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BOSTON — The cable network A&E is expanding its creation of Apps for various shows, embracing a paid model for the History Channel's Civil War App and a free model for "Army Wives."

Deja, a new start-up which allows iPad users to create view preferred video topics in a very cool display, launched last week at TechCrunch Disrupt in New York.

On the heels of LinkedIn's IPO, Groupon has been pegged as the next online-technology IPO, and that's because the sort of group-buying deals that it pioneered are red-hot. The deals market has been valued at $1.25 billion and that's why Groupon is facing competition from smaller plays like HomeRun, as well as from the giants […]

In addition to connecting with a valued audience with live programming, the process of creating daily Webcasts is valuable to the news organization, explains Kevin Delaney, Managing Editor of the WSJ.com.

Rexly, a new data-driven recommendation engine for iTunes, will soon organize music from other music platforms including Spotify and Pandora, and will next provide video recommendations from Hulu, says CEO and co-founder Joel Resnicow in this interview with Beet.TV.

A free App for the iPhone, which allows users to report and share local news developments, called Meporter launched on Tuesday in New York at the TechCrunch Disrupt conference.

BOSTON — The Gannett Company, the nation's biggest newspaper company, is increasing video consumption with a new, large and prominent video player. Many of the chain's websites for its 82 newspapers and 20 local stations feature the new video player on the home page.

An innovator who in mid-nineties played a central role in development tool ColdFusion and the Flash platform when he was CTO of Macromedia, Jeremy Allaire sees the evolution of digital rich media to a cloud-based environment. 

With tablet sales tracking to hit 24 million this year, brands are trying to crack the code on the best approach to a tablet strategy.

BOSTON — Brightcove, the big Boston-based online video platform company, is expanding its services to build and power native Apps for the Apple iOS and Google Android platforms.

Culling information from millions of cable set-top boxes, Simulmedia aims to give broadcasters, cable operators and others the tools to effectively manage billions of dollars in television advertising inventory.

With Microsoft’s new alliance with Nokia, there is an expectation that the market for Windows Phone 7 will grow substantially, passing the Apple iOS phones by 2015, according to a recent Gatner report.  

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.

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.

  What are the rules for engagement in the social Web? Social media expert Scott Meldrum of Pollin8.com shared his top 3 social dos and don’ts in this week’s New Media Minute. -Daisy Whitney  

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

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

Nielsen recently reported that the total number of TVs owned in the United States has dropped for the first time in 20 years to 97 percent of homes down from 99 percent, due in part to cord-cutting.

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. 

Marketers, venture capitalists and online video experts are always looking for emerging companies to work with and keep an eye on. That's the New Media Minute is sharing four such digital media startups in this week's episode. Watch for innovation from Rich Relevance, Yinzcam, Klout and Tynt.