SAN FRANCISCO -- Avatar director James Cameron, studio chief Jeff Katzenberg, FCC chairman Julius Genachowski, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, and Comcast's Steve Burke are some of the speakers scheduled for the Wall Street Journal's All Things Digital conference June 1-3 in Palo Verdes, California. The conference is sold out, but organizers may live-stream some of the event for the first time, [...]

SAN FRANCISCO -- While the iPad is elegant, distributing a new type of video file along with formats for other emerging platforms such as HTML5, it could create unexpected costs for the the industry, says Anthony Soohoo, SVP at CBS Interactive in comments during the Beet.TV Online Video Executive Roundtable that took place on Wednesday. Kara Swisher, co-executive editor of AllThingsD, [...]

Howcast, a New York-based online video content and syndication company, which makes short "how to" videos, is finding traction with branded content created for big marketers. Today, the company announced a campaign with 1-800-Flowers.  Howcast is producing branded instruction videos for several companies including Kodak and will soon produce a series for GE, the New York Times reported earlier this [...]

Boxee, the free software download that allows consumers to use their PC to watch television programming, is creating a pay-per-view system for content creators.  While the site allows current subscribers to MLB.com and Netflix to watch their shows with Boxee, the company is developing its own payment platform.  Plans were announced last month.   I asked founder and CEO Avner Ronen [...]

Not surprisingly, the Winter Olympics in Vancouver have captured the attention of millions of Canadians who are watching the Olympics online.   A report out of CTV, the Canadian network that is presenting the video online, reports that video views over the past 10 days have reached 17 million, which is double the amount of viewers for the Summer Olympic Games in [...]

Techmeme, the influential aggregator of technology news, has added another "human" element to its engine with Rich DeMuro, a veteran CNET editor who joined Techmeme earlier this year.  Rich joins editor Megan McCarthy, the "first human editor" who started early last year.  I caught up with Rich last Friday at the paidContent 2010 event in Manhattan.  In this interview, he talks [...]

In addition to the on-demand feed of the video above, we have published a number of segments and one-on-one interviews from the conference, so please check back for updates: 2/26/10 Top CBS Exec Wary of iPad's Video Content Distribution Costs 2/26/10 James Cameron, Steve Ballmer, FCC Chair Julius Genachowski Booked for Sold-out AllThingsD 2/28/10 Media Executives Live in Apple's "Beautiful Fascist Environment," Kara [...]

PALO ALTO, CA -- Facebook has become the "ultimate tool for achieving viral distribution,"  says Ethan Beard, the director of the Facebook developer network in this interview with Beet.TV. Beyond the video traffic emanating from simple viral sharing among members, media partners including  TVGuide and ABC Television are adding new features to help spread video more easily across Facebook and [...]

Cable networks and big media companies aren't the only ones pursuing international distribution. The indie Web series "Break a Leg" just sold the licensing rights to its show to Fox Italy, marking a big step forward for Web producers looking to graduate to the TV set. The show will be available on mobile TV channels, on mobile digital TV, online and on-demand [...]

Will 2010 be the year when online video becomes mainstream in the media business? Will marketers move television budgets online? What are the metrics of success for the emerging medium? These are some of the topics which will be explored at the Beet.TV Online Video Executive Roundtable event on February, 24 in San Francisco. We have an outstanding line-up of industry [...]

Demand Media, the Los Angeles-based media start-up with a network of 7,000 content creators, uses YouTube as its primary publishing platform and it now has had one billion views, Shawn Colo, co-founder, told me on Friday. I spoke with him at the paidContent 2010 conference where he appeared on stage with Rafat Ali. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

Auditude, the Palo Alto-based online video management company has signed a deal to manage video advertising for Comcast Interactive Media, according to Liz Gannes over at NewTeeVee. Auditude's CEO Adam Kahan said to Liz that for the first time, video advertising companies are making significant profit.   We spoke with Adam last year and have republished the interview today.He explains how [...]

As part of our sponsorship arrangement with Brightcove, we have interviewed several of the company's customers about how they use the online video platform. We have pulled together a highlight clip with executives from Showtime, AOL, Sun Microsystems, Healthination, McKesson, and Serena.Many thanks to the Brightcove team for their sponsorship of Beet.TV.  More customer videos to come and a special [...]

This year will be a transformative one for online video as advertisers are routinely buying seven-figure campaigns, says Jason Glickman, CEO of Tremor Media, the big New York-based video ad network. He says that an "up front" marketplace for online video is emerging as significant dollars are moving from television to online.He also says that his company's network reaches over one [...]

Video search will become increasingly important as publishers and advertisers seek to draw viewers to content, says Amanda Richman, managing director of digital at MediaVest, the giant media buying company. We spoke with Amanda earlier today at the paidContent 2010 conference where Amanda was a featured speaker. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer

NEW YORK, February 19 -- We are streaming the paidContent:2010 media summit today.  Beet.TV will be be at the event doing a number of video interviews that will be published later today and over the next several days. Embedded here is the Livestream of the event sessions.  For an overview on what to expect, check out this morning's post by Staci [...]

Consumers of online video are not adverse to multiple in-stream commercials -- and many will embrace a form of micropayments, according to Quincy Smith, former CEO of CBS Interactive  who is now a partner with Code Advisors, a new media boutique investment banking firm. .  I caught up with Smith today at the paidContent 2010 media summit in Manhattan.  He [...]

Vook, the startup which has developed a multi-media platform for books that mixes video, pictures, and social media with traditional text, has raised $2.5 million in funding. Investors include Ron Conway, Kenneth Lerer, chairman of the Huffington Post, Maples Investments, Baseline Ventures, and Founder Collective. Here is the press release. I spoke to Vook CEO and founder Brad Inman recently about [...]

MOUNTAIN VIEW -- Today Google released a video about its Google Voice and its many features.  One of which is the means by which voicemail messages are transcribed to text.  This software powers the new speech to text transcription service on YouTube. The software for making this work has been developed by the Google Voice Recognition team.  Recently, Daisy interviewed Mike [...]

Clicker, the fast growing guide to online video programming, raised an additional $11 million in venture funding, the company announced today.  In November, we caught up with Clicker CEO Jim Lanzone for this overview of his company. You can find Daisy's original post here.  We are republishing our interview today. Here's the take by Peter Kafka over at MediaMemo.Andy Plesser, Executive [...]