Media

SEATTLE, WA — Online video platform company Delve Networks paired up with Akamai in a deal to provide joint video services to customers, the companies announced today.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — After inking a deal with portal DailyMotion to fund the pilot for his latest online series, Web star Hayden Black tells Beet.TV the site is now pitching potential sponsors for the show.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — With many more entertainment choices for consumers, television producers have to work harder to keep up, the noted TV showrunner Greg Berlanti told Beet.TV at the NATPE LA TV Fest.

EQAL, the creators of “LonelyGirl15,” is expanding further into the technology business with the launch of a social platform for Web video creators, the company announced today.

NBCLocal, a network of 10 regional websites created with content from local NBC television stations, other local sources and a dedicated staff, has launched today

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — In an effort to expand its online reach with teens, Alloy’s Teen.com portal teamed up with Fox Searchlight to run a series of Webisodes to support the upcoming flick “Post Grad,” Alloy’s Jamie Elden told Beet.TV at the LA TV Fest in earlier this month.

NEW YORK, NY — Blip.tv, the fast-growing video sharing site which leads the industry in hosting and distributing episodic Web video programs, now allows its show producers to upload directly to YouTube, the company announced earlier today.

WASHINGTON, D.C. — NPR has revised its Web site, according to a story by Elizabeth Jensen in today's New York Times.

"Heroes" star Milo Ventimiglia's production company DiVide Pictures and multimedia production shop Generate inked a partnership to produce content for digital mediums, they announced late yesterday.

HOLLYWOOD, Calif — Whoever said digital media wasn't profitable wasn't talking to Lionsgate's Curt Marvis.

Online video site how-to programmer and syndication service 5min.com scored $7.5 million in venture capital in its second round, the company is expected to announce today.

HOLLYWOOD — In a bold assertion, NATPE's CEO Rick Feldman told Beet.TV that he expects Hulu to fail within three years unless the site changes its business model.

Another edgy hire for NBCLocal, with Steve Bryant, who is editor of New York's Thrillist.  He is heading to Chicago as managing editor of the Windy City's NBCLocal.

As the world's second biggest search engine and the most popular video sharing site, YouTube has become a home for brands including "H&R Block," "Billy Elliot: The Musical," and "Wal-Mart."

HOLLYWOOD–With a pedigree in non-fiction and reality shows, Bravo is looking to mimic it's on-air advertising strategy on the Web by incorporating sponsors into shows….

We read with interest a point by point "myth busting" blog post on YouTube's blog today penned by corporate spokespersons Chris Dale and Aaron Zamost.

Hollywood, Calif. — Jordan Hoffner, who directs content partnership deals at YouTube, was the keynote speaker at the NAPTE LATV festival last week.

TubeMogul's David Burch says that an analysis of video discovery has found that blog are the biggest referrer of video views.

Virginia Heffernan of the New York Times calls Next New Networks’s shows “midtail miscellany.” 

Interactive agencies and publishers still haven’t cracked the code on standards for the Web video business, but vested parties like EyeWonder are continuing to push efforts toward this supposed promised land for the emerging ad medium.