Andy Plesser

Revision3, the San Francisco-based programmer of lifestyle and technology video shows geared to 13-34 year-old males, is "the largest over-the-top" television network in the United States, says CEO Jim Louderback in this interview with Beet.TV.

Next week's three-day "Disrupt" conference on a Manhattan Hudson River pier is on target to pass last year's attendee mark of 1,800, says Erick Schonfeld co-editor of TechCrunch, organizer of the event.  It will be "huge," he tells Beet.TV.

Neulion is streaming live video over the Internet for the NBA, NHL, NFL, UFC and over 100 college sports programs, making it the "de facto leader in live sports programming,"  says Marc Sokol, EVP.

Journalists today need to "own the entire creative process," not just write and file text stories, says Michael Dunn, CTO of Hearst Interactive, in this interview with Beet.TV.  Video needs to be part of individual reporting, he adds.

Microsoft has recently integrated various video solutions including encoding, server and streaming, digital rights management and player technology into its Media Platform.

Limelight Networks, the big content delivery network, has become a significant player in the online video platform business since its acquistion of Delve last August.

French Maid TV, one of the Web's first and most successful entertainment series, is coming back after a two-year haitus and will be featured on YouTube, part of the YouTube partnership program. 

Microsoft has integrated several of its its media platform componenents into the Comcast xFinity App for Apple iOS devices. 

Limelight Networks, one of the biggest content delivery networks, has diversified recently into cloud services, mobile distribution and the online video services sector with its acquisition of Delve. 

For the past 10 months, Gawker Media has used Viddler to manage its online video distribution. The Viddler player powers Gizmodo, Gawker TV and other properties.

An industry initiative, lead by The New York Times, the AP and Getty Images, to surface deep data around news content including video, will be introduced in the Hearst newsroom this summer.  

It's been two years since TED Talks enlisted fans around the globe to translate its videos into many languages through its Open Translation Project powered by dotSub, a crowd-sourced translation platform.

Joy Marcus, who left Dailymotion as U.S. GM in late March, has landed as a parnter at DFJ Gotham, which is part of the powerhouse venture fund Draper Fisher Jurvetson. 

The New York Times, which features a short article and photo of a couple of dozen newly-weds every Sunday in the Style section, will be adding short videos created by the couples.  The first user-generated video will be published this weekend.

The Wall Street Journal is training its print reporters to use the iPhone 4 for video news gathering and live streaming via Skype Video, says Kevin Delaney, Managing Editor of the WSJ.com

Some 15-20 percent of Roku owners are cancelling their cable or satellite services agreement and are relying solely on a broadband connection to get their television programming, said company VP Jim Funk in this exclusive interview with Beet.TV.

SAN BRUNO, CA – With the announcement of a presidential run by Newt Gingrich on Facebook and Twitter, the role of social media as the media of choice for politicians is rising. 

TV Everywhere, the industry initiative around making cable fare available online and on mobile, presents a big opportunity to advertisers and publishers, says Will Richmond, digital video industry consultant/publisher.

The Rachel Maddow Show enjoys the highest degree of engagement, meaning minutes spent per month, among all the NBC News and MSNBC news programs, according to MSNBC.com president Charles Tillinghast, in this interview with Beet.TV

With syndication partnerships in place with establish news sites including the Wrap for entertainment and SB Nation for sports Reuters is quickly expanding its alliances with publishers and content creators, says Chris Ahearn, president of media at Thomson Reuters, in this interview with Beet.TV