Popular video sharing site Vimeo launched a new service today called Music Store that makes it simple to find and license music for online videos.
One of the biggest problems with creating videos for the web is obtaining a licensee …
Online video publisher Brightcove has filed for an initial public offering to raise up to $50 million, according to an S-1 form filed with the SEC.
Brightcove makes it possible for large and small content providers to publish video content …
Film studio Miramax on Monday launched a new Facebook application that lets you rent acclaimed movies like Pulp Fiction, Good Will Hunting and No Country for Old Men for $3 each.
With 20 titles available so far, the Miramax eXperience …
Video e-commerce startup Joyus announced Monday that it has raised $7.9 million in a bid to make video a more powerful tool in online commerce. Along with the funding announcement, the company’s site opens today for an invite-only public beta …
More online American adults are using video-sharing sites than ever before, according to a new study from Pew Research Center.
In May 2011, 71 percent of online adults reported watching videos from a site like YouTube or Vimeo. On top …
Rumor has it Google’s YouTube is holding a competition to find video producers who can create original content for the site’s new channels.
Winners of the competition will obtain one of 20 “channels” the video site plans to feature in …
TidalTV, a video ad technology company, announced today that it has raised $30 million in funding.
The company’s product helps advertisers deliver ads to target demographics across online video, mobile video, and television. TidalTV offers what it calls “zero waste …
Google’s YouTube division confirmed today that it is buying Green Parrot Pictures, an Ireland-based video technology company.
The site, which gets over 35 hours of video uploaded every minutes, says it hopes to use the technology by the Irish firm …
Screenreach is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week in Palm Desert, Calif. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains …
SocialEyes is one of 53 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Spring 2011 event taking place this week. These companies do pay a fee to present, but our coverage of them remains objective.
Rob Glaser already has …
After a successful experiment with broadcasting cricket’s Indian Premier League last year, Google-owned YouTube wants to stream more sports events online.
The company is in negotiations with both the National Basketball Association and National Hockey Leage to start broadcasting live …
When I saw the headline last night that The Daily Show and The Colbert Report had returned to Hulu, the timing couldn’t have been more perfect. I was trying to watch The Daily Show at Comedy Central’s site and had …
Guest Post
Peter Yared is the vice president of apps at Webtrends, which acquired Transpond, a social-apps developer he founded. He submitted this column to VentureBeat.
The explosive growth of online video over the past couple of years has begun to unravel …
Hulu unveiled some new features today that could help users discover more content on the TV- and movie-watching site, as well as make it a little more social.
The biggest addition is the ability to create playlists. The way it’s …
Hulu chief executive Jason Kilar shared some numbers today to show where the online TV service stood at the end of October.
The service launched its beta test almost exactly three years ago, so while the service is relatively early, …
Online video publisher Brightcove is preparing for an IPO next year after it named Phase Forward’s Chris Menard as the company’s chief financial officer today, according to a report by Reuters.
Brightcove gives content providers and marketing firms a way …
Nintendo announced today that Wii owners can now watch Netflix streaming video without the need for a Watch Instantly disc.
Instead, Wii owners can download the free Netflix application from the Wii Shop Channel, and install the service directly on …
Lovefilm, the “NetFlix of Europe”, has just announced that its streaming video subscription service will now be available on Sony’s PlayStation 3 video-game consoles in the UK. Lovefilm currently has 1.4 million subscribers in Europe. More than 3 million households …
Dyyno is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.…
Bitbop is one of 70 companies chosen by VentureBeat to launch at the DEMO Fall 2010 event taking place this week in Silicon Valley. After our selection, the companies pay a fee to present. Our coverage of them remains objective.…
