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Mobile and social music app Songza is gaining traction on Facebook and via mobile phones and now counts more than 500,000 users since its launch in September 2011. We caught up with Songza's CEO Elias Roman recently and he talked to Beet.TV about how the digital music service works.

TVGuide.com has bought the nascent digital video programming guide Fav.tv, reports Janko Roettgers at GigaOm. 

Craig Duff, former multimedia chief at Time.com, now a professor at the Medill School of Journalism, has just returned from the Middle East with this update on emerging forms of digital journalism rising from revolution in Egypt.

Since only one in twelve branded videos pass the one-million mark, brands and producers are better off building an audience than going for a viral hit.

Machinima, the highly popular Web portal for videos about video gaming, has reached an 1.3 billion video views, driven in part by Web originals, reports Liz Shannon Miller on GigaOm.

More consumers are relying on broadband-only connections in their homes, but that doesn't necessarily mean they're cutting the cord. Nielsen's latest three-screen report reveals that there are now 5.1 million broadcast only/broadband homes in the United States, up 23% from last year.

Brigthcove, the big Boston-based video services company, expects to offer shares from $10-12 a share next week, according to a filing on Monday, The New York Times reports.

Synacor, the Buffalo, New York-based provider of "TV Everwhere" and video search services to cable operators and others, has priced its IPO and aims to raise $94 million, reports Todd Spangler in Multichannel News.

I am pleased to update the  list of speakers for our two-day, executive retreat at the W Retreat and Spa on the island of Vieques on March 16 – 17.

Scripps Networks has found that a good portion of mobile views of its programming is happening in the home, and that tablet usage is often four to five times as long as viewing on other devices, said Jeff Meyer, senior VP and GM for interactive sales at the network group.

Devices are getting smaller and also more beautiful, but it’s the data underneath them all that matters most to marketers, said Megan Tweed, VP of Media at Razorfish during an interview with Beet.TV at CES.

LAS VEGAS — Brands that will be successful in social media are those that integrate naturally into social media conversations and digital mediums, said Jon Greenwood, president of WPP's Media Innovation Group, during an interview at CES.

LAS VEGAS — Smart TVs got a big boost at CES when Verizon announced it would be providing a FIOS TV app for LG Smart TVs, effectively providing a TV Everywhere-type of entry point into the service provider via LG's connected sets. We caught up at CES with Matt Durgin, Director Smart TV Content, LG […]

Eyeview, an American/Israeli start-up that creates "personalized" online video ads for brand advertisers, has raised a new round of $5.2 million, TechCrunch reports.

The International Academy of Web Television (IAWTV) will present its first awards program for excellence across multiple platforms on Thursday, January 12 in a two-hour awards program live from Venetian and streamed live on YouTube.

In a major development for Web-only entertainment content, Yahoo will announce at CES an agreement with Tom Hanks to bring his futuristic animation series to Web.

The TV business has a ways to go when it comes to TV Everywhere, said Tricia Lynch, Director of Content Strategy & Acquisition at Verizon, with CNET's senior writer Maggie Reardon interviewing her for Beet.TV.

As it expands into TV Everywhere rollouts with its authentication tools, Adobe is also reaching into the gaming space with tools to power high-end console games. We spoke to Adobe's Jens Loeffler, a technical evangelist for the company, about Adobe's work in authentication and gaming, with CNET's senior writer Maggie Reardon interviewing him for Beet.TV.

As Comcast preps to sell wireless service on behalf of Verizon, that landmark deal is unlikely to affect Verizon's multichannel efforts to compete with Comcast in TV, said Tricia Lynch, Director of Content Strategy & Acquisition at Verizon, with CNET's senior writer Maggie Reardon interviewing her for Beet.TV.

As it expands into TV Everywhere rollouts with its authentication tools, Adobe is also reaching into the gaming space with tools to power high-end console games. We spoke to Adobe’s Jens Loeffler, a technical evangelist for the company about Adobe’s work in authentication, and CNET’s senior writer Maggie Reardon interviewed him for Beet.TV. Already, Adobe Pass, the […]