Beet Retreat 2013

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Last week, thought leaders in online video advertising came together to discuss the problems, the challenges and the opportunities of the industry at the Beet Retreat 2013.  In this wrap-up video Ashely Swartz, CEO and Founder of Furious Minds, discusses the main thematics that came through in the panels and conversations.

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Second-screen companion app Zeebox earned more than one million downloads in the first three months following its September launch, says Jason Forbes, Managing Director of Zeebox, in an interview with Lisa Hsia, Executive VP Digital Media at Bravo at the recent Beet.TV executive retreat.

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Innovid, leader in interactive online video advertising, has just released their 2012 Q4 Benchmark review, providing insight into the effectiveness of interactive video advertising.  The company’s co-founder and CTO, Tal Chalozin, shared some of the key findings of Innovid’s benchmark at the Beet Retreat 2013 in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

VIEQUES, PR – With the end of YouTube’s funding for the Reuters channel, the giant news agency is finding a powerful, new syndication partner in Ustream, says Dan Colarusso, Head of Global Programming for Thomson Reuters, in this segment from the Beet.TV executive retreat.

VIEQUES, PR –  From  ESPN to the widely watched content channels on Yahoo and YouTube, from  producers including Machinima, Maker and Vice — to emerging news producers at The New York Times and the Washington Post, media buyers are finding an attractive range of digital content, says Rob Norman, Chief Global Digital Officer of GroupM, […]

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Branded content is easy to pull off in the online video world, but that doesn’t always mean it should be done, says Rob Norman, Chief Digital Officer at GroupM Global, during an interview with Beet.TV at the Beet Retreat 2013 in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Global video-sharing site Dailymotion plans to expand its live programming offering this year to include more music coverage as well as conferences and b-to-b live events, says Roland Hamilton, Managing Director of Dailymotion USA, during an interview with Beet.TV at the Beet Retreat 2013 in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

VIEQUES, Puerto Rico — Advertisers, media companies and programmers have been grappling with convergence for more than twenty years, and it’s finally taking shape in some areas, notably with TV-quality content across platforms, says Rob Norman, Chief Digital Officer at GroupM Global, during an interview with Beet.TV at the Beet Retreat 2013 in Vieques, Puerto Rico.

VIEQUES, PR — Please check out this four and a half-hour Webcast with digital leaders from Bravo/NBCU, Dailymotion, Digitas, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, the Gannett Company, Forrester Research, GroupM,  MediaVest, MIT, Videology, the Washington Post Company and Zeebox recorded  Friday, February.