Web Commenting Software “Echo” Resounds with Paying Customers
SAN FRANCISCO — Because a comment has become currency in the social media world, a company that's built out commenting technology for the Web is now profitable. At the recent Brightcove Alliance event...
View ArticleCooliris Partners with Hulu, CBS, Passes 20 Million Downloads
Internet startup Cooliris just lost its chief revenue officer to AOL, but the company that developed a 3-D wall for browsing video and images expects to announce several new product and partnership...
View ArticleHealthiNation Mines Video Metrics with Brightcove 3
For content providers, metrics are vital to success or failure. Metrics help providers know when their videos are capturing a viewer's attention and when they're not. Health and lifestyle digital...
View ArticleBig in Brussels: Kyte powers NATO Secretary General’s Videoblog!
How far has the online video business expanded beyond its entertainment roots? So far that the secretary general of NATO is keeping a video blog to stay connected with member countries… using Kyte as a...
View ArticleNew Online TV Guide, “Clicker,” Enters Crowded Field
The online television listing serving Clicker launched last week, entering the crowded business of online television listings. We caught up with the Los Angeles based company’s CEO Jim Lanzone at...
View ArticleeBay is a Style Barometer: Plaids, Rocker-Chic, and Leather Jackets are Hot,...
NEW YORK, NY– eBay has the pulse of the fashion market because, "It's probably the only place that a person could come to and really see the breadth and depth of style at their fingertips," says...
View ArticleComcast’s thePlatform Unit Dominates Online Video Services for Cable...
SAN JOSE, CA — Adding another notch to its cable customer belt, online video technology firm thePlatform inked a deal to power broadband video for Rogers Cable. The company's VP of marketing Marty...
View ArticleVideo Services Start-up Ooyala Readies Licensing Scheme for Web Video...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA — First, the question everyone wants to know when reporting on the video platform company Ooyala. What the heck does Ooyala mean? It means "cradle" in the Indian language Telegu, and...
View Article“Early Adopters” are Migrating from Social Networks to Cool Websites,...
What's the next big thing in new media?To answer that question, I turned to Bill Tancer, author of of Click and the research guru at online audience measurement firm Hitwise. Tancer shared some...
View ArticleGoogle’s Chrome Has 40 Million Active Users, Glide Annouces Extension at CES
MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA–Google's Chrome has reached 40 million active users since the Windows beta release in September 2008. Beet.TV's Daisy Whitney visited Google headquarters to speak with Google...
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NBC Local Media Launches “Feast,” an Aggregated Restaurant Ratings Tool
SAN FRANCISCO–NBC Local recently launched a beta site called Feast. It combines ratings from top sources including the NYT.com, Zagat, and Yelp to determine overall rankings of local restaurants....
View ArticleThought Equity Motion Inks Deals with NCAA and BBC
Veteran rights management technology firm Thought Equity Motion has been busy this year, signing deals with both the NCAA and the BBC. I sat down with the company’s CEO Kevin Schaff at the recent NAB...
View ArticleAds on the iPads, Dollars in Your Pockets
Apple said Monday that it sold one million iPads in the first 28 days of release, reaching that milestone for the tablet computer faster than it did for the iPhone. One of the biggest benefits of the...
View ArticleLocal TV Stations Maximizing “Hyper-Local” Online Opportunities
Television stations are aiming to offer new Internet ad opportunities this year, especially surrounding search and hyper-local opportunities, said David Lebow, CEO of Internet Broadcasting, during a...
View ArticleKara Swisher, Walt Mossberg Readying All Things Digital Conference: Big...
Spectacular line-up for the Wall Street Journal’s All Things Digital conference kicking off on Tuesday (6/1) night in Rancho Palos Verdes, the seaside town near LA. James Cameron, Steve Ballmer, Mark...
View ArticleYahoo’s Old Fashion Take on Value of Journalism: Scoops Drive a Media Business
LOS ANGELES –Hiring a small group of enterprising sports reporters four years ago, who grabbed headlines with scoops, was a clear indication of the value of original journalism in driving traffic and...
View ArticleeBay Bests Amazon as Leader in Mobile eCommerce, Report
Bloomberg Business Week reports that after lagging behind Amazon in online commerce, eBay is the leader in mobile commerce and is positioned for explosive growth. Last month at the Wall Street...
View ArticleHearst CTO: Metadata Increases Audience Access To Online Video
Standardizing metadata and leveraging it across each aspect of the work flow, will increase the visibility of online video, says Michael Dunn, CTO of Hearst Interactive, in this interview with Beet.TV...
View ArticleNewsLook, Syndicator of Video News
NewsLook syndicates online videos from some 50 sources, including the top news wires, niche producers and independent video journalists, says founder Fred Silverman in this interview with Beet.TV...
View ArticleNewspapers, Wires and Cable Nets: Seeking an Editorial Niche and Business...
Online video broadens audience engagement and establishes print news organizations as a stronger competitor in local markets, but it requires a significant investment of time for consumers says a panel...
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