Below you will find some of the interesting news that is taking place in the Broadcast, IPTV and other entertainment industries that are...
Saturday, September 4, 2010
Ooyala Expands Operations in Australia, Staffs up International Team
Ooyala, the Mountain View, California-based online video platform is expanding into Australia and hiring senior executives in the region, the company announced earlier this week. For an update on these developments, we sat down with co-founder Bismarck Lepe. More on...
Thursday, September 2, 2010
IAC\'s Vimeo Doubles Growth with Non-Commercial Fare, No Instream Ads
Vimeo, the video sharing unit of IAC has over four million registered users and has 30 million monthly unique visitors, nearly doubling those numbers over the past six months. The site, which historically has been a video site for video...
Wednesday, September 1, 2010
Justin.tv Claims Big Breakthrough with Live Streaming from Anroid Device, iPhone Streaming "Coming in Weeks"
Justin.tv, the big consumer site for live streaming, has just launched an Android app for creating live streaming. According to Evan Solomon, VP of marketing, it is superior to current offerings from competitors Qik and Ustream. Evan tells Beet.TV that...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Vimeo Brings Personalization of the Web Experience to Television via Roku
Earlier this month, Vimeo, the IAC-owned video sharing site, announced an integration with Roku. More than just featuring videos and providing search, the implementation is highly personalized, very Web like. For a demonstration of Vimeo on Roku, we spoke with...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Driving Increased Video Consumption for Revision3, Daisy Explains
In the race to provide more tools to advertisers in online video, tech firms like Taboola and Adap.TV are rolling out new features and landing new deals. Taboola and Revision3 recently reported that Revision3 viewers were 90% more likely to...
Monday, August 30, 2010
Taboola Pioneers "Text to Video" for Bloomberg, CNN and Revision3
Taboola, the video recommendation engine which is used by publishers to provide "related" or "recommended" videos at the end of clips, has introduced a system for publishers to offer up recommended video thumbnails at around text articles. For the new...