At NATPE earlier today, I spoke to Keith Richman, the CEO of LA-based online video site Break.com. The company just announced forming an online ad network called Break Media, and…

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Boston-based Visible Measures, a startup specializing in measuring internet video, has raised a $13.5 million second round led by Mohr David Ventures, with participation from previous backer General Catalyst Partners.…

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-- MTVN’s LogoOnline unveils vlogs: MTVN’s (NYSE: VIA) LogoOnline has created 15 video blogs that the MTVN unit plans to run on its federated sites and distribution network, which includes…

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We first reported in December that video infrastructure provider Ooyala, a startup founded by ex-Googlers, had raised a big first round of funding led by Sierra Ventures. That round is…

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Following through on last summer’s promises, YouTube is broadening its mobile service to include most of its video library, as well as upload capabilities to a majority of mobile devices…

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The how-to video sector is starting to feel crowded: Great Falls, VA-based Monkeysee has raised $1 million from unidentified angel investors, reports TechConfidential. The site is competing with the major…

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The audience for YouTube and other video sharing websites has risen sharply in the past year, with almost half of online adults logging onto such sites, reports a study from…

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NYC-based Mogulus, a video streaming platform, has raised a $1.5 million from unidentified angels, according to Beet.tv and NewTeeVee. The funding adds to the $1.2 million it raised earlier this…

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Big Think, a site billing itself as a “YouTube for ideas” has raised unspecified funding from a group of individual backers led by VC David Frankel, along with Peter Thiel,…

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FunnyOrDie, the Will Ferrell-backed online comedy video site, has appointed a new CEO: Nascar VP Dick Glover, who marketed stock-car racing to Hollywood, is leaving to take the top job…

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It’s the age of online content restrictions: Australia, Japan and the evergreen efforts of China. In an effort to further regulate internet content, China’s State Administration of Radio, Film and…

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The increased zeal among copyright holders to clamp down on any hint of piracy by online video sites puts the notion of user-generated content at risk, according to a study…

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Will Ferrell’s video comedy site Funny or Die has raised a $15 million round from Sequoia and other unidentified institutions, reports Portfolio, in a broad look at the company’s business.…

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SF-based video platform Kyte says it raised $15 million in a second round, officially putting a number on previously reported investments from Telefonica, (NYSE: TEF) Nokia, (NYSE: NOK) DoCoMo, (NYSE:…

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IAC-Brightcove: What? You thought they already had a deal given that IAC (NSDQ: IACI) has been a minority shareholder since 2006 and Barry Diller is on the Brightcove board? The…

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All four independent board members of video aggregator Roo Group have resigned effective immediately. The OTC-BB traded firm said in an SEC filing that Douglas Chertok, Simon Bax (former CFO,…

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Ooyala, a Mountain View, CA-based provider of video distribution infrastructure, has received a big first found of funding from Sierra Ventures, paidContent.org has learned. The company, formed by ex-Googlers Bismarck…

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-- Joost: Two new agreements with two very different programmers: the NBA and PBS. With the NBA, Joost will run “Instant Classic” basketball games and video highlights for the remainder…

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Ustream.TV, a site for broadcasting live video, has raised unspecified funding from Western Technology Ventures, the Band of Angels and other unidentified investors. The company had already raised unspecified angel…

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Adobe’s (NSDQ: ADBE) fiscal year ends Nov. 30, so its Q4 earnings are reported off-peak: The design software company, which is increasingly banking on web video and applications, announced revenue…

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Advances in the filtering, monitoring and targeting of online video are beginning to make user-generated content a less fearful proposition for advertisers, or so says Lehman Brothers analyst Doug Anmuth…

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Ourmedia.org, one of the first video sharing sites (and a non-profit one at that), has merged with Outhink Media, a company that provides services to indie digital media producers. Ourmedia…

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Personal broadcasting startup Kyte.tv has raised $5.6 million from Spanish operator Telefonica, (NYSE: TEF) reports Om at NewTeeVee. The company raised an initial venture round of $2.23 million last year…

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Busy times for Disney’s (NYSE: DIS) VC arm… Miami-based Scrapblog, the maker of an online scrapbook service, says that Steamboat Ventures has joined in its first round of funding. The…

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San Mateo-based Mixercast, which lets users remix professionally created content, has taken $4.25 million of a $5.57 million round, according to PE Hub. Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital was joined by…

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