Andy Plesser

New York-based Kantar Video, a unit of the London-based media behemoth WPP, will launch a comprehensive video analytics and syndication service in September.

The BlackBerry Partners Fund is about to close a $100 million investment fund for China and plans to raise $150-250 million new fund for other markets by the end of this year, said John Albright, co-managing director of the Toronto-based VC firm, in this video interview.

Elemental Technologies, the Portland, Oregon-based company that quickly transcodes videos for the Web, has received a $7.5 million round of funding from Disney's Steamboat Ventures and other earlier investors.

LONDON — The Guardian newspaper has been in the forefront of managing, interpreting and publishing government data as a new form of content — and business.

Rob Glaser, chairman and founder of RealNetworks, now a partner with Accel Parters, says the quality and the form factor of the iPhone 4 could be suited better for video than text.

Viewdle, the visual recognition software company with origins in the Soviet military, has received a venture round from the RIM's BlackBerry Fund, says John Albright, co-managing partner in this exclusive interview with Beet.TV.

Analytics around online and mobile video is in the "prehistoric ages," with no single source to provide adequate information, says Alan Wurtzel who is President, Research & Media Development at NBC Universal.

In an effort to maximize advertising dollars around the big U.S. market for online news, the BBC has launched a U.S. destination.  

Verizon Wireless will "soon" introduce a comprehensive App development platform for Android OS, says Jennifer Byrne, Executive Director of New Business Development & Partnership at Verizon Wireless.

CNNMoney.com the big business portal with content from CNN, Money, Fortune and a large amount of staff produced content, is serving up 450 million page views a month, according to a report in Talking Biz News which features a Q&A with Chris Peacock, executive editor. 

As many video publishers seek to syndicate their content and accompanying advertising to blogs and Web sites with embeddable players, some advertisers are cautious about seeing their ads on sketchy sites.

Tremor Media, the New York-based online video ad network, had over a billion video ads viewed on its network in June, just trailing Hulu, according to June numbers released today by comScore.

Akamai, the Boston-based content delivery network, said today that demand for Internet services around the World Cup doubled over demand in 2006 during certain peak times.   

Nominations for Emmy Awards for news and documentaries were announced today.  PBS leads with the most nominations followed by CBS and the other television networks.

LOS ANGELES — Disney’s Web original studio has a distribution deal for its I Heart Vampires series to run on BeeTV, the Japanese mobile broadcaster.

LOS ANGELES — Michael Eisner's web video studio Vuguru is readying the launch of two new series, "The Booth" and "Pretty Tough" in Canada and Europe, says Larry Tanz, president of the studio in this video interview.

Conviva, a California software company which allows video publishers to micromanage bandwidth speeds delivered to individual consumers, has successfully deployed its technology for several global broadcasters for the World Cup, the company said today.

Machinima, the fast growing video site of video-game and virtual world videos, reached an audience of 27 million monthly uniques and 127 million video views in May, says Allen DeBevoise, chairman and CEO of the Los Angeles-based company.

Techmeme, the part automated, part human-driven technology news aggregator has reached 3 million monthly views, according to a report in the The New York Times by Claire Cain Miller.

SUNNYVALE, CA — Yahoo's connected TV initiative, which brings Web video to Internet enabled television sets, has over 1000 content sources and has opened up its platform for publishers with available  API's and certain media RSS feeds.