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HOLLYWOOD, Calif — There’s more money to be made in creating communities for programming online than making the content itself, Sarah Szalavitz of social design agency 7 Robot told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest.

SEATTLE, WA — Online video platform company Delve Networks paired up with Akamai in a deal to provide joint video services to customers, the companies announced today.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — After inking a deal with portal DailyMotion to fund the pilot for his latest online series, Web star Hayden Black tells Beet.TV the site is now pitching potential sponsors for the show.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — With many more entertainment choices for consumers, television producers have to work harder to keep up, the noted TV showrunner Greg Berlanti told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest.

EQAL, the creators of “LonelyGirl15,” is expanding further into the technology business with the launch of a social platform for Web video creators, the company announced today.

R&B artist Chris Brown is making money from a YouTube viral video featuring one of his songs that’s generated 12 million views so far, YouTube reported today in its corporate blog. 

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — In an effort to expand its online reach with teens, Alloy’s Teen.com portal teamed up with Fox Searchlight to run a series of Webisodes to support the upcoming flick “Post Grad,” Alloy’s Jamie Elden told Beet.TV at the LA TV Fest in earlier this month.

Venture capitalists are still opening their wallets for Web video start-ups, as evidenced by the $7.5 million 5min.com landed last week and by the $64 million-plus that went to mobile and broadband companies in the second quarter.

Some automakers still have money to spend on ads. Kia Motors teamed up with ABC.com to produce a five-episode Web series for the network’s Web site, ABC.com announced today.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — While the convenience factor of watch-when-you-want has made Web video popular, live events are also luring big audiences on the Web, Stickam's Program Director Andy Wombwell told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest earlier this month.

"Heroes" star Milo Ventimiglia's production company DiVide Pictures and multimedia production shop Generate inked a partnership to produce content for digital mediums, they announced late yesterday.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — Whoever said digital media wasn't profitable wasn't talking to Lionsgate's Curt Marvis.

Online video site how-to programmer and syndication service 5min.com scored $7.5 million in venture capital in its second round, the company is expected to announce today.

HOLLYWOOD — In a bold assertion, NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman told Beet.TV that he expects Hulu to fail within three years unless the site changes its business model.

As the world's second biggest search engine and the most popular video sharing site, YouTube has become a home for brands including "H&R Block," "Billy Elliot: The Musical," and "Wal-Mart."

HOLLYWOOD–With a pedigree in non-fiction and reality shows, Bravo is looking to mimic it's on-air advertising strategy on the Web by incorporating sponsors into shows….

As the book business struggles to adjust to the digital age, some publishers are testing multimedia books and Web sites for popular authors.

Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times calls Next New Networks’s shows “midtail miscellany.” 

Interactive agencies and publishers still haven’t cracked the code on standards for the Web video business, but vested parties like EyeWonder are continuing to push efforts toward this supposed promised land for the emerging ad medium.

One of the rubs against online video has been the near-pervasive lack of subtitles.