Facebook is poised to siphon off a large chunk of spending from TV budgets in the next two years, says Nomura, a Wall Street research firm. The world's biggest social service has the potential to generate $3.8 billion in revenue from video advertising by 2017, triple its expected haul this year.

Looks like somebody on the editorial board is about to cut the cable cord.

During the beta testing of CuriosityStream – the new SVOD platform just launched an dedicated to exploring science, technology, civilization and the human spirit – it was discovered that customers have little interest in paying $3.99/month to watch programs in 720p, when for just $2 more, they can get it in 1080i.

The overall U.S. ad market dropped 4% in February from a year ago, and the only major growth story was digital advertising, which spiked 30%.

Sling TV announced it will offer select channels from A+E Networks, including History and Lifetime, by the end of the month, and has introduced two new add-on packages that run $5 per month.  SlingTV will also become available via Xbox One consoles. 

The new video, photo and text sharing platform 8 (Weare8.com) launched last week with an impressive list of high-profile partners, including celebrities Usher, Patricia Arquette, Jamie Oliver and Donna Karan, as well as the Sundance Channel and the multi-channel network OK Media.But, for creators, the big news is that 8 offers them 80% of advertising revenue generated from their content, if they choose to accept ads.

YouTube debuted a series of ads profiles the production and execution of successful ad campaigns. The aim of the “Behind the Scenes” videos, which Google produced, is to show brands and their agencies how to create more compelling video content.

Tubi TV, an advertiser-supported online streaming service and Viacom, made a deal that will bring dozens of well-known Viacom titles to the content provider that began in 2014

ABC and Yahoo are expanding their 2011 partnership to include a daily segment on “Good Morning America” built around personalities from Yahoo, broader distribution of clips from ABC shows and contributions from Yahoo's Katie Couric  

As it goes into its eleventh year, YouTube is massively big, but some say competitors are grabbing its gold. Says one ad executive, "It's much easier to share videos on Facebook."