Andy Plesser

As as part of the Financial Times  recently announced “digital first,” the London-based, global paper is expanding its digital staff, introducing a new real-time feature on market-moving news called Fast FT and building social tools for its audiences, says Martin Dickson, Managing Editor for the U.S. in this interview with Beet.TV

While NBC has brought full-players episodes of shows to the TV Upfronts, this will be the first time it will bring NBC News Digital video clips to the annual industry ad marketplace, says Peter Naylor, EVP of Digital Media Sales, in this segment from the Beet.TV executive summit on big data.

The giant video site Dailymotion, which has worked with marketers primarly as a distribution platform, is doubling down on content production for brands with new studios set to open soon in Paris and New York, says Roland Hamilton, Managing Director of Dailymotion in the U.S.

AOL, one of the largest syndicators of news/lifestyle/entertainment videos from a range of publishers, will soon launch a platform for marketers to broadly distibute branded content.

With its 12 hours of daily live streaming, HuffPost Live is creating a giant catalogue of short video clips which are being served into the pages of the Huffington Post, a key element of the company’s video monetization strategy, says Jimmy Maymann, CEO of the Huffington Post Media Group, in this interview with Beet.TV

The BBC.com is making a commitment to new content verticals with the launch of an automobile site and plans for culture and business sites, says Nicholas Ascheim, SVP Consumer Consumer Digital, BBC Worldwide Americas, in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS – There will be 1000 web original video series launched in 2013 with some $250 million spent for production, a sign of the maturation of the nascent industry says Paul Kontonis, Chairman of the International Academy of Web Television, in this interview with Beet.TV

Cosumer electronics giant LG is readying the launch of a two-screen API for its  content partners, allowing users to manage and interact with programming on the big screen using an app on their tablet or phone, says Matthew Durgin, Director of Smart TV Sponsorships at LG, in this interview with Beet.TV

Zeebox, the second screen app,  which is being widely deployed in the U.S. by NBC Universal, FOX and HBO, will launch a “synched ad” platform in January, allowing marketers the ability to serve ads into the Zeebox app which are associated, in real-time, with the commercials on the television, says  Anthony Rose, co-founder and CTO […]

While many broadcasters are experimenting with the use of the “second screen,” meaning mobile devices which provide accompanying content to TV shows, Turner Sports might have found something of killer app in the emerging medium with predictive gaming around sports programming.

Simulmedia, the New York based company that provides ad agencies the tools to make television buying decisions based on viewer profiles, much like Internet advertising, is testing a system to allow agencies to use that platform for online video viewers too.

MONACO – The Weather Company, formerly know at the Weather Channel, is expanding its digital video programming  beyond strictly weather reporting, explains David Kenny, CEO in this video interview with Beet.TV

MONACO – AOL’s Goviral, the London-based, global company for the distribution of brand videos, will launch in the United States in January, says Rene Rechtman, CEO and founder, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — BuzzFeed, the fast-growing digital news publisher, will average 30 million unique monthly visitors this year, but won’t host a single banner ad, says founder and CEO Jonah Peretti. He explains in this video that the publisher’s monetization effort is strictly around “social advertising.”

Bravo has a new interactive platform called "Play Live."  Unlike some programmers who put interactivity around shows on a mobile device, the "Play Live" appears as an interactive banner on the TV show as it is broadcast.   Viewers interact to offers by "voting" on various devices.

MONACO — Taboola, the video discovery and syndication platform which helps news publishers, including the BBC, Bloomberg, CNN, the New York Times, Time.com and TMZ, increase video views, is now working with brands who are seeking increased views, says Adam Singolda, CEO in this interview.

MONACO — UBM plc, the London-based corporate parent of PR Newswire, is powering the syndication of customers videos via a network of thousands of Web sites and providing tools to “socialize” video campaigns for customers, says David Levin, CEO, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO – BuzzFeed is making a commitment to original video with the recent acquistion of Web video pioneer Ze Frank, the building of an LA studio and a partnership with YouTube, explains Jonah Peretti, CEO and founder, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — In a major alliance with Microsoft, France Telecom’s Orange is delivering its offering of television channels to its customers  via the Dailymotion app on the Xbox in France, explains Stephanie Hospital, EVP for Digital in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO —  As AOL has been increasing its video operations via AOL On, a video syndication business along with its Web original programming, there is a growing big opportunity in “native” video advertising, says Ned Brody, Chief Revenue Officer of AOL, in this interview with Beet.TV