Social media is not a marketing solution but a "profit center" for the BBC's commercial Web sites, says Daniel Heaf, Director of Digital for BBC Worldwide, in this exclusive interview with Beet.TV Facebook's ROI for sites such as TopGear is "pretty staggering," says Heaf, who notes that the gadget site has 12 million fans who drive 30 percent of its traffic. He notes [...]

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. Last week, we had a briefing on the new initiative by SVP Jeff Whatcott who explains in this video how the exploding demand for Apps is driving this new business.  The new offering [...]

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. Earlier this month, the company raised a new investment round of $9 million. Veteran digital media executive Dave Morgan is the founder and CEO of the New York-based start-up.  We spoke with him [...]

Consumption of live video of the March Madness on the iPad was "amazing," says Turner Sports VP Michael Adamson, marking a milestone for live sports distribution, he tells Beet.TV in this interview. Live video on mobile is far more functional via Apps and not via the mobile Web, which is not yet ready in the country, he says. We spoke last week [...]

Tremor Media, the biggest video ad network according to comScore, is launching a reporting and analytics tool for marketers called Video Hub. The new product provides brands and agencies with the tools to measure, track and report on the efficiency of of online video campaigns.  The new product is a software as a service product. Heading up this new enterprise offering is [...]

Mashery, the San Francisco-based provider of API management services, is finding extensive use of its platform around the new crop of Apps for big publishers including The New York Times, The Guardian Newspaper and USA Today, says Ian Brown, the company's marketing manager. Brown explains how the company manages extensive archives and real-time data for customers.  Mashery does not create Apps, [...]

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.   Like all smart phones, video will be a key part of the offering and Microsoft believes it has a truly interactive platform with Silverlight, its rich multi-media platform [...]

While video plays an increasingly important role as a storytelling tool, principally enhancing print reporting, in the future, video will be ubiquitous and will be indistinguishable from print. It will be the predominant form of journalism, predicts Craig Duff, Multimedia Editor of TIME.com in this interview with Beet.TV. I interviewed him recently at the Streaming Media East conference where he was [...]

Launched just over a year ago, now with 1700 videos and millions of streams, TechCrunchTV is expanding with new programming, a state-of-the-art studio at the Aol headquarters in Manhattan and a focus on videoblogging. The big tech site is finding a successful strategy in using the text of blog posts to drive embedded video consumption, says Erick Schonfeld, TechCrunch co-editor in [...]

LOS ANGELES (via Skype Video) With a new studio in downtown Hollywood and a presenting sponsor in AT&T, CBSNews.com launched on Tuesday a weekly Webshow titled "What's Trending"with Shira Lazar. The show covers political and cultural developments which are "trending" on social media.  For the past two years, Lazar has been doing live Web reporting and producing for CBS News around major [...]

Some 500 video industry executives from around the globe will descend on Boston next week for Brightcove's three-day PLAY conference.  It will be the first conference run by Brightcove and the show is sold out. The conference takes place at a time of fast growth for Brightcove, which has increased monthly video streams from 400 million to 700 million in the [...]

Revision3, the San Francisco-based programmer of lifestyle and technology video shows geared to 13-34 year-old males, is "the largest over-the-top" television network in the United States, says CEO Jim Louderback in this interview with Beet.TV. He claims the network has 17 million monthly unique viewers who consume 70 million video views, citing internal numbers. He says the company is profitable. We caught [...]

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. A big focus of the conference will be the launch of some 30 start-ups from around the world which have been selected [...]

Neulion is streaming live video over the Internet for the NBA, NHL, NFL, UFC and over 100 college sports programs, making it the "de facto leader in live sports programming,"  says Marc Sokol, EVP. As an extension of its live services, the Long Island-based company is providing "TV everywhere" solutions to cable operators and programmers with live linear programming. Sokol says that [...]

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. Also in this interview, he speaks about online video solutions and the utility of Brightcove to Hearst's online operations. He says he likes Brightcove [...]

  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. The platform allows developers to access these various tools as part of an overall media solution.  The company also offers these services via online video platform companies Ooyala and Kaltura. For an overview of the Microsoft Media Platform, we interviewed [...]

Limelight Networks, the big content delivery network, has become a significant player in the online video platform business since its acquistion of Delve last August. The company is providing video services for broadcasters, the NFL, Sony and big financial customers including Prudential and Western Union, says Alex Castro in this interview with Beet.TV Castro was the founder of Delve and is now [...]

French Maid TV, one of the Web's first and most successful entertainment series, is coming back after a two-year haitus and will be featured on YouTube, part of the YouTube partnership program.  The show is expected to re-launch this summer, says Tim Street, founder and director. We caught up with Street last week at the Streaming Media.  Street is a VP at mDialog, [...]

Microsoft has integrated several of its its media platform componenents into the Comcast xFinity App for Apple iOS devices.  The App allows Comcast cable subscribers to access a range of cable fare on their iPhone and iPad. Last week at the Streaming Media East show, we spoke with Microsoft's David Sayed, marketing manager for the Media Platform group. He also provides a [...]