Andy Plesser

Nearly thirty percent of U.S. consumers of scripted television content are watching programming both online and on TV, as viewers are becoming increasingly platform “agnostic,” according to a study by comScore which has been made available to Beet.TV

Later this summer, we can expect to see wider implementation of Microsoft Silverlight as two of the bigger online video platform companies Ooyala and Kaltura ready video players for their customers.

Last week, the San Francisco-based, video ad solution provider FreeWheel announced an additional venture round of $16.8 million from venture and institutional investors, including the venture units of Time Warner and Disney.

Congrats to the team at the BBC for winning this year's Webby People Award as best news site.   The New York Times won in the "official" category of Best News Site as judged by the panel.

Online video consumption has become pervasive around the globe as nearly 80 percent of all Internet users watch some video, according Tania Yuki, who heads online video product management for comScore.

While video applications over stable Wi-Fi connections look terrific on the iPad, some video applications, including the popular ABC Television, do not run on the iPad.   

The Washington Post, the first and most innovative major U.S. newspaper to use video as part of  its online news offering, is launching a platform for hundreds of reporters to host their own programs live from their desks on Webcams, via a simple interface with the Post's content management system.

In its annual rankings of the world's most eco-friendly companies, Cisco ranked first, knocking IBM from the top spot in last year's rankings.

Kyte, a San Francisco-based online video platform company, announced today the integration of its video player and tools into Facebook with a product it calls the Facebook Application Framework.

The Financial Times, which has been ramping up its online video services, has integrated Brightcove as its online video provider, the publisher announced today.

Tremor Media, the fast-growing New York-based video advertising network, has raised $40 million in new venture funding, the company announced today.

The Huffington Post is up 94 percent in traffic this year, has 13 million unique monthly visitors (according to Nielsen), and is poised for profitability in 2010, co-founder Arianna Huffington tells the Associated Press.

Delivering a high quality, non-buffering video experience has become essential for distributors of premium content online.  To assure a satisfactory experience, several networks, including NBC, ESPN3, AT&T, MLB.com, NFL.com, and ABC.com, are working with Conviva, a San Mateo, venture-backed company.

FreeWheel, the San Mateo-based online video platform has raised an additional $16.8 in new venture funding from strategic investors, including Steamboat (Disney VC arm), Turner, and top VC's Battery and Foundation Capital.

Blinkx, the London/San Francisco-based video search engine and destination site had a jump of 204 percent in video views in the U.K. over the past 12 months, just behind the torrid 205 percent increase of video views on Facebook, just announced by ComScore.

SAN JOSE, California –Exploding bandwidth consumption resulting from HD and 3-D video, gaming, and teleconferencing will create unprecedented demands on Internet services providers.

Techmeme, considered by many as the most authoritative tech news aggregator, spun off a media news site called Mediagazer in early March. 

SAN FRANCISCO — The Writers Guild of America, the big trade union representing film and television writers, is developing rules around writing original online video content. 

LAS VEGAS — The Teleprompter is an essential tool for newscasters and public speakers.  A much less expensive device from Prompter People allows speakers to control the the flow of displayed text with their iPhone.

LAS VEGAS–Alloy Entertainment, the producer of hit teen television programming, including "Gossip Girl" and "Vampire Diaries" films and books, is making a big expansion with its original Web programming, Sean Horvath told Beet.TV West Coast Bureau Chief Daisy Whitney at NAB earlier this month.