Andy Plesser

AdKeeper, the New York-based company which allows Web users to "keep" display ads for later viewing, has contracts in place to put its "button" on 27 percent of the world's display inventory, says founder and CEO Scott Kurnit in this interview with Beet.TV.

Rebecca Paoletti, who was Yahoo's head of video for North America, is readying a major young men's video site and content distribution play.

The leading online video ad network*, Tremor Media, has been renamed Tremor Video as a means to amplify its business offering, says Jason Krebs, Chief Media Officer of Tremor in this interview with Beet.TV.

Synacor, a Buffalo-based company which manages the portals of 45 cable and telcos in the United States, is integrating programming metadata to make video search more comprehensive, says Ron Frankel, CEO of Synacor. 

My Movie Pitch is a program to solicit movie ideas in a sixty-second pitch, launched in conjunction with the Tribeca Film Festival in a program by  American Express. 

While online video is effective in building brand awareness and "upper funnel activity," the big value is as a "vast bed for testing" television advertising, says Donnie Williams, Chief Digital Officer at Horizon Media, the biggest independent media buying shop.

TubeMogul, the San Francisco-based company known for providing video analytics to publishers, recently launched a demand side platform for advertisers to buy online video inventory in real time. 

The iPad has "truly become the fourth screen," says Daniel Heaf, Digital Director of the BBC Worldwide, in this interview with Beet.TV.

Horizon Media, the largest independent media buying agency, is working with the Adap.tv to manage online video ad inventory around current and future pricing, says Mary Shirley, VP of Digital Activation in this interview with Beet.TV.

Micosoft's recent acquisition of Skype is emblematic of a global move to live video chat, says Janine Yoon, VP at San Francisco-based TokBox, provider of a free video chat API for publishers.

While livestreaming events on YouTube is a relatively recent development, the platform is providing value to brands by delivering "access" to viewers. 

Deja, a new start-up which allows iPad users to create view preferred video topics in a very cool display, launched last week at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.

BOSTON — The television doesn't need additional fragmentation, but a simple platform to deliver IPTV via Apps, says Sam Chang, GM of Innovation and Development for LG.

After years of development, with successes and failures, "Internet video is finally working," says Jim Lanzone, president of CBS Interactive, in this interview with Beet.TV.

Recent weather events in the United States have driven video consumption on Weather.com in a big way, says Samantha Shoemaker, Online Video Product Manager.

In addition to connecting with a valued audience with live programming, the process of creating daily Webcasts is valuable to the news organization, explains Kevin Delaney, Managing Editor of the WSJ.com.

Rexly, a new data-driven recommendation engine for iTunes, will soon organize music from other music platforms including Spotify and Pandora, and will next provide video recommendations from Hulu, says CEO and co-founder Joel Resnicow in this interview with Beet.TV.

A free App for the iPhone, which allows users to report and share local news developments, called Meporter launched on Tuesday in New York at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference.

NEW YORK – (FROM 5/11) Searching for local information makes up 20 percent of Google queries, says Marissa Mayer, VP for Location and Local Services, in this interview with Beet.TV.

SeatGeek, the New York-based marketplace for premium tickets for sporting and entertainment events, is driving revenue for big publishers including Yahoo, The Wall Street Journal, The Daily News and others, says co-founder Russell D'Souza.