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AMSTERDAM – Earlier this summer Brightcove acquired cloud video encoding service Zencoder, and with it their open source HTML5 video player.

AMSTERDAM – At the IBC show in Amsterdam, Ericsson showcased new consumer insight and multi-screen solutions designed to meet the growing demand for social TV and the changing television landcscape.

AMSTERDAM – Earlier this year,  Adobe launched Project Primetime, a unified video platform that provides a single solution for Adobe streaming, digital rights management, advertising, audience management and analytics.  We interviewed Ashley Still, Director of Video Solutions at Adobe, earlier this month at the IBC show to get an update on the initiative.

AMSTERDAM – In this video interview at the IBC show, Brightcove VP of Digital Media Solutions, Chris Johnston, tells Beet.TV that while it’s important "to be in the places that your audience is interested in finding you," Facebook is a much more effective platform than Twitter for online video publishers when it comes to driving […]

AMSTERDAM – "Kaltura’s promise is to be able to deliver every video to every user on every device, everywhere around the world," says Shay David, co-founder and chief revenue officer of the open source online video platform in this interview with Beet.TV at the IBC show.

AMSTERDAM – Comcast's thePlatform,  has introduced a video commerce solution, says Marty Roberts, SVP of Sales and Marketing at thePlatform, in this interview with Beet.TV done at the IBC Show.

AMSTERDAM – Adobe has a new collaborative video editing platform which it announced at the IBC show in Amsterdam.  The platform, called Adobe Anywhere, enables teams to work together on Premiere, After Effects, and Prelude projects from virtually anywhere with a network connection.

ANAHEIM, CA – The Collective is a full-service entertainment, management and content production company that works with some of YouTube’s most popular creators.  At VidCon, Beet.TV sat down with Petar Mandich, a manager at The Collective, to talk about the process of pairing brands with YouTube creators for branded advertising campaigns.

ANAHEIM, CA – In his keynote presentation at VidCon last week, Revision3 CEO Jim Louderback spoke about some of the trends he has seen from top creators on YouTube.

ANAHEIM, CA – NYC-based comedian Mark Malkoff has made a name for himself with a collection of online video stunts in which he challenges himself to do things like live in an IKEA for a week, live on an AirTran jet for 30 days, get 6-pack abs in 30 days and more.  At VidCon, Beet.TV […]

ANAHEIM, CA – In yesterday’s YouTube Keynote at VidCon, Tim Shey, Director of YouTube Next Lab, made a number of big announcements.  Shey announced a number of brand new initiatives designed to support partners and creators. He recaps these announcements in this video interview with Beet.TV

ANAHEIM, CA — Earlier this week Big Frame, a Los Angeles-based media company specializing in providing marketing and production resources for some of the biggest YouTube influencers, announced a $3 million seed funding round.  Beet.TV caught up with Sarah Penna, Big Frame’s Head of Talent Management, at VidCon to find out more about the investment.

ANAHEIM, CA  – In January online video startup Chill, previously a platform for watching videos together with friends, relaunched as a social video discovery platform, allowing users to collect and share their favorite videos from across the web.  This week, five months after relaunching, the company announced an $8 million funding round.

ANAHEIM, CA –Thursday at VidCon, Blip.tv announced that they will start producing their own original content with the launch of Blip Studios.

Tel Aviv — Vodio, a video discovery iPad application developed by Israel-based start-up Vodio Labs, is solving the longstanding problem of personalized video recommendations.

TEL AVIV – Interlude, the Israel and New York-based startup created by Israeli rock musician Yoni Bloch, has produced an interactive video platform that turns viewers into co-directors by offering choices throughout the video that shape the way it plays out. Viewers click within the video player to make choices and create their own experience in real […]

TEL AVIV – Israel-based video start-up Magisto is simplifying video editing with a platform that analyzes and edits video automatically. In this video interview, Magisto CEO Oren Boiman discusses the difficulties of video editing and why today more than ever there is a need for an easier solution.

TEL AVIV – Social video is booming, with apps like Viddy and SocialCam taking Facebook by storm.  More people are sharing videos online than ever, but Oren Boiman, the CEO of Israel-based automatic video editing start-up Magisto says that, "social video is not just about being able to share videos with your friends."

TEL AVIV — One of the biggest issues that brands and businesses face when using online video to market their products is converting viewers into action takers.  Viewbix aims to solve this problem with an interactive video solution that enables creators to add interactive apps to any video to increase engagement and encourage action.

TEL AVIV — Viewbix, developer of an interactive video platform based in Israel, announced today that it has raised $2 million in a series A funding round.