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Last June, NBC entered into an alliance with YouTube to provide selected video clips to be posted on the popular video sharing site.  It was crafted to promote NBC programming, the deal provides NBC with its own channel on YouTube. For at least one show, it’s working quite well. A clip from the Conan O’Brien […]

View a transcript of this interview Just few months ago, Jeff Bezos announced the expansion of Amazon.com as a web services company, meaning that the infrastructure that made Amazon’s such a global success would be made available to small businesses.  Well, that appears to include online video start-ups too. Beet.TV has learned that at least […]

We all know that consumer-generated video has been surging — and that’s thanks in large measure to the legions of folks who upload all sorts of things from backyard stunts to televisions clips.  The number of viewers of clips far out outnumbers the people who upload them.    But, the number of uploaders is increasing […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview Most forward-thinking bloggers and Web publishers know that they need to use more video.  Whether it’s a college, business, political campaign or media property, video must be part of the offering.  With the advent of broadband and faster video programs, consumers want video and there is […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview The "get me one of those" imperative among marketers to launch viral video is so pervasive that the entire medium of advertiser supported viral video could be negatively impacted, says Scott Donaton, editor in chief of AdvertisingAge. Scott told me that careful thought and consideration, along […]

The great humorist Art Buchwald has died and he has announced his demise on a video clip/obituary just published on The New York Times.  "Hi I’m Art Buchwald and I just died," — he declared on the segment.  It’s the first segment of "The Last Word, the new series of online video obituaries published by […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview Esther Dyson, one of the most insightful observers of technology, has just started to blog for the Huffington Post.    More than just an observer, she has had a profound effect on the evolution of the Internet as a past chairman of ICANN, the organization that […]

Earlier today, U.S. Senator Barack Obama announced the formation of an exploratory committee for a run for the White House with a three-minute video clip that can be shared by embed or e-mail.  (Here it is, above.) He might be exploring, but he’s put in place an innovative online video strategy with Brightcove, the fast-growing […]

  Mainstream media has no choice but to reinvent itself.  The New York Times is undertaking some very un-Times-like enterprises with spunky videoblogs by the likes of David Pogue and media critic David Carr.  The Washington Post is doing some innovative work with online video as is ZDNet. Carr is the author of the Carpetbagger, […]

The New York Times has been publishing an increasing number of video clips in the past year. The videos have included reporter commentary, TV news-style highly-edited pieces and spunky videoblog pieces by tech columnist David Pogue, media critic David Carr and others. We understand that the Times has been successful in selling high-priced video advertising […]

Here’s an exclusive interview from by Robert Scoble with his old boss Bill Gates.  The interview was taped yesterday in Las Vegas at CES.  As you may know, Robert has been publishing the Scoble Show on Podtech.  Recently, he has begun to add a Flash player, which is a great addition to the show. I […]

It is inevitable that the quality of Internet video is going to improve dramatically in the months ahead.  It’s also clear that more quality Net video will be viewable on television screens — including those that display in HDTV. Better video file compression software, better video players, faster connectivity and other factors will play a […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview Internet video is moving to the big screen TV set. It’s going to happen in a big way this year. Certainly there is a great deal of anticipation of what Apple is about to do with its iTV. And, Tivo has been moving in this direction. […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview Here’s my second interview with Anil Dash, evangelist for Six Apart, the biggest blog software company. Anil explains something basic and essential: successful blogging brings high search recognition on Google, referred to by some as "Google Juice." Having content that can be found by Google is […]

Click To Play View a transcript of this interview Jon Fine, the highly influential media and advertising columnist for BusinessWeek dropped by the Beet.TV studios earlier this week to share his thoughts on the vast changes in the economics of content development. Jon is a rock musician.  He reflects on the change of costs for […]

Click To Play There is so much video out there but it’s hard find which is useful. Companies from the large video sharing sites to new search start-ups are making video easier to find. It’s a critical area for development for our industry. Veotag has developed a technology to index videos, meaning a tool to […]

Click To Play Earlier this month, I sat down with Anil Dash, the chief evangelist for Six Apart, the world’s biggest blog software company.  They develop and run TypePad (Beet’s platform), Movable Type, Vox and LiveJournal. Anil is one of the top thought leaders in the field.  He explains the simplicity and value of posting […]

In my vlogging, I like to introduce my visitors to industry leaders by providing the passions and vision of the interviewee.  It’s not easy to make good business video, but I believe that business people are "talkers" — leaders and sales persons.  They know how to emote and this can be caught on camera.  Business […]

Here’s our second installment of my interview with Wired editor in chief Chris Anderson in his office in San Francisco. Chris’s "Long Tail" is the number one business book of the year on Amazon. Chris frames the imperative of individuals blogging and vlogging and says it’s not necessarily about money at this stage, but much […]

Click To Play How cool is this? A new marketing site for Haagen-Dazs ice cream has a promotion going on, inviting  ice cream lovers with video cams to upload their own ice cream recipes to the page. The New York Times regional paper in South Carolina, the Spartanburg Herald Journal, is asking readers to upload […]