NewFronts

AOL is registering rapid growth in video views, now ranked second to YouTube in monthly views according to comScore, thanks in large part to the editorial “DNA” of putting videos in nearly all stories, says Ran Harnevo, SVP for Video at AOL, in this interview with Beet.TV recorded at the Digitas NewFront event. He says […]

Larry Tanz, CEO of Hollywood television production studio Vuguru, founded by former Disney CEO Michael Eisner in 2006, says that the quality of Web video debuted at this year’s NewFronts has taken a big leap forward.   He says the Web original industry is where cable was some years ago when it’s content went on to […]

Justin Ezarik, better known as web video superstar iJustine, was in New York last week the Digtal NewFronts  to announce her new show on AOL On about wearable tech.  We spoke with her at the AOL show about her new show and her advise on how to succeed with original Web video. Justine recently signed […]

Audio Content Recognition (ACR) software*,  which synchronizes TV watching with a tablet or mobile device, will “change the world,” says Lou Paskalis,Vice President, Global Media, Content Development and Mobile Marketing at American Express, in this wide-ranging interview with Beet.TV He explains that ACR will provide  brands with a full “sixty minutes” to market to an […]

The Huffington Post, which has expanded to a number of countries including Canada, Italy, the U.K., France and most recently to Germany, will launch in Japan next week, says Roy Sekoff , founding editor of the Huffington Post and president of HuffPost Live, in this interview with Beet.TV A report in the Japanese media says […]

Events like the upcoming NewFronts will play an important part in driving digital video from a $4.1 billion business to an $9 billion business over the next three years, says Jordan Bitterman, Senior VP at Digitas in an interview with Beet.TV, citing recent benchmark figures from eMarketer. On the eve of the NewFronts, kicking off […]