Amsterdam-based Spotzer, which creates multimedia video ad campaigns for small and medium-sized businesses, announced it has acquired a 10 million euro (US$14.8 million) investment from the U.S. venture capital firm Sierra Partners and European Directories, a print and online directory publisher…
The Wall Street Journal this week gave a nod to some of the developments in online video for SMBs. The Journal cites TKG data about online video as a direct response medium that more SMB advertisers are starting to recognize…
Video production and uploads have become standard upsells for Internet Yellow Pages, local portals and sales organizations in the age of YouTube. But once a business has a video, what does it really do with it? How does it drive…
Last week Bebo, the global social network, announced its new OpenMedia platform partnerships. The network has partnered with major media brands to deliver premium content to its 40 million users. Partnerships include CBS, MTV Networks, ESPN, the BBC, Channel Four,…
Interactive Local Media: 07 is ready to roll Nov. 28-30 in L.A. That’s next Wednesday through Friday! The show, which is being produced in partnership with SES Local, has attendees from all over the world. One exec told me he…
Fresh off a day at NewTeeVee's excellent online video show -- the first of its kind that size -- I had the chance to talk to the very interesting EZShow. The company has been around for a little while but…
Here at GigaOm's NewTeeVee Live event, it's a who's who of players in the small but growing online video space. AT&T's $6 billion investment in its U-Verse IPTV rollout will get 8 million subscribers by the end of the year…
Here at GigaOm's NewTeeVee Live event, it's a who's who of players in the small but growing online video space. AT&T's $6 billion investment in its U-Verse IPTV rollout will get 8 million subscribers by the end of the year…
Yesterday in The New York Times, Borders Books announced that it has partnered with Ripple to put digital monitors in hundreds of its stores across the country. By the end of February, the company expects two monitors for its Borders TV…
The numbers are looking very, very good for the Interactive Local Media:07 conference in L.A. Nov. 28-30. Internally, we think this one is a record breaker. Register and book the hotel while you can. The latter tends to sell out.…
A heartfelt thanks to all the people who wrote in out of concern for my family and me vis-a-vis the San Diego fires. We’re fine, and very proud of the wonderful and loving way our entire community has responded to…
Idearc’s Superpages.com is rolling out video around the U.S. after a limited test of sales channels and production in Seattle, San Francisco and L.A. The tests, which Kelsey's Charles Laughlin reported on in July, involved fewer than 100 customers. Unlike…
Google keeps finding new places for YouTube videos to live. After integrating video with AdSense earlier this week, it announced today that it will embed YouTube videos throughout Google Earth, where relevant. This means any video that is geotagged will…
Classified aggregator and newly vaunted IYP destination LiveDeal announced today that it will integrate video content to its listings. Specifically, this will allow individual sellers and businesses to upload videos to enhance their classifieds or directory listings. This follows the…
Google announced today that it will allow the publishers in its AdSense network to have YouTube videos planted on their sites, while sharing revenues for related advertisements (this has been a closed pilot program since May and is now available…
Summary At Microsoft's recent Searchification event in Silicon Valley, the company demo'd a new set of features for Live Search and MSN. Today I had the chance to follow up with MSN's Rob Bennett, GM of entertainment video and sports,…
Name the three countries that ZenithOptimedia predicts will be the fastest-growing ad markets by percentage growth from 2006 to 2009. Not even your ad agency friends are likely to get that question right. I have always taken umbrage with any company that…
Big names, interesting people, compelling research. Forgive the commercial message here, but we’re set to deliver the goods at The Kelsey Group’s Interactive Local Media 2007 (ILM:07), Nov. 28-30 in L.A. I think there’s something for everyone. And this year,…
Belo’s decision to split up its TV and newspaper/Web properties makes sense -- if you are on Wall Street. TV stations and newspapers have different growth dynamics right now, and there are tax implications too. Is Belo writing off the…
Two articles. Two perspectives. Two headlines. Yesterday, Chris Smith wrote in Search Engine Land the following headline, "Google Trends: Yellow Pages Will Be Toast in Four Years." He went on to back up his thesis using statistics. "My gut feeling…
