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Metadata in Flash Video

Beet.tv has a post on the news that Adobe is going to be adding voice-to-text functionality inside of Flash video that will be added to the video as metadata. What basically happens is that any speech in the video will be converted into text which would then be accessible in...

Tags: Video, Beet.tv, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-08-14

Adobe releases the Adobe Media Player

We announced the release of the Adobe Media Player AMP today which is both a push to provide content to end users as well as create a platform for monetizing and tracking online video. AMP is built on Adobe AIR so it allows you to take video content offline and...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Media Player, Adobe Media Player, Beet.tv, Media Players, Digital Music, Digital Media, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Impressions of Silverlight on Beet.TV

Self serving: My friend Andy Plesser of Beet.TV put me on camera to talk about MIX07 and Microsofts new Silverlight platform. We were poolside at the Roosevelt Hotel in Hollywood, where the AlwaysOn OnHollywood conference is taking place. More to come from OnHollywood today, including Digg founder Kevin Rose talking...

Tags: Web Technology, Personal Technology, Microsoft, General, Adobe

Blog posts 2007-05-02

Additional Resources

Microsoft's Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?

Microsoft's Bing playing fast and loose with fair use?Full Length?It only plays revolving 5-10 sec clips for me. It's my fav. feature.It is good and fast , too.Nice search tool ; some new some Google.CLE?Let's see 'em try it with CLE Continuing Legal Education videos and other presentations that...

Tags: Corporate communications, fair use, Microsoft Bing, video, thumbnail, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-02

Renowned Video Blog Site Uses .tv URL to Chronicle the Online Video Revolution

Founded in 2006, Beet.TV is a video blog that chronicles the advances of online video as the technology continues to permeate every aspect of business and consumer life. The challenge was to achieve differentiation from traditional .com Web sites. To devise a domain name that intuitively implies a focus on...

Tags: Video Blog, Blog, VeriSign Inc., Online Video, Video, Corporate Communications, Marketing

Case studies 2009-01-30

Adobe lands MLB.com deal

updated: Adobe has reportedly landed a Flash deal with MLB.com upending Microsoft's Silverlight. Andy Plesser at Beet.tv reports: Adobe has landed a two-year agreement with Major League Baseball to stream its 2,500-plus spring training, regular season and post-season games live to MLB.com's 1.5 million subscribers.  Games...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., MLB, Microsoft Silverlight, Microsoft Corp., Games, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Download Unlimited Anime 1 (Windows)

Download our anime downloads unlimited software and download unlimited anime movies, tv shows, manga. There are no download restrictions and you can download the latest anime videos and movies online instantly. Here are some of the anime movie downloads available right now : Afro Ken, Akahori Gedou Hour Rabuge, Akazukin...

Tags: Anime, Microsoft Windows, Download Anime Episodes

Software downloads 2008-11-04

Google on search: The real work is just starting

Google's Marissa Mayer, vice president of search products and user experience, reckons that today's search is a 90 percent solution. But the remaining 10 percent of the search equation will require more than 90 percent of the work ahead if search is to be perfected. Those comments...

Tags: Google Inc., Marissa Mayer, Search, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-10

News to know: Google; Green IT; Oracle; Apple

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason Perlow: To Boldly Go Where No Search Engine Has Gone Before Beet.TV: Breaking News: Satellite to Gather Exclusive Images for Google Earth Blasts off in California...Larry...

Tags: Google Inc., Oracle Corp., Dana Blankenhorn, Green IT, Apple Inc., Video, Microsoft Corp., Google Chrome, Corporate Communications, Rootkits, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Game Players, Marketing, Security, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-08

Numbers on the NBC's Silverlight Olympic Coverage

Tom Steinert-Threlkeld has a great rundown of the numbers behind this weekend's Olympic coverage. The highest day of coverage was on August 10th and it saw about 3.42 million video streams with 66.7 million page views and an average time spent on the site of 15 minutes. Pretty good numbers...

Tags: Coverage, Home Entertainment, Microsoft Silverlight, NBC Universal Inc., Personal Technology, Ryan Stewart, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld, Tv & Home Theater, TVs

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Google's new foray into image search

In an interview with Beet.tv's Andy Plesser, Google's director of product management for consumer search properties, R.J. Pittman, discusses the search giant's development of software for facial recognition and scene analysis.

