report of the top originating countries for attack traffic.<br/>--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/akamai">akamai</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/attack">attack</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/internet">internet</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/mccolo">mccolo</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/report">report</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/state">state</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/traffic">traffic</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/vector">vector</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:55:03 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/363/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T20:55:03Z akamai attack internet mccolo report state traffic vector BeetTV China Leads in Global Internet Attack Traffic, Akamai Reports http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/364/ <p><a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/364/" title="Google Announces Adobe Flash Tracking Technology" ><img src="http://www.viddler.com/thumbnail.action?token=7a53ea02&size=1" width="114" height="86" alt="Google Announces Adobe Flash Tracking Technology" border="0" /></a></p> <p><a href="http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/google-announce.html">http://www.beet.tv/2008/11/google-announce.html</p><p>Google</a></p><p>Google has introduced technology to track Flash content, the company announced at the Adobe Max conference today. The new tool, Google Analytics Tracking for Adobe Flash, will allow publishers to see how many times an embedded video has been viewed or how often a distributed widget, like an online game, has been used. The offering is a significant move toward the standardization of formats that has long been an obstacle to increased online ad spending and has huge implications for publishers.</p><p>In June, Andy interviewed Google Search Evangelist Adam Lasnik about the collaboration between Google, Yahoo and Adobe to index Flash files. I republished the interview above.</p><p>--Kelsey Blodget, Associate Producer</p><p> By <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/" >BeetTV</a></p> <p> Tags : <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/adam">adam</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/adobe">adobe</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/crawl">crawl</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/flash">flash</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/google">google</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/lasnik">lasnik</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/metadata">metadata</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/text">text</a>, <a href="http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/tags/tracking">tracking</a></p> Thu, 20 Nov 2008 20:55:02 GMT http://www.viddler.com/explore/BeetTV/videos/364/ BeetTV 2008-11-20T20:55:02Z adam adobe crawl flash google lasnik metadata text tracking BeetTV Google Announces Adobe Flash Tracking Technology