CES

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