Andy Plesser

Bloomberg News is the only news organization to provide a free, live version of its linear television programming in the U.S. online. It will soon expand its live streaming via Apps on iOS devices, according to Kevin Krim, Global Head of Web Properties for Bloomberg News, in this interview with Beet.TV.

CBS has been rapidly expanding its online efforts in several major U.S. markets by integrated its local owned and affiliated television and radio stations into 15 regional portals, says Ezra Kucharz, President of Local Digital Media.

Vook, the Emeryville-based digital publisher has raised a series A venture round of $5.25 million, the company announced today.

Vook, the Emeryville-based digital publisher has raised a series A venture round of $5.25 million, the company announced today.

Samsung and IBM have announced plans to jointly developed semiconductors for use in mobile handsets. 

The Financial Times is enjoying a big rise in digital revenue, the publisher announced on Friday.   As much as 10 percent of new digital subscriptions are coming from iPad users alone, says Richard Edgar, Global Head of Video for the paper, in this video interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS — With the broadcast of the new Spartacus series on Starz, the Liberty Media unit is launching a big social media game around the television show, says Mark Debevoise, SVP for Digital.

LAS VEGAS –  Fandango, the Comcast unit which sells tickets online and via mobile for movie theater showings, is finding that as many as 10 percent of ticket sales are purchase via its mobile APP, says Fandango’s Harry Medved in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS — The success of 3-D TV in the near-term could be determined by the number of theatrical films released.  Andy Parsons, Chairman of the Blu-ray Disc Association tells Beet.TV that the industry will release 70, 3-D Blu-ray discs in 2011.

SundaySky, Tel Aviv/New York-based start-up with 50 employees, using no video camera or production staff, will produce 1.4 million video clips this month for a range of big retail and real estate corporate customers including Overstock.com and the History Channel.

LAS VEGAS –  The iPad App for the New York Times has had 1.5 million downloads since it launched in April, says Ray Pearce, who heads circulation for the newspaper. 

Los Angeles-based Demand Media has cleared the SEC for an IPO and has set its pricing according to  report by Kara Swisher. 

For many in the industry who have wondered about Google's plans to develop a universal codec for the Web, the big news is that Google will support its WebM codec on the Chrome browser, the company announced today.

While the imminent introduction of Verizon's 4G smart phones created a good bit of buzz at CES, the highly anticipated Verizon iPhone will likely run on the company's existing 3G network, at least initially, says Maggie Reardon, lead telecom reporter for CNET News.com in this interview with Beet.TV

Foodspotting, the San Francisco-based social media site for sharing photos of food dishes, has raised its first venture round of $3 million, according to Liz Gannes at All Things Digital.

LAS VEGAS — Yahoo! Connected TV, a software program installed in a number of Internet-ready television sets, will soon allow producers and advertisers to enhance the viewing experience with a variety of interactive features, the company announced at CES.

LAS VEGAS — Fresh on the heels of the announcement to stream CBS television programming on the Boxee platform, the service will launch Vudu this week and will soon provide Hulu Plus and Netflix, says Avner Ronen, CEO in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS, Cisco Systems expects that there will be 12 billion devices connected to the Internet by 2014 and plans to deliver video to many of these devices through Cisco Videoscape, says Murali Nemani, Director of Video Solutions in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS – While much has been said about the aging population for network news, the distribution of news via mobile devices is reaching a younger audience, says Charles Tillinghast, President of the MSNBC Digital Network, in this interview with Beet.TV

How quickly the distribution and consumption of video has transformed in the past year with connected TV’s and the emergence of mobile video.