Andy Plesser

Digitalsmiths, company which creates metadata around video images, has acquired Gotuit, a company which produces human metadata authoring, the companies announced today.

Ran Harnevo, whose video syndication business 5Min was purchased by AOL in October for a reported $65 million, will head the growing online video operation at AOL, the company announced today.

MONACO — VivaKi, the umbrella for the digital agencies of the Publicis Groupe, has been rapidly expanding the implementation of its online video advertising platform globally.

MONACO —  Apps will “reshape paid content” in a “profound way,” says Thomas Kunstner, partner at Booz and the leader of the firm’s European media practice, in this interview with Beet.TV

VEVO, the most popular online site for music videos, will stream 25 live events in 2010 and more next year, says David Kohl, Executive VP in this interview with Beet.TV

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif — Google TV was never intended to replace subscriptions to cable or satellite TV, but to integrate Web video and Apps with television offerings, says Google's Saluhuddin Choudhary, project manager, in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO – Distributing video content via Apps has “real advantages,” says David Kenny president of Akamai in this interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — Having watched several cycles in the European tech start-up scene, this is one of the most exciting times, says TechCrunch European Editor Mike Butcher in this video interview with Beet.TV

MONACO —  For publishers to succeed in the fast changing media environment, digital content must be universally accessed, irrespective of the device, says Staci D. Kramer, editor of paidContent, the influential media news site.

MONACO —  Declaring that news providers in the U.S. are not “satisfying the needs” of publishers and broadcasters, Reuters will be expanding its offerings in the United States, with major announcements to come over the next couple of months, says Chris Ahearn, President of Media, Thomson Reuters in this exclusive video interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — As viewership of online video around the world continues to soar, there is not nearly enough quality video content for advertisers, says Carolyn Everson, Microsoft’s head of global sales in this video interview with Beet.TV

MONACO — With the approval of its governing body, the BBC is readying the global introduction of the iPlayer, the highly successful video on-demand platform which registered 139 million video program views in October.

MONACO —     Ushahidi, the crowd-sourced mapping platform, which launched during the disputed Kenya elections in 2007 and has been used recently by the BBC around the Tube strike and The Guardian for the Pope's visit to London, is now in seven languages and is becoming a commercial venture, founder Ory Okolloh told Beet.TV in […]

MONACO —  Kinect, the new device for the Xbox console, which allows players to control the game with their untethered bodies, will be a significant, new advertising platform, says Carolyn Everson, head of global advertising sales for Microsoft.

In an extensive story in The New York Times, Ron Leiber explains how Zagat's decision to keep its content behind a paywall has put it far behind in Web traffic and Google search ranking, placing it behind newer competitors such as Yelp.

SAN FRANCISCO –  We caught up BitTorrent founder and chief scientist about the evolving business of his company.

MONACO — Microsoft has finalized the Bing complete integration into Yahoo and now all advertising sales is unified under Microsoft, Carolyn Everson; CVP Global Advertising told Beet.TV in this exclusive video interview.

DBG, one of the biggest online video ad networks, serves some 125 million unique web visitors with content each month, an increasing number of views are of branded content created in-house for major brands.

LOS ANGELES –  CNET, a unit of CBS Interactive,  has been expanding its offering of a range of Apps for many content offerings, including videos.  Today it launched a shopping app for CNET Reviews for the iPad and iPod Touch in the App store. For more information on the new app and CNET's Holiday Tech […]

Next New Networks, the New York-based company which produces and distributes original, entertainment for the Web, will double its network of independent producers in 2011.