CES2012

LAS VEGAS – On the heels of its acquisition of Hollywood’s veteran digital studio Generate, Alloy Digital is in discussions with advertisers currently on a new slate of digital programming for 2012, Christian Busch, SVP Business Development at Alloy Digital, told Beet.TV in an interview at CES.

LAS VEGAS — The Huffington Post has become increasingly video centric as the giant news site integrates video into most of its pages, says Karen Cahn,  General Manger of Branded Experiences for AOL, in this inteview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS — The YuMe-Samsung deal to deliver video ads on Samsung's smart TVs will help ads on TV become more targeted, said Scot McLernon, YuMe's Chief Revenue Officer, during an interview with Beet.TV at CES last week.

Yahoo! has passed Facebook and has essentially tied with Vevo as the second most popular video site on the Web, according to December numbers released by comScore this morning.  The most popular site remains YouTube.

LAS VEGAS – Online video production and distribution shop DBG has partnered with actress Zooey Deschanel's site Hello Giggles on the second season of Web show "The Single Life," DBG's Chairman & CEO Chris Young told Beet.TV.

LAS VEGAS — Following its December acquisition of Panache, WPP's marketing technology company 24/7 Real Media has now integrated 13 of Panache's advanced video ad formats into its existing ad platform.

LAS VEGAS — Stand-up comedian and actor Kevin Pollak has some 100,000 live viewers of his talk show — along with one million monthly downloads of the show on iTunes, he tells Beet.TV in this video interview.

LAS VEGAS — Jane Espenson, a veteran Hollywood TV writer and producer, has been getting noticed for her Web series, a comedy about a newly married gay couple titled "Husbands."

LAS VEGAS – Samsung is aiming to capture a piece of the advertising opportunities on connected TVs this year.

LAS VEGAS — The International Academy of Web Television, which held its first awards program on Thursday night at CES, will have partnerships with YouTube and Yahoo this year, says the organization's chairman Paul Kontonis in this interview with Beet.TV

LAS VEGAS, Shira Lazar and her live show "What's Trending," won four awards at the International Academy of Web Television gala ceremony held Thursday night at CES. 

LAS VEGAS — Online video services firm Ooyala has  extended its reach into connected TV's in a deal with Panasonic to deliver broadband programming and ads to smart TV's.

LAS VEGAS — Actress/writer producer Felicia Day swept several Web video awards Thursday night at the International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) including best comedy series for The Guild, comedy writing and performance.

LAS VEGAS — Building on its Videoscape product, tech giant Cisco has introduced several new features at this year’s Consumer Electronics Show, Cisco’s Scott Puopolo, VP of the company’s Internet Business Solutions Group, told Beet.TV during an interview at the show.

LAS VEGAS, LG Electronics has introduced the Google TV platform to its "smart" television, explains Matthew Durgin, Director, Smart TV Content Business, North America, in this interview from the floor of CES.

LAS VEGAS — YuMe, a provider of digital video advertising services, announced on Monday at CES an alliance with Samsung to power the advertising platform for the electronics giant's smart televisions.

LAS VEGAS – The industry consortium of five of the the major Hollywood studios, the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (DECE), is readying a common file format for digital content distribution, says Mitchell Singer, President of the group and Chief Technology Officer of Sony Pictures in this interview with Beet.TV