Tags: Image Search, Google Inc., News, google, RJ Pittman, facial recognition

Videos 2008-07-07

Silverlight: Getting ready for its Olympics closeup

Microsoft's Siliverlight is 104 days away from its Olympics close-up and partner NBC is tweaking its site hoping to use qualifying rounds as a testing ground. That's the big takeaway from ZDNet Asia's Victoria Ho's interview with Perkins Miller, NBC's senior vice president of digital media for...

Tags: Corporate Communications, Ho, Larry Dignan, Management, Marketing, Microsoft Silverlight, NBC Universal Inc., Olympic Games, Team Management

Blog posts 2008-04-25

News to know: People don't get the MacBook Air; Thinnest digital camera; Merger mania

Notable headlines: Cisco plugs CallManager vulnerability that rates a '10' Janice Chen: Think the MacBook Air is thin? Check out the thinnest 8-megapixel digital camera. Dan Farber: Salesforce adds $5 per login pricing option and new developer tools. Phil Wainewright:...

Tags: FCC, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Merger, Apple MacBook, Digital Camera, Microsoft Corp., Camera, Notebooks, Open Source, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets

Blog posts 2008-01-17

Silverlight to power the online video portal for the 2008 Olympics

Pretty big news out of CES tonight where Bill Gates gave the keynote. NBC and Microsoft have signed a deal that will make MSN the provider for online content during the 2008 olympics at NBCOlympics.com. The biggest news is that Silverlight is going to be powering the video. Allen Stern...

Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, Online Video, Portals, Corporate Communications, Web Technology, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-01-06

News to know: Apple patch; Fusion fun; Quantum computing; ODF; Vista galore

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Hacker finds 492,000 unprotected Oracle, SQL database servers. Apple monster update fixes 41 Mac OS X, Safari vulnerabilities Dan Farber: Michael Dell promises 'Greenprint' reference architecture Larry Ellison: First Fusion apps to arrive early in 2008 ...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, Server, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Computing, OpenDocument Format, Quantum Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), OpenDocument Format (ODF), Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-11-15

Rich, branded experiences pay dividends for advertisers

Imagine a world where advertising is targeted and fun. That's what I think about every single day when I use or build rich internet applications. Productivity applications are great but there's also a lot to be said for engaging consumers and RIAs are a great way to do that. Any...

Tags: Advertisement, Brand, Rich Internet Application, Dividend, Advertiser, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-08-17

Is Amazon getting into the Flash media streaming business?

Is Amazon getting into the Flash media streaming business?Amazon CDNHere's another Beet.tv blog about Amazon from back in January.http://www.beet.tv/2007/01/amazon_powers_d.htmlBeet.TV: Amazon Powers Diversion Media, the New Online Video Content Company Launched by MTV Veteran Nicholas ButterworthAmazon Is Not In The Streaming Business TodayAmazon is not doing any streaming media delivery at...

Tags: Blogging, Strategy, Amazon.com Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-08-03

Is Amazon getting into the Flash media streaming business?

Interesting post over on Beet.tv about Justin.tv and Amazon. According to Andy, Amazon is the company that is "distributing" the Flash video on Justin.TV. I put it in quotes because I'm not 100% sure what distribution means in this case, but the gist from Andy's post is that Amazon is...

Tags: Media, Amazon.com Inc., Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2007-08-03

Silverlight release candidate now available

Tim Sneath posted on his blog that the RC1 build for Silverlight 1.0 is available for download. Version 1.0 of Silverlight is targeted at web video and not as much at developers like the 1.1 release will be. Andy Plesser from Beet.TV has some more info and a chat with...

Tags: Silverlight, Microsoft

Blog posts 2007-07-28

News to know: Photoshop; Jobs at Google, Yahoo; Dell job cuts

Notable headlines:Photoshop plug-in hints at next Lightroom.Larry Dignan: Google vs. Yahoo: The open jobs report.Google tests new ‘Mashup Editor.' All Google developer posts. Why Google loves developers. Techmeme on Google Gears. Phil Wainewright: What Google Gears means for SaaS developers.Dell to cut 10 percent of workforce.Gallery right: Windows Software Licensing...

Tags: News to know, General

Blog posts 2007-06-01