Blip's Steve Woolf: Web Video Success Comes from Targeting "Narrow Niches"

I am pleased to update the  list of speakers for our two-day, executive retreat at the W Retreat and Spa on the island of Vieques on March 16 - 17.

LAS VEGAS, Dailymotion, the big Paris-based video site, which served 1.2 billion video views worldwide in December*,  launched its Xbox Live App late last month in 35 nations.  The company demonstrated the new interface on the Microsoft device at CES.

LAS VEGAS -- Video discovery/consumer media management platform Zappo TV is pushing out music, photos and videos from mobile phones to a number of connected TVs, said Jan Van Ottele, founder and CEO of Zappo TV during an interview at CES. 

LAS VEGAS -- Online video advertising firm Outrigger Media is gearing up to launch its content marketplace OpenSlate Studios in March, said Mike Henry, CEO of Outrigger Media during an interview with Beet.TV at CES.

LAS VEGAS -- Nielsen has been working with its clients to effectively measure and provide ratings for content delivered via over-the-top technologies, said Brian Fuhrer, Senior VP Product Leadership at Nielsen, during an interview with Beet.TV at CES.

A combined online video TV ad campaign boosted reach by 14% and frequency by 18% while reducing the overall cost of impressions, online video ad network YuMe found in its latest study. The company partnered with Nielsen to study effectiveness of a cross-platform campaign on behalf of media agency PHD.

LAS VEGAS -- Scripps Networks has seen a dramatic increase in video consumption as a result of syndicating its videos across many Web sites, the content company's Jeff Meyer, Senior VP and General Manager for Interactive Sales at Scripps, said during an interview with Beet.TV at CES.

CNN iReport, the global news organization's user generated content operation, says it has one million citizen journalist reporters who are registered as iReporters.

LAS VEGAS Web star iJustine is slated to host live convention coverage at Comic-Con and E3 for Spike TV on the heels of the work she just did at CES for the network, she told Beet.TV during an interview at CES.