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LONDON — The knowledge of results of competitions has driven increased viewership of Olympics coverage on television says Alan Wurtzel, President of Research and Media Development at NBCUniversal, in this video segment provided by NBC.

LONDON – Cait O'Riordan, Head of Product for Sport and 2012 at the BBC, released the digital consumption numbers for the first week of the Olympics.   The BBC, which streams just in the United Kingdom, had some 17 million people watch some of the Olympics on their digital device for at least 15 minutes, she […]

While Neflix has nearly 24 million digital subscribers in the U.S., more than the number of those who pay for Comcast, the nation's biggest MSO, Netflix faces challenges including a lack of premium content for its streaming service, looming competition and sizable streaming costs, says Ashley Swartz, principal of the New York digital consultancy Furious […]

The Financial Times, the global newspaper unit of Pearson, has more digital subscribers than print, and now derives half of its revenue from its digital products, Pearson announced today.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham, veteran tech reporter and the host/producer of the Talking Tech and Talking Your Tech video shows, has a new book out about the video production process, aimed at both professional journalists and newbies who want to improve their iPhone videos and DSLR footage techniques.

The distribution of live coverage of the London 2012 Olympics on mobile devices, by many broadcasters around the globe, will have a profound impact on the way that sports is consumed —  and the very relationship between sports teams, broadcasters, and MSO’s says Ashley Swartz, head of the New York digital consultancy Furious Minds and […]

Dailymotion, the giant Paris-based Web video portal has launched a “white label” product, offering publishers a custom platform to distibute and monetize video on the Web and across multiple digital devices.

As automated buying of digital video advertising becomes more widely adopted, it will eventually disrupt the conventional structure of the television marketplace, says analyst Ashley Swartz, former head of the interactive television practice at Digitas, now principal of the New York-based consultancy Furious Minds.

Agencies need more consistent ROI measuring tools  and knowledge of digital video quality, for television ad dollars to fully transition to online says GroupM's Managing Partner and Director, Emerging Communications, Mike Bologna, in this video interview with Beet.TV

Jim Breyer, the uber venture capital partner with Accel Partners, will be one of the three keynote speakers at the three-day Brightcove PLAY customer conference in Boston on June 25-27.   Also keynoting will be Brightcove CEO and founder Jeremy Allaire, and veteran tech journalist Erick Schonfeld, the company announced today.

Simulmedia, the New York-based company lead by Dave Morgan, recently raised $6 million in new funding and is on its way to building a system to effectively deliver targeted advertising to TV users, using a Web-like solution, says Morgan in this inteview with Beet.TV

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PRESENTED BY     Please join a small group of leading digital news executives for a discussion about online video news distribution, monetization and discovery.  The MSNBC.com Digital Cafe, Monday, June 4, 30 Rockefeller Plaza (upstairs from NBC Store, S.E. corner of buildling) 5:00-7:00 p.m.  Guests welcomed at 5:00. with session from 5:30 to 6:30, […]

Although a vast majority of professionally produced video is watch on a PC or Mac, the Xbox has emerged as the second most widely used viewing platform, besting the iPad, iPhone and Android devices, according to video advertising technology firm FreeWheel in an industry report.

CBS Interactive's vast number of Facebook fans and Twitter followers now source 15 percent of the site's video views says VP and General Manager Marc DeBevoise in his interview with Beet.TV

Elemental Technologies, the fast-growing provider of GPU-based, video transcoding products to a number of digital video publishers and networks including HBO Go, ESPN and Comcast, has raised a new venture round of $13 million lead by Norwest Venture Partners, the company announced today.

Revision3, the popular technology and geek lifestyle original video network will be acquired by Discovery Communications, the company announced today.  Terms were not disclosed.

LAS VEGAS – Here is our 45-minute live Webcast from floor of the NAB show today from the stage of Livesteream.    Moderating is the fantastic Ashley J. @redfurynyc Swatz, Digitas SVP and Interactive TV leader.

While video ad exchanges are gaining traction in the digital marketplace, her agency's brands are not ready to put their digital video buys into an exchange.  Clients are more comfortable with video ad networks, says Gina Preziosa, Group Digital Media Director, Mullen mediahub.

OneScreen, the Irvine, California-based video services company which helps publishers including Dow Jones get content on a variety of platforms, is readying a content syndication platform called Express for Web Publishers.