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   <title>The Hottest Male Web Video Host Is…</title>
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   <published>2008-05-15T01:49:41Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-15T02:00:45Z</updated>
   
   <summary>After hundreds of votes and a couple of grassroots marketing campaigns, it’s the moment so many Web video lovers have been waiting for: Daisy Whitney announces NewMediaMinute-TVWeek.com’s Hottest Male Web Video Host! To find out who the winner is, check...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
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      After hundreds of votes and a couple of grassroots marketing campaigns, it’s the moment so many Web video lovers have been waiting for: Daisy Whitney announces NewMediaMinute-TVWeek.com’s Hottest Male Web
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<entry>
   <title>CBS Not ‘Lonely’ with EQAL</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1039</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-15T01:48:28Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-15T01:49:25Z</updated>
   
   <summary>CBS and EQAL, the digital production company formed by the creative team behind the “LonelyGirl15” series, are partnering to create new online, mobile and TV content, TVWeek.com reports Under the deal, CBS will get non-exclusive first look at EQAL’s projects,...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      CBS and EQAL, the digital production company formed by the creative team behind the “LonelyGirl15” series, are partnering to create new online, mobile and TV content, TVWeek.com reports Under the
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   <title>Britney Gives CBS.com More Traffic</title>
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   <published>2008-05-15T01:46:06Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-15T01:46:45Z</updated>
   
   <summary>CBS.com topped the market share among network sites for the months of March and April, thanks in part to Britney Spears’ appearance on “How I Met Your Mother,” Silicon Alley Insider notes, citing Hitwise numbers. As for actual views, both...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      CBS.com topped the market share among network sites for the months of March and April, thanks in part to Britney Spears’ appearance on “How I Met Your Mother,” Silicon Alley
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   <title>Magnify Simplifies Video for Bloggers</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1041</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-15T01:46:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-15T01:58:39Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Video blogging is getting easier with new Magnify.net plug-ins that allow bloggers who use Movable Type and WordPress to insert customized video directly into their posts, Beet.tv says. Magnify.net’s search technology organizes video collections by specific interests on custom Web...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      Video blogging is getting easier with new Magnify.net plug-ins that allow bloggers who use Movable Type and WordPress to insert customized video directly into their posts, Beet.tv says. Magnify.net’s search
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   <title>FYI: Hanging With the Hiltons</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1037</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-15T01:38:47Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-15T01:41:17Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Web video production company For Your Imagination is launching a six-part series featuring Kathy Hilton, along with her daughters Paris and Nicky, to promote her My Secret perfume brand, NewTeeVee says. TV Guide Broadband has exclusive distribution rights for 30...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      Web video production company For Your Imagination is launching a six-part series featuring Kathy Hilton, along with her daughters Paris and Nicky, to promote her My Secret perfume brand, NewTeeVee
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<entry>
   <title>YouTube Pairs Viral Potentials With Ads</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1036</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T01:15:33Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:16:29Z</updated>
   
   <summary>YouTube unveiled a new product that claims to track videos about to go viral based on consumption acceleration, then identifies them to advertisers for ad placement, TVWeek.com reports. Lionsgate used this technology to advertise its recent theatrical release, “The Forbidden...</summary>
   <author>
      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      YouTube unveiled a new product that claims to track videos about to go viral based on consumption acceleration, then identifies them to advertisers for ad placement, TVWeek.com reports. Lionsgate used
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   <title>ThePlatform to Power PBS Online Video Content</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1035</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T01:12:32Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:15:00Z</updated>
   
   <summary>PBS will work with content management company thePlatform to publish video content online. Using thePlatform’s technology, PBS will make its national programming available through its Web properties (PBS.org, PBSKids.org, PBSParents.org, PBSTeachers.org) and to local affiliates. It will also allow local...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
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      PBS will work with content management company thePlatform to publish video content online. Using thePlatform’s technology, PBS will make its national programming available through its Web properties (PBS.org, PBSKids.org, PBSParents.org,
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   <title>NBC Universal Opens ‘Digital Health Network’</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1034</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T01:08:37Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:11:35Z</updated>
   
