Media

MONACO – Cote d'Azur – Machinima, the Los Angeles-based video site for video gamers, is a kind of "third wave" of a television network, says CEO Allen DeBevoise in this interview with Beet.TV.

MONACO, Cote d'Azur — Taboola, the video recommendation engine which surfaces related thumnails in a widget placed on many big publisher sites, has over 60 million monthly unique views, says CEO Adam Singolda in this interview with Beet.TV

The New York Times has launched a program to bring documentary filmmakers, both famous and aspiring, to the digital pages of the paper in a new program called Op-Doc. 

Historically, newspaper editors have been slow to embrace video, in part from a long-held print bias. Video editors have had to struggle for visibility on newspaper sites. 

SAN FRANCISCO – Bolstered by its success in creating video gaming programming, Los Angeles-based Machinima is expanding into more narrative, live-action content, said Sanjay Sharma, Senior VP of Strategy & Business Development at Machinima, during a recent interview with Beet.TV at the OMMA Video conference.

NEW YORK/BELFAST (via Skype Video) -  For many in the news business, Mediagazer has become an essential destination for important stories about the media business and journalism. 

As video publishers seek to gain audience on Facebook, some provide sharable links and others provide full episode, in-line video players. Bloomberg is using a hybrid.

While live programming at the Wall Street Journal is meant to provide visitors with up-to-the minute news and analysis, it happens to be an effective means to produce numerous clips for use on article pages and in the paper’s video section, explains Shawn Bender, Editorial Director for Video at the Wall Street Journal Online.

While it seems logical that video views are generated on the video pages of Web sites, the big opportunity for publishers is to generate video views on text pages via thumbnails of related videos, says Adam Singolda, CEO of Taboola, a video recommendation engine.

Gannett, the nation's largest newspaper group, is making a "significant investment in video" through site redesign, content acquisition, training of staffers on video reporting, by embracing user-generated content and by building a major video production center in Atlanta, says Kate Walters, SVP for Video at Gannett Digital in this interview with Beet.TV.

While video has been published by the New York Times for several years, it is now becoming a primary reporting tool, not just an adjunct to print stories, says Ann Derry, Editorial Director of Video and Television for The New York Times in this interview with Beet.TV

We trying to be "authentic," we are not doing "news acting," says Shawn Bender, Editorial Director of Video for the Wall Street Journal, in this interview with Beet.TV.

CBS News has introduced a Chrome App for its "60 Minutes" program, the network announced today.

With consumption quickly rising on mobile devices, Ooyala has released a specific "player experience" for Android devices.

The immensely popular Weather Channel App for the iPad re-launched its App today.

Social media buzz can translate into higher ratings for a TV show, according to a report from NM Incite, a Nielsen/McKinsey company.

Taboola, the video recommendation platform which generates related thumbnail images on the pages of major news sites, including Bloomberg, CNN, Gannett and The New York Times, now has agreements with Reuters and the Washington Post.

Starting out three years ago with a Webcam in their bedroom in Kingsport, Tennessee, uploading quick beauty tips to YouTube, Elle Fowler, 23, and sister Blair, 18, have created a massive following, have big brand deals and have moved to LA where they are mobbed by teenage girls at malls.

SAY Media, the San Francisco-based digital media company/advertising network, will be doing “a lot of acquisitions” in the coming year, says Troy Young president, in this interview with Beet.TV

SANTA MONICA, Calif — Yahoo! has the exclusive worldwide rights to live stream the "Decade of Difference" concert, the star-studded benefit honoring the ten-year anniversary of the Clinton Foundation and a celebration of the former President's sixty-fifth birthday.