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Thursday, February 23, 2012

Yahoo! Streams Bill Maher Special, Doubles Down on Comedy Slate

Tonight (2/23), Yahoo! will host a free one-hour comedy special with Bill Maher as part of extensive slate of comedy programming, says Yahoo! video chief Erin McPherson in this interview with Beet.TV

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Sunday, February 05, 2012

Smart TV's: The Emergence of a New Advertising Medium

At CES this year, with WPP's chief Sir Martin Sorrell flying in from London and Publicis' chairman Maurice Levy in from Paris, along with hundreds of advertising and brand executives, the annual electronics show was very much an advertiser expo this year.

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Wednesday, February 01, 2012

Aaron Task, Henry Blodget and Their Two Million Video Viewers on Yahoo!

As big news organizations including the Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and and Reuters put an increasing effort around made-for-the-Web video news reporting, Yahoo's Daily Ticker has built a formidable audience over the past four years.

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Tuesday, January 31, 2012

Elemental Technologies Powers Video Compression for Comcast, HBO, ESPN, others

LAS VEGAS -- Portland, Oregon-based Elemental Technologies is finding an expanding customer base for its video compression solution with Comcast, HBO Go and ESPN on Demand.

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Friday, January 27, 2012

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

LAS VEGAS - Steve Woolf, VP of Content for Blip.tv, says that success in creating original Web video content comes from targeting and connecting with "narrow niches" of special interest groups.

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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Dailymotion Launches on Xbox Live in 35 Countries

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.

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Zappo TV Launches on Androids, Pushes Content to Smart TVs

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.

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Wednesday, January 25, 2012

Outrigger Media Links Brands and Web Producers in New Marketplace

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.

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Nielsen Tracking Over-the-Top Viewing

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.

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Tuesday, January 24, 2012

Scripps, Food Network Focuses on Search, Syndication for Online Video

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.

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