   <summary>NBC Universal expanded its digital ad lineup with the Digital Health Network, a group of Web sites that will offer health-related videos, TVWeek.com says. Sites will include Healthline Networks, RightHealth and YourTotalHealth.com, which is part of NBCU’s iVillage. -Elizabeth Jensen...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      NBC Universal expanded its digital ad lineup with the Digital Health Network, a group of Web sites that will offer health-related videos, TVWeek.com says. Sites will include Healthline Networks, RightHealth
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   <title>Crushed Planet Relaunches Pay Video Service</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1033</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T01:07:16Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:08:11Z</updated>
   
   <summary>The pay-video site CrushedPlanet.com is relaunching, with 15 channels of adult-oriented and alternative content, the Hollywood Reporter says. Curated by Joe and Harry Gantz, the brothers who created HBO’s “Taxicab Confessions,” the site’s videos will use comedy, animation and documentary...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      The pay-video site CrushedPlanet.com is relaunching, with 15 channels of adult-oriented and alternative content, the Hollywood Reporter says. Curated by Joe and Harry Gantz, the brothers who created HBO’s “Taxicab
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   <title>&apos;KateModern&apos; Finale Set for June</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1032</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T01:04:30Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:27:55Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Interactive Web drama &quot;KateModern&quot; is unexpectedly ending its run on June 28, NewTeeVee says, citing Britain’s Guardian. Produced by EQAL, the Bebo-distributed show has recorded more than 50 million total video views, or 200,000 to 500,000 per episode. -Elizabeth Jensen...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
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      Interactive Web drama &quot;KateModern&quot; is unexpectedly ending its run on June 28, NewTeeVee says, citing Britain’s Guardian. Produced by EQAL, the Bebo-distributed show has recorded more than 50 million total
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   <title>Korean Company Releases Open-Source Player</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1031</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-14T00:59:01Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-14T01:03:45Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Korean software company NomadConnection has introduced an open-source video player called Chameleo, NewTeeVee says. The player’s emphasis is on extensibility and widgets, and supports an array of codecs. -Elizabeth Jensen...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      Korean software company NomadConnection has introduced an open-source video player called Chameleo, NewTeeVee says. The player’s emphasis is on extensibility and widgets, and supports an array of codecs. -Elizabeth Jensen
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   <title>Online Video Reached 11.5 Bil Views in March</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1029</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-12T22:27:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-12T22:27:44Z</updated>
   
   <summary>New comScore numbers say online video views reached 11.5 billion during the month of March, TVWeek.com reports. Consumption was up 13% from February and 64% from the same month last year. YouTube alone accounted for 4.3 billion of those views,...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      New comScore numbers say online video views reached 11.5 billion during the month of March, TVWeek.com reports. Consumption was up 13% from February and 64% from the same month last
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   <title>HBO to Offer Programs on iTunes; Is NBC Next?</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1028</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-12T22:25:55Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-12T22:26:41Z</updated>
   
   <summary>HBO programs and movies soon will be available for download on iTunes, reports Portfolio, citing HBO sources. Details were undisclosed, but the deal is expected to give HBO a different price structure than other content providers have received. NBC Universal...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
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      HBO programs and movies soon will be available for download on iTunes, reports Portfolio, citing HBO sources. Details were undisclosed, but the deal is expected to give HBO a different
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   <title>Yahoo’s ‘Primetime’ Gets 4 Mil Views</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1030</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-12T22:25:00Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-12T22:35:59Z</updated>
   
   <summary>“Primetime in No Time,” Yahoo&apos;s day-after highlight reel of prime-time network programming, had 4 million daily streams last week, Beet.tv notes. The Web video series launched in March. -Elizabeth Jensen...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
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      “Primetime in No Time,” Yahoo&apos;s day-after highlight reel of prime-time network programming, had 4 million daily streams last week, Beet.tv notes. The Web video series launched in March. -Elizabeth Jensen
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   <title>U.K. Companies Eyeing Video Distribution Platform</title>
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   <id>tag:www.webvideoreport.com,2008://5.1027</id>
   
   <published>2008-05-12T22:24:39Z</published>
   <updated>2008-05-12T22:25:39Z</updated>
   
   <summary>Britain’s BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have joined in Project Kangaroo, a platform for online video distribution, Beet.tv says. The project will be a download service, not streaming, with Kontiki providing P2P distribution. The launch is expected for later...</summary>
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      <name>Sergio Ibarra</name>
      <uri>webvideoreport.com</uri>
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      Britain’s BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 have joined in Project Kangaroo, a platform for online video distribution, Beet.tv says. The project will be a download service, not streaming, with
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