Andy Plesser

LAS VEGAS – Steve Woolf, VP of Content for Blip.tv, says that success in creating original Web video content comes from targeting  and connecting with "narrow niches" of special interest groups. 

I am pleased to update the  list of speakers for our two-day, executive retreat at the W Retreat and Spa on the island of Vieques on March 16 – 17.

LAS VEGAS, Dailymotion, the big Paris-based video site, which served 1.2 billion video views worldwide in December*,  launched its Xbox Live App late last month in 35 nations.  The company demonstrated the new interface on the Microsoft device at CES.

LAS VEGAS — Yahoo's announcement during CES to stream Tom Hanks' futuristic animation series, represents a "watershed moment" for Web originals, say Andrew Wallenstein Variety's TV Editor in this interview with Beet.TV

Reuters, the global news organization, has created a new slate of video programming which launched this week on YouTube as part of the video portal’s new partner channel initiative.

LAS VEGAS — Completion rates for in-stream video ads with interactive elements are higher than those without, PointRoll has found in a six month study of 20 billions ads served by the Gannett unit.

LAS VEGAS — The Huffington Post has become increasingly video centric as the giant news site integrates video into most of its pages, says Karen Cahn,  General Manger of Branded Experiences for AOL, in this inteview with Beet.TV

Yahoo! has passed Facebook and has essentially tied with Vevo as the second most popular video site on the Web, according to December numbers released by comScore this morning.  The most popular site remains YouTube.

comsScore has released the online video view numbers for December.  Excluding Hulu which is number one, Adap.tv tops "online video ad" properties category with 1.1 billion video ads viewed. 

LAS VEGAS — Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Pollak has some 100,000 live viewers of his talk show — along with one million monthly downloads of the show on iTunes, he tells Beet.TV in this video interview.

LAS VEGAS, "Anyone But Me," a scripted web series about gay, straight and ethnically diverse young people in relationships, won two IAWTV web video awards on Thursday night; one for best writing and one for Rachel Hip-Flores who grabbed best female performance, drama.

LAS VEGAS — Jane Espenson, a veteran Hollywood TV writer and producer, has been getting noticed for her Web series, a comedy about a newly married gay couple titled "Husbands."

LAS VEGAS — The International Academy of Web Television, which held its first awards program on Thursday night at CES, will have partnerships with YouTube and Yahoo this year, says the organization's chairman Paul Kontonis in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS, Shira Lazar and her live show "What's Trending," won four awards at the International Academy of Web Television gala ceremony held Thursday night at CES. 

LAS VEGAS — Actress/writer producer Felicia Day swept several Web video awards Thursday night at the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) including best comedy series for The Guild, comedy writing and performance.

LAS VEGAS, LG Electronics has introduced the Google TV platform to its "smart" television, explains Matthew Durgin, Director, Smart TV Content Business, North America, in this interview from the floor of CES.

LAS VEGAS — YuMe, a provider of digital video advertising services, announced on Monday at CES an alliance with Samsung to power the advertising platform for the electronics giant's smart televisions.

LAS VEGAS – The industry consortium of five of the the major Hollywood studios, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), is readying a common file format for digital content distribution, says Mitchell Singer, President of the group and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Pictures in this interview with Beet.TV

Eyeview, an American/Israeli start-up that creates "personalized" online video ads for brand advertisers, has raised a new round of $5.2 million, TechCrunch reports.

Thought Equity, the big, Denver-based syndicator of premium video content has raised $28 million in capital from Investcorp.