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AMSTERDAM — XBox LIVE, built as video game platform, has become more popular for video consumption of television and films than gaming for users in markets where daily consumption has reached as high as three hours a day, says Rohan Oomen, GM of Microsoft’s Xbox LIVE for EAMEA, in this interview with Beet.TV He did […]

Verizon FiOS recently increased bandwidth speed options of up to 300 Mbps in response to consumer demand for video streaming, says Maitreyi Krishnaswamy, Director of Interactive Video Services at FIOS TV in an interview with Beet.TV.

Dailymotion, the world's second biggest video site, has been nearly doubled in video views over the past 12 months. 

With a dedicated advertising sales staff just selling original Web series, Blip monetizes this content better than anyone, says Kelly Day, CEO in this video interview with Beet.TV

Presented by Hosted by GroupM The adoption of Real-Time Bidding (RTB) and, the programmatic buying and selling of digital video advertising, is exploding with brands, agencies and publishers.  Beet.TV will host a half-day exploration of the topic with leading agency executives, analysts, publishers and technology providers. Keynote Speakers: Rob Norman, Global Chief Digital Officer, GroupM […]

The London 2012 Olympics was a transformational event for the “TV Everywhere” — a means of delivering premium content to connected devices which have been previously just seen on the television, Adobe announced this morning.

Some premium publishers have resistance to programmatic buying due to price degradation concerns because they are used to setting the prices for their inventory, says Joanna O'Connell, Senior Analyst, Interactive Media at Forrester in an interview with Beet.TV

The Financial Times, the global newspaper unit of Pearson, has more digital subscribers than print, and now derives half of its revenue from its digital products, Pearson announced today.

USA TODAY's Jefferson Graham, veteran tech reporter and the host/producer of the Talking Tech and Talking Your Tech video shows, has a new book out about the video production process, aimed at both professional journalists and newbies who want to improve their iPhone videos and DSLR footage techniques.

As automated buying of digital video advertising becomes more widely adopted, it will eventually disrupt the conventional structure of the television marketplace, says analyst Ashley Swartz, former head of the interactive television practice at Digitas, now principal of the New York-based consultancy Furious Minds.

SAN FRANCISCO (via Skye Video) – Adobe Systems  has created an app for the NBC Olympics coverage of the London Olympics to stream thousands of hours of live programming onto tablets and mobile devices of U.S. broadband subscribers.

Media industry consultant/publisher/authorJack Myers says that the VC-funded runway for most of 12,000 digital media start-ups is running out and there will be major consolidation over the next 36 months, in this inteview with Beet.TV

ANAHEIM, CA – The Collective is a full-service entertainment, management and content production company that works with some of YouTube’s most popular creators.  At VidCon, Beet.TV sat down with Petar Mandich, a manager at The Collective, to talk about the process of pairing brands with YouTube creators for branded advertising campaigns.

Mashable, which calls itself the largest independent news source for digital culture and social media with 20 million monthly unique visitors, has been building its video operations recently with both in-house operations and syndication deals with independent producers.

ANAHEIM, CA – In his keynote presentation at VidCon last week, Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback spoke about some of the trends he has seen from top creators on YouTube.

ANAHEIM, CA – NYC-based comedian Mark Malkoff has made a name for himself with a collection of online video stunts in which he challenges himself to do things like live in an IKEA for a week, live on an AirTran jet for 30 days, get 6-pack abs in 30 days and more.  At VidCon, Beet.TV […]

ANAHEIM, CA – In yesterday’s YouTube Keynote at VidCon, Tim Shey, Director of YouTube Next Lab, made a number of big announcements.  Shey announced a number of brand new initiatives designed to support partners and creators. He recaps these announcements in this video interview with Beet.TV

ANAHEIM, CA  – In January online video startup Chill, previously a platform for watching videos together with friends, relaunched as a social video discovery platform, allowing users to collect and share their favorite videos from across the web.  This week, five months after relaunching, the company announced an $8 million funding round.

BOSTON — Taboola, the New York/Tel Aviv-based video recommendation platform for publishers has raised a new round of $10 million, the company announced this morning.

Discovery Communications has officially accquired web TV network, Revision 3. The online video service may soon dictate part of the channel’s analogue content, depending on show and audiences says its digital chief officer, J.B. Perret, in this interview with Beet.TV