Yahoo continues spending spree by jumping into the bidding fray over Hulu

Yahoo has officially placed a bid to acquire popular video streaming service Hulu, along with Time Warner Cable, Amazon, Guggenheim Digital Media, and former News Corp. President Peter Chernin.

SendUs launches with $17M to help brands harness user videos

SendUs launched out of stealth mode with $17 million in funding today. The company provides a video submission and management platform so brands can use video content created by fans to their own advantage.

Blue Jeans: We’re 20-25% of the videoconferencing market (and we just got much cheaper)

Blue Jeans unveiled a massive update to its standard pricing today, adding a new licensing model that offers companies unlimited "all you can meet" videoconferencing plans for as low as $10 per user, per month.

Hello, Skype … and WhatsApp: Viber has 200M users and a new, spiffy desktop video-calling client

The result is a combination of just about every kind of communication you could wish for in a single client: mobile text-message-like messaging, audio, and video. Which means that not only is Viber competing with mobile messaging platforms like the massive WhatsApp, it's also competing with existing VOIP giant Skype.

New York Times drops paywall on videos thanks to Acura & Microsoft

The New York Times will now offer unlimited free access to video content on its site and mobile apps thanks to sponsorship deals with Acura and Microsoft.

Facebook wants advertisers to pay $1M a day for its upcoming video ads

When Facebook's video ads land this summer, they could make the company lots and lots of money.

Video curation site Waywire unveils new Pinterest-like design

Waywire, the hyped video site co-founded by Newark mayor Cory Booker, has released a new version of the service today that borrows plenty of design cues from Pinterest and adds some new functionality.

YC-backed Hipset’s YouTube network makes celebrities more rich and famous

Today, Y Combinator company Hipset introduced a multichannel YouTube network that helps musicians grow and monetize their online audience.

To infinity and beyond! ‘Earth video camera’ takes one giant leap forward

UrtheCast is launching the world's first high-definition video platform of Earth, streamed live from the International Space Station. Today, "Earth's video camera" announced a $25 million financing agreement that will bring its vision closer to a reality.

Rdio launches Vdio — yet another digital video store

The creators of streaming music service Rdio have finally launched their take on digital video through a new service called Vdio.

Vantrix gets a $4.5M loan to help carriers handle mobile video traffic

Set on making video and mobile best friends, Vantrix took on a $4.5 million loan today to help your carriers and Internet service providers deal with the traffic.

Former Zynga guy gets $1M for his new live broadcast app

Brace yourselves for... AIRXP! We don't know much, but we do know it's already raised a million-dollar seed round while still in private alpha.

One thing tablets are not so good at …

Your iPad or Android tablet is really good at a lot of things, but for some things, paper just can't be replaced, as one French company hilariously illustrates in this ad:

What’s happening right now at the Golden Gate Bridge? Check Koozoo

Koozoo's crowdsourced video network lets you see post and view footage of public places, so you never have to wait in line again.