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Viacom Music Group  expanded the reach of a musician-centric multi-screen platform with a broader launch of Artists.MTV to now include VH1 in addition to MTV, says Shannon Connolly, Senior VP of Digital Music Strategy at Viacom. Launched over the summer, the platform has led to a doubling in time spent on the sites, she tells […]

We are streaming the Digiday Video Conference here on Beet.TV. Good show:

The TEDTalk videos, the iconic, 18-minute on-stage presentations by leading thinks, has reached one billion video views, according to Adam Ostrow at Mashable. 

In what could become a giant, global art cinema, IAC unit Vimeo, the popular video sharing site for the creative community, has announced the first steps in presenting  full length films on a pay-to-view basis.  The program will begin with six films this month with a bigger roll-out in 2013.

Jason Glickman, co-founder and former CEO of the giant video ad network Tremor Video, who left the company in 2010, has been working on a start-up called Connected Sports Ventures. 

Compelling headlines and carefully constructed interviews lead to success with online video news consumption says Dan Colarusso, Global Head of Programming of Thomson Reuters, in this video interview.

AOL's network of localized news web sites, called Patch, had record traffic during Hurricane Sandy and its aftermath says John Brod, President and co-founder of Patch.

The live streaming of multiple video feeds across assorted devices including Xbox, tablets and mobile phones will be part of the new television landscape of election night, says Stokes Young, Executive Producer of Multimedia and Video at NBCNews.com in this interview with Beet.TV

Using Patch, its network of local digital publications,  AOL organized some 500 employees to purchase and deliver needed supplies to towns in New Jersey and New York impacted by Hurricane Sandy.

In its third quarter earnings release today, AOL CEO Tim Armstrong said that video at AOL will account for $100 million in revenue, up from just $10 million two years ago.

With intense interest in the path of Hurricane Sandy, the Weather Channel recorded some 40 million video views yesterday, Sunday (10.28), making it the busiest video day ever, a spokeswoman told Beet.TV today.  She expects today’s numbers to be even higher.

AMSTERDAM – San Antonio-based NewTek is touting a mobile video production unit, its TriCaster 40, a device that provides full switching and live encoding to HD, for under $5000.

Beet Retreat 2013, a two-day conference with a select group of digital media leaders, on the state of digital video at the W Retreat and Spa on the Caribbean island of Vieques on February 1 and 2.

The six-year-old Monaco Media Forum (Nov 14-16) will headline the stars of New York's Silicon Alley this year, says Spencer Reiss, program director of the invitation-only show hosted by Albert, II, Prince of Monaco.   Featured on the opening night will be Jonah Peretti of BuzzFeed, David Karp of Tumblr and Ben Lerer of Thrillist.

Vimeo, the video sharing site, an IAC unit has launched in Spanish and will expand into other native languages, says Kelly Trainor, CEO, in this interview with Beet.TV

(Check out this photo montage from the Beet Retreat 2012) I am pleased to announce Beet Retreat 2013, a two-day conference on the state of digital video at the W Retreat and Spa in Vieques, the small island off the eastern shore of Puerto Rico. This is our second year organizing this invitation-only event.  You […]

Nielsen broadened the reach of its Online Campaign Ratings initiative with the addition of more than a dozen online ad partners as part of the measurement firm's goal to bring a GRP to online ad buying. Beet.TV talked to Tom Acquaviva, Senior VP Strategic Accounts at Nielsen at the Adap.TV conference in New York and he shared […]

Vimeo, the popular video sharing site for independent content creators, has introduced a means for producers to make money by having viewers contribute voluntarily via the "Tip Jar," the company announced today.   The company is also rolling out a pay-per-view scenario on a limited basis.

COLOGNE — Contextual advertising technology company Vibrant Media rolled out some of its tools for in-image advertising in the German market. Beet.TV contributor Ashley Swartz caught up with Vibrant CEO Cella Irvine at the Digital Marketing & Exposition Conferece in Cologne, Germany this week.

AMSTERDAM — Technology giant Cisco recently completed its acquisition of video software firm NDS in a move that could help boost Cisco’s video business.