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beet_tv on livestream.com. Broadcast Live Free   Above is the first half of Beet.TV's Online Video Journalism Summit from the Washington Post. Below is the second half of the panel, a picture of the entire group and our live-blog of the event.

Social gaming revenues should rise to $1.09 billion this year, up from $856 million last year for a 27% boost, according to the latest research from eMarketer. The revenue is comprised of both money from ads and money from the purchase of virtual goods. On the ad front alone, ad spending in social games will […]

In her response to the State of the Union address, Congresswoman Michele Bachmann looked into her Webcast camera but away from a second camera in the room, the “pool” camera, which supplied her presentation to the television networks and other global media.

LAS VEGAS — Verizon FiOS allows subscribers to access a selection of television programs and download them to a variety of digital devices.  The service called, "Flex View," was introduced in November.

Vook, the Emeryville-based digital publisher has raised a series A venture round of $5.25 million, the company announced today.

LAS VEGAS — With the broadcast of the new Spartacus series on Starz, the Liberty Media unit is launching a big social media game around the television show, says Mark Debevoise, SVP for Digital.

The Beet.TV Online Video Journalism Summit Exploring the digital transformation of video news reporting and distribution Live from Moderated by Alex Weprin Editor, TVNewser – and – Andy Plesser Executive Producer, Beet.TV   Guest Speaker Chris “The Fix” Cillizza The Washington Post   With Panelists Ann Derry – Editorial Director, Video and Television, The New […]

For many in the industry who have wondered about Google's plans to develop a universal codec for the Web, the big news is that Google will support its WebM codec on the Chrome browser, the company announced today.

LAS VEGAS — Yahoo! Connected TV, a software program installed in a number of Internet-ready television sets, will soon allow producers and advertisers to enhance the viewing experience with a variety of interactive features, the company announced at CES.

As brands and businesses continue to migrate their services to the growing number of Smartphone users, they will want to keep the user experience that is particular to mobile phones, said consumer research firm Opinion Lab.

NEW YORK — Using an algorithm which parses one million records per day, the MTV Music Meter provides a ranking of the the most talked about and fast moving tunes. 

Despite the plethora of streaming video and over-the-top options, the vast majority of TV viewers are keeping their cable.

The Chinese government, which had been thought for some time to have been the source of the hacking of Google’s servers, leading to Google’s departure from China, was directed by China’s Politburo, according to diplomatic cables disclosed today by Wikileaks. 

MONACO — Bing, the search engine from Microsoft has made "amazing headway" in the battle with Google for market share through "structured data," says Esther Dyson in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO —  Apps will “reshape paid content” in a “profound way,” says Thomas Kunstner, partner at Booz and the leader of the firm’s European media practice, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — Having watched several cycles in the European tech start-up scene, this is one of the most exciting times, says TechCrunch European Editor Mike Butcher in this video interview with Beet.TV

MONACO —  For publishers to succeed in the fast changing media environment, digital content must be universally accessed, irrespective of the device, says Staci D. Kramer, editor of paidContent, the influential media news site.

SAN FRANCISCO –  We caught up BitTorrent founder and chief scientist about the evolving business of his company.

LOS ANGELES –  CNET, a unit of CBS Interactive,  has been expanding its offering of a range of Apps for many content offerings, including videos.  Today it launched a shopping app for CNET Reviews for the iPad and iPod Touch in the App store. For more information on the new app and CNET's Holiday Tech […]

SAN FRANCISCO — While the threat of cyber terrorism is much discussed in government and the media, the biggest threat around Internet security are state-supported industrial espionage as practiced by the Chinese and organized crime activities in Russia supported by the government.