Media

LOS ANGELES – There is an emerging upside for Web original video content, but it has to be good and the role of sponsoring brands needs to be discreet, says these Web studio executives from AOL, Blip.tv, Disney, Indelible and The Collective in this 45-minute session.

Lloyd Braun, former Chairman of ABC Television, content chief at Yahoo and now co-partner in the Los Angeles-based television studio BraunBerman, shares his views on the economics, strategies and realities of creating original content for the Web in this 20-minute session on Beet.TV.

PARIS — The organizers of the Monaco Media Forum have announced the plans for the three-day, invitation-only digital media summit to be held November 9-11.  

Reaching mass scale, with 42 million monthly unique visitors, AOL has decided to "double down" on original, premium video programming and announced plans for 15 new series, including one with Jennifer Lopez.

Today, Yahoo announced a revamped video channel and a slate of eight new video series oriented for woman.

"Video could not be more important to our future, and is a personal mission of mine," says Rob Barrett, VP for News and Finance at Yahoo, in this interview with Beet.TV.

Although ABC News clips currently comprise some 20-25 percent of video news on Yahoo News, that percentage will increase with the introduction of new original Web programming, co-branded segments and live streaming on Yahoo, says Joe Ruffolo, SVP for Digital at ABC News, in this interview with Beet.TV.

SAN BRUNO, Calif — While videos uploaded by camera phones to YouTube can be entertaining and authoritative, they can be awfully wobbly. A new tool from the YouTube allows video producers to smooth out the shakiness.

LOS ANGELES — The successful Web show Leap Year, which just wrapped the ten-episode series that ran on Hulu, logged nearly 3 million views for the show and is angling for a second season, the show's creator Yuri Baranovsky told Beet.tv during a recent interview.

LOS ANGELES — For women-centric online programmer Deca.tv, a wide-reaching syndication strategy across bloggers, as well owned sites, can help grow a show, said Beth Le Manach, VP of Programming at Deca, in a recent interview with Beet.TV.

LOS ANGELES — Producing sci-fi programming for the Web brings a host of challenges given smaller online budgets, but the key to make Web shows work often lies in setting the story "five minutes in the future," advised Web creator Taryn O'Neill during a recent interview with Beet.TV.

Metacafe, one of the first major video portals, has been focused primarily in creating specific entertainment and gaming channels. Today it announced the launch of channel for men 18-34 around original, live and aggregated content.

HOLLYWOOD  — Creators should carefully outline a social media and Web optimization strategy to help grow their video audiences, said Max Benator and Margaret Laney with the talent management studio Collective Digital Studio.

LOS ANGELES — The Collective started as a traditional talent management shop, but now also develops, produces and distributes content online reaching 300 million views a month, including the new show "Figgle Chat," said Dan Weinstein, manager of The Collective during an interview last week with Beet.TV in Los Angeles.

The placement, context and library surrounding online video is critical to success in growing video views, said AOL Video's head Ran Harnevo in an exclusive interview with the New Media Minute.

LOS ANGELES — Social TV is growing quickly for consumers, brands and media companies and with good reason, said Lori Schwartz, Chief Technology Catalyst for McCann Worldgroup, North America in this interview with Beet.TV.

LOS ANGELES — Web video producers should launch a show first on their own web site, then use tools to distribute and build up the program on YouTube, Facebook and Twitter, said Steve Woolf, VP of content at Blip.tv, during a recent interview with Beet.TV.

CNN's sizable investment in international coverage has paid off with increased television ratings and digital consumption, says Mark Whitaker, EVP and Managing Editor of CNN Worldwide, in this interview with Beet.TV.

LOS ANGELES — Published on YouTube just two weeks ago, Gamer Commute is a runaway hit with over eight million views 80 thousand "likes."  

LOS ANGELES, Calif — Yahoo! has green-lighted eight new, short-form Web original video programs, producing them both in-house and with leading Hollywood shops, including Electus, Principato-Young, FishBowl Media and Warrior Poets (Morgan Spurlock's company), says Erin McPherson, VP and Head of Video, in this interview with Beet.TV.