www.beet.tv SAN JOSE, CA -- After earning praise in Forrester's recent report on online video platforms, the New York-based video services firm Twistage is gearing up to double its staff, increase its marketing, and turn a profit by the end of 2010. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer
www.beet.tv MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA -- Ooyala, the online video services company started by ex-Googlers, is developing realtime analytics for video producers to closely monitor the success of their content. We spoke with company CTO Sean Knapp for this overview on the value and utility of analytics. Sean came from Google where he was a key developer of igoogle. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
www.beet.tv SAN JOSE -- NBC Sports is demonstrating the highly interactive functionality of its online experience with Sunday Football. Much of this functionality will be part of nbc's Winter Olympics online presentation. At Streaming Media West, we caught Bob Cowherd and Michael Moser of Vertigo. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
www.beet.tv Fashion icon Norma Kamali, the New York-based designer, is making a big retail push online with a custom page on ebay. ebay is holding a competition for consumers to upload photos of themselves with a Kamali tunic in order to win a $500 prize. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
www.beet.tv Flash for the iphone would be helpful to developers and programmers, but it's not essential in getting the rich interactivity of Flash on the iphone, says Jeremy Allaire, one of the principal developers of Flash. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
Tags: Adobe Brightcove Flash
www.beet.tv SAN FRANCISCO -- At the newteevee conference this month, we caught up with Sam Blackman, CEO of Elemental Technologies. The company has launched a new server appliance for transcoding live HD video at very fast rates, "faster than real time," the company says. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
Tags: Elemental Technologies HD video Nvidia
www.beet.tv Comcast-owned video destination Fancast.com lured 11.3 million unique visitors in October, nearly double its 6.5 million count in September, according to comscore. I spoke with Comcast senior VP Karen Gilford about Fancast at the newteevee Live event in San Francisco earlier this month. Daisy Whitney, Senior Producer
www.beet.tv Earlier this month, ebay launched Inside Source, a style/fashion/shopping guide published by the auction giant. Last week we caught up with the publication's editor Meredith Barnett at the ebay store, a temporary promotional facility on 57th Street. She tells us about the new site, its use of video and its integration with ebay. Andy Plesser, Executive Producer
