Andy Plesser

LONDON — Seeking more commercial opportunities and an audience not necessarily driven by breaking news, CNN has been producing a range of Web original programming from branded, advertiser-centric content to editorial projects, says Pete Bale, GM of CNN Digital International, in this segment from our recent video journalism summit at the headquarters of the Financial […]

SAN FRANCISCO (via Skye Video) – Adobe Systems  has created an app for the NBC Olympics coverage of the London Olympics to stream thousands of hours of live programming onto tablets and mobile devices of U.S. broadband subscribers.

LONDON – The Guardian has been serviing 5-10 million monthly video views, says Stephen Folwell Director, Business Development and Brand Extensions for Guardian News & Media, in this segment from the recent Beet.TV video journalism summit at the Financial Times.

LONDON – Today, the BBC Worldwide announced that net profits were up 13 percent over last year up to 155GBP.  Digital sales has risen to from to 13 percent of net sales, up from 8 percent the year before, the company said in a separate announcement about its digital business.

The concept of “platform agnosticism,” the notion that legacy media companies must have their content on all digital outlets is “completely wrong,” says NBC News Chief Digital Officer Vivian Schiller in this session excerpt from the Beet.TV Executive Retreat.

LONDON — As brands are increasingly becoming publishers, the marketplace for video news on corporate sites is growing quickly, says Greg Beitchman, Head of Multimedia for Thomson Reuters , in this segment from our recent video journalism summit at headquarters of the Financial Times.

LONDON — YouTube has become a “seven figure” business for the Associated Press says Sandy MacIntyre, Vice President and Director of International Video News, in this segment from our recent video journalism summit at the headquarters of the Financial Times.

LONDON – Demand from advertisers to run pre-roll ads on BBC News online video far outpaces editorial inventory by a four-to-one ratio, says Andrew Roy, Head of News, BBC World News, in this segment from our recent video journalism event at the headquarters of the Financial Times.

PARIS — Brazil is one of the fastest growing economies in the world with heavy television consumption, but digital video delivered via the Internet is limited due to lack of bandwidth, smart phones and and a dearth of IP-connected devices says Roberto Schmidt, head of digital for Globo TV, Brazil's biggest broadcaster.

Media industry consultant/publisher/authorJack Myers says that the VC-funded runway for most of 12,000 digital media start-ups is running out and there will be major consolidation over the next 36 months, in this inteview with Beet.TV

LONDON – Seeking to moneitze its vast video news operation beyond its traditional television “agency” business, the AP has launched digital distribtion plaform for publishers of various sizes to use AP news videos.

LONDON –  While the BBC Worldwide is putting most of its efforts around apps for the Apple iOS platform, apps won’t maintain their dominance in the future, predicts Daniel Heaf, the head of digital for BBC Worldwide in this session from last month’s Beet.TV Global Video Summit – which took place at the BBC Worldwide […]

New York-based Outrigger Media has launched a sort of quality and influence meter which ranks the impact of a number of YouTube partner channels.   The platform called OpenSlate has gone live.

LONDON — The future of real-time news gathering will be an army of smartphone users uploading live events via apps including Bambuser, which are authenticated by the Associated Press, and distributed via the giant news organization, says Sandy MacIntrye, the AP’s Vice President and Director of International Video News, in this segment from the Beet.TV […]

Mashable, which calls itself the largest independent news source for digital culture and social media with 20 million monthly unique visitors, has been building its video operations recently with both in-house operations and syndication deals with independent producers.

Nielsen is buying San Francisco-based video advertising measurement firm Vizu, the company announced today.

BOSTON – Mixmoov, a small start-up based near Touolouse France, is providing a browser-based editing solution for several of the major online video platform companies including Brightcove, Kaltura, the Platform and Twistage, says Hareesh Vazhaparampil, senior product manager, in this interview with Beet.TV

BOSTON –  As part of the Adobe’s “Project Primetime,” the Adobe Media Server (formerly known as Flash Media Server) is being upgraded to version 5 and Adobe Access, Adobe’s DRM solution, is upgraded to version 4.

LONDON – Premium video publishers need to customize the number of ads per show, depending on the interest of the individual viewer and other factors, in a dynamic not a “static” ad delivery scenario, says Jeremy Helfand, VP for Video Monetization at Adobe, in this segment from the Beet.TV Global Video Summit at the BBC […]

BOSTON — LG is readying a commerce platform around its smart TV app ecosystem, says Matt Durgin, Director of Content, LG Electronics, in this interview with Beet.TV