Beet.tv was launched in March 2006. So let me be the first to say: HAPPY-BIRTHDAY Beet.tv!
Beet.tv has become the media source talking about the video revolution we are living.
Andy is accomplishing a unique job by interviewing key players in this industry.
I have followed what he does since Bett.tv’s launch and it’s my favourite source of information for video news.
What Andy created is remarkable for two reasons:
First he’s demonstrating how you can create a real niche B2B media from scratch and become a unique source of content for a new industry.
Moreover Beet.tv is definitely the new kind of format for Journalism on the Internet: Video and a little text summary. Real multimedia content.
Andy has his own, unique style and I love what he is producing.
So for those of you who do not know beet.tv it’s never too late and you can have an overview of Andy below:
PS: Andy If you read these lines, I will be in SF for the Video Search Summit in April and would love to meet you there (I will come bearing a bottle of fine French wine…
Hey Congrats to TurnHere (Brad and his team) who secured a first round of financing yesterday of $7.5M from Hearst Corporation and Venrock!
TurnHere is a company I have watched since their launch. Their learning curve and experience, acquired, in terms of global production, is not far from ours here at VideoAgency with Trivop. I am convinced about TurnHere’s offering.
They have developed an impressive network of filmmakers and can organize massive production efforts at low cost for the clients everywhere (B2B). Their clients are big brands like Condenet, Intercontinental, Simon & Schulster…
They also organize the distribution of these videos on big platforms.
I heard and talked with some American VCs who had met TurnHere and I think that Hearst Corp. is definitely a good investor for a company like TurnHere.
Why ?
Because it makes sense from an industrial point of view. Hearst is one of the biggest US publishers and Mr. William Randolph Hearst III is so convinced about videos (as we are) that they could really use all TurnHere’s filmmaker network to efficiently produce videos for Hearst and grow a massive inventory faster than their competitors! TurnHere will obviously benefit from it and gain a very strong position on the US market.
I watched the interview that Mr William Randolph Hearst III gave to beet.tv a year ago (he invested personally to seed the company and now his great group). If you don’t know Hearst you should have a look to their website. It’s an empire!
So we say think that TurnHere was a proof of concept to Hearst i.e. Videos on their website are very valuable and the added value from TurnHere is good. TurnHere understood the customer pain: their clients don’t know how to produce and need inventories fast. When I talk to big guys in US they are hot about videos and Internet. It will be the same soon in Europe… And more over because video will totally be part of any SEO strategy and visibility. That’s why SEO Video is becoming a part of e-marketing.
TurnHere, Trivop and Spotrunner (which acquired Globeshooter a few weeks ago and have over 1200 filmmakers now) are the only 3 companies in the world with their own filmmaker networks.
Having a crowded filmmaker network is really becoming a highly valuable asset!
Why ?
Because I totally agree with Brad that every website will have to publish a video on their website and they will look for easy solutions with affordable prices… A one-stop-shopping place.
The next big production company in the world will be a company dedicated to producing videos for the Internet and TurnHere could probably be the one with a few others
With a whopping growth of +125%, Blip.tv has just been ranked as the fastest growing video sharing site by Comscore. An incredible achievement…
For those of you who have not used Blip.tv yet, it is a video sharing site which focuses on video blogs and podcasts.
Why I love Blip.tv? A simple and intuitive interface makes video uploads a breeze. Furthermore, with the possibility to cross-post your videos on various blogs, as well as associate tags to them, Blip.tv helps you take advantage of some of the nifty video SEO tricks out there today…
