Director Michael Bay, who Samsung intended to have hype some of its new products at CES, instead panicked when his Teleprompter froze, and walked off stage. He's apologetic now but the video is out there, along with a million stories.   

PlayOn, the media server software from MediaMall Technologies that streams online videos to your TV and mobile devices, today will unveil PlayCast by PlayOn for the Xbox One, which brings Chromecast-like casting functionality to Xbox One users. PlayOn will also be unveiling its new updated PlayOn browser user interface.

On Nov. 7, a one-minute commercial for Pantene had been released online in the Philippines by the local Pantene unit. It was never intended to reach U.S. viewers. And it was hardly an advertisement about shampoo at all.  Here's how it became a viral hit.

WCPO-TV, a Scripps station in Cincinnati, will showcase a multimedia, in-depth video about an area policeman's murder that Web visitors can see for free for now. But it is a sample of more intricately-produced news pieces the station will soon put behind a premium content paywall.

One of the biggest struggles between sales and marketing stems from understanding what sales needs to turn a prospect into a customer, and what marketing has the bandwidth to produce. It’s a battle that repeats itself regardless of company size or industry focus, says Carla Johnson, Principal, Type A Communications

When Fierce Online Video's Josh Wein began writing about online video, he saw trouble ahead for Netflix. The company was still in the process of bouncing back from the Qwikster disaster and he was feeling vindicated for believing he had seen the fiasco coming. What a turnaround!

Wall Street’s getting increasingly enthusiastic about the future of online video advertising, now that Facebook’s finally launched its new auto-play commercials, while Twitter, Google and other major players are all beefing up their video services.

It may not be irrational exuberance but, certainly, Evercore Partners' Ken Sena woke up on the right side of the bed in 2014. He's predicting giant EPS share increases for Twitter, Yahoo, AOL, Google, and Amazon.

ABC will make it tougher for cord cutters to see past episodes promptly, unless they subscribe to Hulu Plus.