Andy Plesser

MONACO – With its acquisition earlier this year by Discovery Communuications, the San Francisco-based digital video network is expaning its video game coverage with the hiring of Adam Sessler, says Jim Louderback, Revision3’s CEO in this interview with Beet.TV

Web original series are continuing to grow and will reach 1000, says Paul Kontonis, Chairman of the International Academy of Web Television in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — While there have been series problems in reporting at the BBC recently, the broadcaster should stop its “self- flagellation,” says Robert Andrew, Senior International Editor at paidContent and GigaOm, in this inteview with Beet.TV

MONACO — Top brands are unwittingly supporting pirate music and fil sites with large volumes of display ads sold through ad networks, says Jonathan Taplin, Director of the USC Annenberg Innovation Lab, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO – With its just-announced integration with the big online video platform Kaltura, and its existing relationship with Brightcove, AOL is building a sort of "video exchange" explains Ran Harnevo, SVP for Video at AOL, in this interview with Beet.TV

In what could become a giant, global art cinema, IAC unit Vimeo, the popular video sharing site for the creative community, has announced the first steps in presenting  full length films on a pay-to-view basis.  The program will begin with six films this month with a bigger roll-out in 2013.

Very pleased to be heading to Monaco this week where I'll be moderating a panel on the changing valuation of digital video with Alphabird CEO Chase Norlin,  Videology CEO Scott Ferber,  Josh Mortensen MD and founder of Denmark's GlibHippo and René Rechtman/CEO, of London's Goviral & SVP International AOL Advertising Group.

One year into an alliance with Yahoo! to stream live news events, and to produce original programming for digital devices, ABC News is “rivaling” the reach of cable networks around big events including this Election Night, says Joe Ruffolo, SVP for Digital at ABC News in this interview with Beet.TV

Bravo has launched its first Zeebox integration with its series  Life After Top Chef, says Lisa Hsia, EVP of Digital Media at Bravo, a NBC Universal unit, in this interview with Beet.TV

AOL's network of localized news web sites, called Patch, had record traffic during Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath says John Brod, President and co-founder of Patch.

NDN, the Atlanta-based video news and sports syndicator, is in comsScore’s top-ten U.S. video rankings.  With 423 million video views in September, it had nearly twice as many video views as Facebook and more than both the Viacom and the Microsoft sites.

The live streaming of multiple video feeds across assorted devices including Xbox, tablets and mobile phones will be part of the new television landscape of election night, says Stokes Young, Executive Producer of Multimedia and Video at NBCNews.com in this interview with Beet.TV

Using Patch, its network of local digital publications,  AOL organized some 500 employees to purchase and deliver needed supplies to towns in New Jersey and New York impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

With social media expected to create a great deal of "noise" and make for "a confusing time for alot of people" around the election returns, the Associated Press is telling its staffers not to share the "race calls" by other news organizations, says Eric Carvin, Social Media Editor in this interview with Beet.TV

Shazam, the app for smart phones and tablets which "listens" to television shows and immediately surfaces up related information, has been used by major brands in 150 television campaigns, says David Jones, EVP for marketing, in this interview with Beet.TV

With intense interest in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the Weather Channel recorded some 40 million video views yesterday, Sunday (10.28), making it the busiest video day ever, a spokeswoman told Beet.TV today.  She expects today’s numbers to be even higher.

Bravo is turning up the volume around the launch of its upcoming reality TV series Start-ups: Silicon Valley with an interactive  platform that ranks the influence of paricipants, and puts their ranking and faces on six electronic billboards on Highway 101, just south of San Francisco.

As more consumers use a "second screen" video device (tablet/mobile/notebook) to supplement their television viewing, content creators will have an opportunity to make content specifically for a "second screen," says Eric Anderson, head of content and product solutions for Samsung North America, in this interview.

The World Series is Shazam-enabled, allowing television viewers in the United States to use their mobile and tablet devices to synch up to their televisions for up-to-the minute news, social buzz, stats and other information about the game, says David Jones, EVP for Marketing for the London-based company.

Last year, Nielsen partnered with Facebook in a program called online campaign ratings. Through this arrangement, Nielsen can now tabulate 30-50 percent of total online exposure to any particular ad campaign, says Andrew Feigenson, SVP for Advertising and Platforms at Nielsen, in this interview with Beet.TV