Andy Plesser

VIEQUES, PR — As online video consumption has exploded with over 45 billion videos viewed per month in the United States, the amount of advertising viewed is quite limited; there are in-stream ads around just one percent of video views in the United, says Eli Goodman, comsScore's Media Evangelist in this interview taped at the […]

VIEQUES, PR – -The upside for Pinterest, what Fortune calls an "insanely addictive" media tool, is its appeal to women users, says Joy Marcus, venture partner with the global powerhouse Draper Fisher Jurvetson in this segment from the Beet.TV Executive Retreat.

VIEQUES, PR — With the avalanche of digital video across multiple devices, the discovery of relevant content is essential – and it is a sector ripe for venture capital investment says Joy Marcus, partner at global VC powerhouse Draper FIsher Jurvetson in this interview with Beet.TV

The Digital Broadcasting Group (DBG) is a partner in the Digital Content NewFronts, a month-long marketplace for Web video, the  Web video studio/distributor announced today.

VIEQUES, PR — With the proliferation of digital devices for consuming digital video, advertisers and publishers are faced with an enormous task of serving the appropriate file for the specific device.  

VIEQUES, PR — Taboola, the New York/Tel Aviv-based video recommendation engine used by several top news publishers including Bloomberg, CNN and the New York Times to drive video clip consumption, has entered into an agreement with live video news portal Livestation to drive recommendations of live news video on the Web, says Adam Singolda, CEO […]

VIEQUES, PR — The Wall Street Journal's expanding slate of live business programming, has gone live on the Livestation, the London-based global portal for live news, says Lippe Oosterhof in this interview with Beet.TV

VIEQUES, PR – The future of video journalism will be one of the two principal tracks at the Beet.TV executive retreat tomorrow and Saturday at the W Retreat & Spa on Vieques, Puerto Rico. 

As demand for display advertising rates remains soft, rates for pre-roll video ads are up by 18 percent.  Despite the rise in rates, publishers are finding it difficult to provide enough inventory to meet the surging demand, says Michael Lombardi, director of business development for Taboola.

For the first time since the collaboration of ABC News and Yahoo! was announced in October, comScore has reported online traffic for the joint effort and finds it has served over 400 million views in February — which is more than half of all the video news views streamed in North America in the month.

WASHINGTON, DC — The Washington Post  has introduced  two new video shows for the Web,  59 Seconds, an update on on Washington-based news and Trail Mix, a report from Post staffers on the presidential campaign trail.

Taboola, the New York/Tel Aviv-based video discovery and distribution company, has expanded its customer base from newspapers and wire services to some big magazine publishers including Rodale Press, Bonnier and the trade publication The Hollywood Reporter, says Michael Lombardi, Senior Director of Business Development, in this video interview with Beet.TV

The Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Awards for excellence in broadcast and digital journalism, is inviting a broad range of digital/Web video news journalists to submit for this year's awards, says Abi Wright, Director of the program in this interview with Beet.TV

WASHINGTON  — Politico, the fast-growing Web site for U.S. politics,  has been expanding its video programming with live Webcasts, reports from the campaign trail and recorded shows done in the newsroom.

WASHINGTON – Rob Malda, aka CmdrTaco, co-founder and former editor-in-chief of Slashdot has joined the The Washington Post Company's WaPo Labs as Chief Strategist and Editor-at-Large.

LONDON –  As the cost of bandwidth decreases, video is becoming the "mainstay" of the BBC's global news offering via its digital platforms, says Peter Horrocks, Director of the BBC World Service in this interview with Beet.TV

Original, made-for-the-Web video is gaining traction with brand advertisers, says Paul Kontonis, VP, Group Director, Brand Content, the Third Act, Digitas, in this inteview with Beet.TV

MSNBC.com's Xbox LIVE app is getting considerable traction as consumers are using the gaming console to watch video news on their television screens, says Stokes Young, Executive Producer of MSNBC.com in this interview with Beet.TV

SUNNYVALE, CA — Ranked by far as the biggest news site, Yahoo lacks a distinct voice and identity, but that is changing says Jai Singh, Editor-in-Chief of the Yahoo Media Network in this interview with Beet.TV

While there has been dramatic growth in online video advertising, mostly in the form of in-stream ads, there is a big opportunity for original, sponsored video programming.