SAN JOSE, Calif -- The "pipes" of the Internet will be crucial to the success of an increasingly video-rich Internet and Cisco is putting in place a number of solutions, says Scott Puopolo, VP for Internet Business, in this interview with Beet.TV To frame the enormity, Puopolo cites an Intel study which forecasts some 500 billion hours of video up on [...]

When interactive features are added to in-banner video ads, the interaction rate can increase to 18 to 20 times that of a display ad, a promising jump that underscores the potential that new video ad innovations hold for advertisers. That figure comes from Mixpo, which recently introduced customizable video ads. “[Consumers] are choosing to watch the ad, they are spending a [...]

The well-funded and female-skewing entertainment publisher Wetpaint is ramping up its focus on video via a recent partnership with media company Alloy Marketing. Under the deal, Alloy will handle online ad sales for Wetpaint’s Web properties. The partners have already brought national advertiser Stride Gum to the table, said Ben Elowitz, CEO of Wetpaint, in an interview with Beet.TV. “They know how [...]

A senior level conversation about the changing creation, distribution and consumption of video on the Web, mobile and in the living room. Hosted by Kevin Krim, Global Head of Bloomberg Web Properties. Moderated by Andy Plesser, Executive Producer, Beet.TV - and - Erick Schonfeld, Co-Editor, TechCrunch Panelists Rob Davis - Director, Interactive Video Practice, Ogilvy Interactive Michael Dresner - COO, CineSport Ran Harnevo - Senior Vice President, AOL Video Ed [...]

DramaFever, New York-based destination site for Korean dramas for audiences in the US and Canada is expanding its content offering and has just landed a $4.5 million investment, according a report in GigaOM. Korean dramas are more akin to a mini-series with a clearly defined end than to American soap operas that last for decades. Seung Bak, Managing Principal of DramaFever, [...]

Marketers are ready to spend money in 2011, buoyed by the economic turnaround that’s finally reaching the advertising business, said Shelly Lazarus in an exclusive interview with Beet.TV. The chairman of Ogilvy & Mather spoke to Beet.TV at the Bloomberg Media Summit.  She told us that clients are feeling “more optimistic about their business.” She added, “They’re asking more questions and [...]

AUSTIN - As the Web becomes increasingly Web-centric, more publishers are embracing the .tv domain as a way to denote video content, says Verisign's Tom Correia, who is product manager for the .tv domain. Dulles, Virginia-based Verisign manages the global use of the .tv domain in an on-going arrangement with the tiny Polynesian island nation of Tuvalu. In this interview from this [...]

While Google says it wants to index the world's content, it hasn't done made much progress in Hollywood. But an Israeli start-up called AnyClip has already indexed hundreds of movies in the Universal Pictures library. Using advanced audio and object recognition software, and an army of 1800 film viewers/taggers, the Jerusalem/Los Angeles-based company has indexed over 200 Universal movies with as [...]

Vevo, the popular music video site, which is a collaborative business involving several of the major record labels and Google, will launch in the U.K. shortly, announced CEO Rio Careaff in comments today to the Abu Dhabi Media Forum, the Guardian Newspaper reports. In November, we spoke with Vevo Executive VP David Kohl about Vevo's growth and future plans, including the [...]

AUSTIN -- At SXSW, the New Media Minute caught up with Internet expert and social media impresario Gary Vaynerchuk to discuss how brands and marketers can apply the lessons of his latest book, The Thank You Economy. Gary says the value in social media for brands is not media, meaning media created content including print and "push" video.  The real value [...]

London-based Livestation, a portal which streams linear news programming from broadcasters, including the BBC, CNBC, Bloomberg, Al Jazeera, and a number of Arabic-language programs, including Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Arabiya, BBC Arabic, France 24 Arabic, has seen a huge spike in traffic to its site since unrest in the Middle East erupted in January. CEO Matteo Berlucchi told Beet.TV in an [...]

The big Interactive agency Digitas has taken a leading role in creating innovative branded Web video programs for many clients including Kraft. Video is "exploding" as a marketing tool and the agency's staff for its branded content operations has doubled in the past 10 months says John McCarus, VP for Branded Content, Digitas, the Third Act, in this interview with Beet.TV Digitas, [...]

Introduced in late 2009 by Comcast as a means for subcribers to get a selection of their cable offerings on PC's and mobile devices, there are new, significant opportunities emerging around the technology. According to Marty Roberts, VP of thePlatform, the Seattle-based Comcast unit, a leading online video platform company which is deeply involved with "TV Everywhere," this will soon allow [...]

Topix has citizens uploading 4 millions of comments per month in forums in some 5,000 towns in the United States, generating 8 million monthly unique visitors and gettting $4 CPM's, according to CEO Tolles in this interview with Beet.TV The Palo Alto-based company has raised $15 million in funding from Gannett, Tribune and McClatchy. We spoke with Tolles earlier this month at [...]

Ran Harnevo, Head of AOL Video Mark Marvel, Director of Video and Emerging Media, msnb.com Jayant Kadami, President, YuMe Bismarck Lepe, President, Products, Ooyala Max Haot, President and CEO, Livestream Kevin Krim, Global Head of Online, Bloomberg News Rob Davis, Digital Video Director, Ogilvy Worldwide   Moderators Erick Schonfeld, Co-Editor, TechCrunch Andy Plesser, Executive Producer, Beet.TV

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For broadcasters seeking to provide a high quality live stream, untethered to an Internet connection and a PC, Livestream has just introduced a device from Teradek called the Cube. Yesterday we visited CEO Max Haot for an explanation of the new device which works with the Verizon 4G LTE network and gets uploads at better than 8 mbps where the network [...]

Prague-based, KIT Digital has done the year's biggest online video industry roll-up with its  $77 million purchase of New York-based KickApps, Kyte in San Francisco and Paris-based Kewego. As part of the acquisition, Alex Blum, CEO of New York-based KickApps, has become Chief Operating Officer of KIT.   He is busy integrating the platforms, staffs and customers into a global operation with [...]

NPR CEO Vivian Schiller resigned today in the wake of a fundraising scandal.  In June at the AllThingsD conference in Los Angeles, we spoke with Schiller about the growth of NPR through its evolving digital strategy. We have republished the interview today. We think Vivian has done a superb job and sorry to see go. On a personal level, I am grateful [...]

Apple is slated to introduce its much-hyped and anticipated iPad 2 this week. In advance of the release, we asked TV networks and TV stations for their best practices to make a great iPad app.  From pricing to promotion to picking the right developer, there are several strategies to keep in mind in this week's New Media Minute. -Daisy Whitney Note:  Daisy's New [...]