The New Tee Vee conference is underway today in San Francisco. Om Malik, one of the conference’s founders, says they started the event “in order to closely track and monitor the growth of online video.” This year’s gathering features panels and presentations from people involved in “old tee vee” (the creator of the CSI: series, […]

New Media Links For 11/12/2008: The U.S. military is taking on YouTube. It’s launched TroopTube – a site for troops, their families and supporters – a year and a half after restricting access to YouTube and other video sites. It’s like YouTube, but without the audience. blinkx is claiming to have 32 million hours of […]

Tay Zonday speaks with YouTube’s head of marketing, the head of brand management at Virgin America and Internet celeb LisaNova about YouTube’s upcoming streaming event, YouTube Live. Tay also explains his new money-making opportunity. via Mahalodaily.com

The maker of the Flip Video today introduced its latest pocket video camera: the Flip MinoHD, described as the world’s smallest high definition camcorder. Pure Digital Technologies’ Flip MinoHD, priced at $229.99 (MSRP), records up to 60 minutes of HD video. . With its introduction, MinoHD also becomes the first and only “designable” HD camcorder. […]

Popular children’s program “Sesame Street” is celebrating its 39th year on the air with a move into Internet media, a Reuters article reports. The public television show, which debuted in 1969, is broadcast in 140 countries, and now will also be available on Hulu, YouTube, and via the iTunes Music Store, according to Sesame Workshop […]

Here are some interesting new media stories for 11/11: Idols producers creating a show just for YouTube. FremantleMedia, producer of the “Idols” reality-TV show format and soap opera “Neighbours,” has agreed a deal to produce programs to be shown exclusively on YouTube and to split revenues with the video-sharing site. Gizmodo has a Apple TV/Boxee […]

Video podcasting/Internet television startup Revision3 today announced its results for 2008, highlighting revenue tripling from last year, viewership growing to 140 million minutes of engagement monthly and more than 60 advertising partners. “Despite today’s tumultuous economic climate, Revision3 is making huge strides, dramatically increasing both viewership and revenue,” said Jim Louderback, CEO, Revision3. “Like everyone else, […]

Back in 2006, we said that YouTube As You Know It Is Dead, arguing that Google’s desire to make YouTube “legitimate” would kill off the site’s user-generated focus: Google’s announcement places emphasis on the legal distribution of professionally produced content. “The combined companies will offer new opportunities for professional content owners to distribute their work to […]

Everybody is analyzing Barack Obama’s historic win over John McCain and a lot of smart people have come to the conclusion that Obama’s use of new media was key to his win.  Here are five of the most interesting looks at the new media angle of Obama’s campaign: The New York Times looks at How Obama Tapped Into […]

Sarah Palin may not have reigned in the budget in Wasilla. Sarah Palin may not have graduated from the first, second, third or fourth college she attended. Sarah Palin may not said no to “Bridge to Nowhere” pork. No matter what you think of Palins accomplishments, though, it’s hard to argue with BusinessWeek’s claim that […]