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Umami, a New York-based stealth start-up with seed funding from top VC's NEA and Battery Ventures, will launch its iPad App, which is a synchronous companion to TV shows, tomorrow on November 8th.

While video is becoming increasingly pervasive on news sites, what is it that makes visitors hit that play button?  According to the top video editors at the Wall Street Journal, CBS News and The New York Times, the motivation comes by providing a surprise, the unexpected scoop or a unique viewing opportunity.

  I am pleased to announce that Vivian Schiller, Chief Digital Officer of NBC News, will be among the keynote speakers at a two-day conference on the state of online video at the W Retreat and Spa in Vieques, a small island off the eastern shore of Puerto Rico. See the latest update on speakers […]

Sears is currently rolling out iPads to use as kiosks, to research products and to help customers find goods, representing one of the latest efforts by retailers to integrate the tablet into a brand's store experience, according to this week's New Media Minute profiling innovative uses of iPads in retail outlets.

SAN FRANCISCO — For now, CBS's connected device strategy has centered on offering its owned and operated digital brands on alternative viewing devices like Rokus, rather than its TV brands, said Marc DeBevoise, senior VP and general manager for CBS Interactive, during a recent Beet.TV interview at the OMMA Video conference.

Watch live streaming video from beet_tv at livestream.com                                                                                            Beet.TV Leadership Summit and Live Webcast Presented by Tremor Video THE VALUE OF ENGAGEMENT The Next Phase of Online Video Advertising:  The Value of Engagement  Tuesday, November 15 from 2:30 to 5:00 p.m. ET with Jason Krebs, Chief Media Officer, Tremor VideoDave Marsey, Senior Vice […]

The Coldplay concert now live from Madrid (4:00 p.m. EDT today), is part of a series of major live concert series streamed on Vevo and sponsored by American Express.

The Coldplay concert now live from Madrid (4:00 p.m. EDT today), is part of a series of major live concert series streamed on Vevo and sponsored by American Express. To understand the value of the unique live programming and the opportunity it provides to American Express, we spoke with Scott Reich who is head of […]

As the technology of news creation, distribution and consumption is quickly changing, publishers have the opportunity to connect with new audiences through original content creation, site design, search and discovery.

Subscribers to Verizon FiOS can now use an Andriod App which allows them to watch programming saved  on their Flex View library, functions as a remote control and is a tool to access the telco's new Home Monitoring and Control service, Verizon announced today.

What's hot in interactive TV, social TV and new media? While traveling in Tokyo last week, I received some interesting tips from venture capitalist Habib Kairouz of Rho Ventures, best known for backing iVillage, on the top three trends he is tracking in these areas.

DBG, the New York-based video ad network and branded content creator, has made its first acquisition with Digital Sports Venture, a platform which syndicates college sports videos.

Watch live streaming video from beet_tv at livestream.com            Beet.TV Leadership Webcast Connecting Video News with New Audiences Presented by Taboola   As the technology of news creation, distribution and consumption is quickly changing, publishers have the opportunity to connect with new audiences through original content creation, site design, search and discovery.  These topics will […]

BrightRoll, the San Francisco-based online video advertising services company, has announced a product which guarantees video advertisers a specified number of impressions to their target audience.

The Wall Street Journal has just published a poignant video of Walt Mossberg's private visit with Steve Jobs shortly after his liver transplant. You can find the Journal's obit of Jobs here. A great loss. Rest in peace.

Mobile video usage is growing fast among consumers and big video sites like AOL Video are implementing mobile solutions as a result, AOL Video’s SVP Ran Harnevo tells the New Media Minute. In part two of this interview, he discusses how video sites can migrate their videos to mobile platforms, drawing on his experience at […]

LOS ANGELES – Celebrities from Kevin Pollak to will.i.am have driven audiences for their newer projects by actively engaging with social media to boost ratings and viewership, said new media expert Amber J. Lawson who is the chairman of the interactive media peer group membership committee at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

LOS ANGELES — The economics around Web original video programming are not yet sustainable, says says Myles Beckett, a co-creator of lonelygirl15, the pionering "webisode" from 2006 and CEO of Los Angeles based EQAL.

As part of an expansion of YouTube's EDU efforts, which has mostly involved college-level education, the big video site has expanded its reach into primary school education with a new platform for teachers to create and share educational video materials.

In an effort to refine tools for advertisers, online audience measurement service comScore plans to release a new report in the next month or so that will provide more detailed attitudinal and behavioral information about online video viewers, comScore told Beet.TV in an interview.