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Go Where the Viewers Are, Break’s Richman Says

Online video producers who want to develop an audience online should reach out to the thousands of Web sites and blogs that attract 10,000 or more visitors per day. That’s the advice from Keith Richman, CEO of online property Break…

Live Web Video Faces CDN Issues

Live Internet video streaming will never reach TV proportions because there aren’t any content delivery networks that can perform the way broadcast and cable TV can perform, Mark Cuban says on his blog. He notes that smaller Web video sites…

Effort to Delay DTV Switch Moves Ahead Despite House Vote

Hours after the House failure to delay the digital TV transition, the outlines of a plan for a new House vote next week started emerging. The first step: A new vote in the U.S. Senate on a slightly revised DTV…

Revision3 Saw Record Numbers in 2008

Revision3 garnered 46 million views in 2008, more than doubling its 2007 tally of 19 million views. The 140% increase from last year comes with growing engagement numbers for Revision3. The digital network recorded 129 million segments viewed and nearly…

Target Web Videos to Popular Topics, ‘Obama Girl’ Creator Advises

One of the keys to online video success is to create videos that fit with what people are already talking about. That’s the advice of Ben Relles, creator of the popular BarelyPolitical Web series, delivered during a panel at NATPE…

Twentieth TV Develops Show With Yahoo

Twentieth Television is teaming up with Yahoo to develop a popular-topics series called “Yahoo Buzz,” Broadcasting & Cable reports. The show will use some of the most-searched terms from the search engine and expand on select topics, the trade says….

NATPE Live Video: Whitney Discusses Digital Studios

The National Association of Television Program Executives is providing live streaming of panels from the convention in Las Vegas this week. Today’s panel being streamed via Stickam, “Digital Studios: Where’s the $$$?,” is moderated by TelevisionWeek contributing writer and new-media…

House Stalls Vote on DTV Switch Date

The House of Representatives today rejected an attempt to immediately pass legislation delaying the digital TV transition, likely putting off a final House vote on the DTV delay until next week. While the stall robs the Obama administration of some…

Video: What Does CBS Have in Mind for the Web?

Does anyone know where the broadcast networks stand when it comes to making original series for the Web? You’ll get a different story depending on whether you talk to CBS, ABC or NBC. CBS pulled the plug on original Web…

Generate, Fox Ink TV Development/Production Deal

Online television studio Generate struck a multiyear television development and production deal with Twentieth Century Fox Television, one of a growing number of partnerships between a new-media shop and a traditional television studio or network. The companies announced the deal…