1 Billion Served: Next New Cranks Up the PR by Steve Smith

We haven't checked with Revision 3, Blip.tv, or Mevio about whether they have served over 1 billion videos over the short life of streaming media on the Web, but Next New Networks appears to the one who came up with the bright idea of celebrating the milestone. We have to give them some PR props. The home of Web series IndyMogul, Channel Frederator and ThreadBanger is throwing a billion-videos played party. The dedicated site NextNewBillion.com has a countdown meter that invites the user to vote on the day the site will crack the big mark. A downloadable poster is a ...Read the whole story

• Viacom's Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against YouTube Dismissed by Wendy Davis

  Handing Google a sweeping victory, a federal judge on Wednesday dismissed Viacom's three-year-old copyright infringement lawsuit against YouTube. ...Read the whole story

• ContextWeb Founder Joins AdGenesis by Gavin O'Malley

  Video ad platform provider AdGenesis Digital On Wednesday named Jeremy Sterns as its new Chief Technical Officer. Sterns comes from Send Word Now New York, a provider of on-demand alerting and response services for both emergency and routine communication where he had been CTO since March 2007. ...Read the whole story

• Brand.net Doubles Revenue, Nets $14 Million In Funding by Gavin O'Malley

  Brand-focused online ad network Brand.net has raised another $14 million in Series C financing. Led by Focus Ventures, with participation by existing investors InterWest Partners and Norwest Venture Partners, the funding comes as the company reports revenue more than doubling year-over-year. ...Read the whole story

• Tremor Media Names Googler To VP Post by Gavin O'Malley

  Video ad network Tremor Media on Tuesday named Matthew Corbin to the newly created position of vice president of global platform solutions. In this role, Corbin will be expected to lead executive strategy for the monetization of Tremor Media's video platform and network, focusing on the global scale of processes, systems, partner relationships, as well as product requirements and integrations. ...Read the whole story

In the last decade online video has grown from an esoteric hobbyist activity into a multi-million dollar business built around a thriving ecosystem of content creators, publishing and monetization platforms, and various enabling technologies, services and devices. ...More

• Time For Audience To Wear Crown Jewels by Scott Nathanson

  What type of content will surround our ad? How many people will see our ad? As the 2011 upfronts grow nearer, and we see what is proving to be just the beginning of the massive shift of marketing dollars from TV to online video, these are questions that face all of us in the digital world every day. ...More