Journalism students need to learn how to specialize, while being able to adapt says Craig Duff, Journalism Professor at Medill Northwestern University, in this video interview with Beet.TV Despite news being published on multiple platforms, he says that very few people are expected to write a long form story, shoot the photographs, edit a video and tweet about it. The university's undergraduate [...]

SpotXchange's latest ad skipping service, 'SkipIt,' which charges consumers a small fee to skip ads, will soon allow audiences to earn free skips, in exchange for engagement with a brand on its desired platform, says Michael Shehan, President and CEO, in this video interview with Beet.TV In practice this means, if a brand is seeking to increase its 'likes' on Facebook, [...]

The duPont-Columbia University Awards, is soliciting submissions from broadcast, digital and documentary journalists covering stories in the public interest, says director, Abi Wright, in this interview with Beet.TV   Typically, awards are given out every year to news publishers who demonstrate quality reporting and storytelling on a high public impact story. Previous winners include BBC America and BBC World News America for its coverage [...]

Using Twitter in a structured way, puts him one step ahead of the game says The Wall Street Journal's (WSJ) new Social Media Editor Neal Mann, in this video interview with Beet.TV Better known as @fieldproducer to his 47k plus followers, Mann's structured methods include publishing specific tweets in the build up to a newsworthy event, for a story he is covering. During [...]

Reuters' TV shows will be more personality driven says Dan Colarusso, Head of Global Programming in this video interview with Beet.TV In this interview, he also describes these changes as a move towards developing the Reuters brand, independent of its agency services. Colarusso explains that many of Reuters' editors and bloggers such as Chrystia Freeland and Felix Salmon add value to the [...]

Xbox LIVE users are more engaged with video news than MSNBC.com's desktop audience says Executive Producer, Stokes Young, in this video interview with Beet.TV While console users watch 12 clips per session on average, desktop audiences only consume half this volume of video news says Young. He explains the main reason for this, is the extent of choice available for news consumption on [...]

The Monday to Friday online tech news program, CNET Update, debuted a new interactive video player that produces real-time links to topics covered by the show, allowing viewers to read more on each story, while they watch. It is a new way to make the show more interactive and give the audience more than what can be covered in two minutes, [...]

Social media guru, Neal Mann says, using new technology alongside Twitter is an excellent way of verifying tip-offs from followers, in this video interview with Beet.TV Speaking of Twitter as a good source for journalists, he describes Google Earth and Street View, as  crucial additional tools that help put social media sources through rigorous journalistic standards. Known as @fieldproducer to his 47k plus [...]

Wibbitz, a Tel Aviv-based startup, which has developed a text-to-video solution, has raised $2.3 million, its first venture round, from Hong Kong-based Horizon Ventures, the investment fund of billionaire Li Ka-shing. The Wibbitz technology allows publishers to convert text content into multimedia "videos" on the fly.  These videos can then be published on the web and various connected devices.  We spoke with [...]

Global entertainment website, IGN, is broadcasting live coverage of the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) 2012 on the Xbox LIVE for the first time says Peer Schneider, Publisher and SVP for Content, in this interview with Beet.TV The console has previously been a platform for consuming various enterainment media such as sports broadcasts and Netflix, but never game-centric content, he says. Video game enthusiasts [...]

NewsLook syndicates online videos from some 50 sources, including the top news wires, niche producers  and independent video journalists, says founder Fred Silverman in this interview with Beet.TV Destination In addition to being a syndication platform, NewsLook is a destination and more recently an iPadd App. The App debuted at the paidContent2012 conference where we spoke with him.  In this interview, Silverman explains [...]

Cisco's, latest report on internet network growth and trends, the Visual Networking Index Forecast (VNI) predicts that the Internet will generate 1.3 zettabytes of traffic in 2016. That is equivalent to transferring all the movies ever made, over the net in less than three minutes says VP for Global Service Provider Marketing, Suraj Shetty in this interview with Beet TV According to [...]

Standardizing metadata and leveraging it across each aspect of the work flow, will increase the visibility of online video, says Michael Dunn, CTO of Hearst Interactive, in this interview with Beet.TV He explains that attaching metadata will help with the internal comprehension of video content and external discovery via search avenues such as social media or content syndication partnerships. In the interview, [...]

VOX Media, the fast-growing sports and tech blog network, is making a substantial investment around original video production and distribution, says CEO Jim Bankoff in this interview with Beet.TV One the most popular sports sites, with microsites for nearly every professional sports team in the U.S., VOX's SB Nation has added video in a big way with a newly constructed studio [...]

Verizon FiOS is increasing download speeds to as fast as 300 Mbps to residential customers, the company announced today. The increase is largely to meet bandwidth demands from intensive video and gaming, says company spokesperson John Bonono in this inteview with Beet.TV The service will be for areas with FiOS.  For communities without, the service is unlikely to be available as the [...]

Multi-platform arts video network Ovation, announced Kaltura as its video management and distribution platform. The partnership is an innovative deployment of Kaltura's Open Source video technology, says co-founder, David Shay, in this interview with Beet TV. Ovation publishes content on artistic story telling and broadcasts in standard and high definition to more than 51 million homes across the country, via cable, DIRECT TV, [...]

"Live video has a lot of opportunity for us," says Jeff Moriarty, VP for Digital Products, in this interview with Beet TV Last month boston.com launched a live, regularly scheduled sports show aimed at the site's large midday audience.  Beet TV interviewed Caleb Solomon, Managing Editor on the benefits of live online video programing, shortly after the launch. 'Boston Sports Live,' is [...]

The App developer, Screach Interactive launched its digital jukebox, 'Screach JukeBox' at TechCrunch Disrupt. It is a "real-time interactive platform designed to connect mobile devices to any content on any screen," says David Weinfeld, Chief Strategy Officer, in this interview with Beet TV. Like traditional analog jukeboxes, listeners can select songs as well as queue tunes to be played in the near future. Screach's jukebox [...]

Snooozy, the startup company specializing in audience engagement, launched new software to help television stations  interact in real time with its audiences. It is a format similar to American Idol and the X Factor, which can be deployed across local and national stations, says Belal Hummadi, Co-Founder and CEO, in this interview with Beet TV Speaking to us at this year's [...]

Video startup 'Clinch' will launch a new app that edits video footage and photos from multiple mobile devices to produce one full movie. "It's powerful when you go to music concerts and sport events, where a lot of people are looking at the same thing but from different angles, says Oz Etzioni, CEO of Clinch, in this interview with Beet TV. The [...]