Electus, the multimedia studio that is part of IAC, is today announcing three new original video series to run on Hungry, the YouTube channel that aims to be the video giant's answer to TV's Food Network.

Record political spending in the run-up to the 2012 Presidential Election could lead to a situation where online video advertising demand outstrips supply, according to a new report. Mixpo, a video ad tech supplier, predicts that 30 percent of the demand for political ads in 11 states will go unmet, and that demand across the 11 states will outpace supply by a total of 80 million impressions in October.

In a research note, Citi Analyst Mark Mahaney says YouTube will generate $3.6 billion for Google in 2012. Last year, the Wall Street analyst had forecasted the video-sharing site's 2012 revenue at $1.7 billion.

The June 21 Online Video Daily story, "Google's AdSense Places Major Brands Next to Neo-Nazi YouTube Videos" said that both Google and extremist groups had earned money from ads placed next to extremist content on YouTube. A Google rep points out that this is not necessarily the case.

Several high-profile brands including Virgin Media, BT and O2 have inadvertently bought advertising placed in front of neo-Nazi content on Google's video-sharing site YouTube.

Media giant NBC Universal on Tuesday selected thePlatform's cloud-based mpx system to be the online video management and distribution hub for its USA, Syfy and Oxygen cable networks -- a move that enables the cable networks to distribute their TV content across Web connected devices, potentially opening the door to new "TV Everywhere" services.

The number of video ads served surged from nearly 9.5 billion in April to just over 10 billion in May, according to the latest online video rankings from comScore. That's a month-over-month increase of around 6 percent and a record total, which is great news for the online video industry.

Actor Julia Stiles, who stars in the new YouTube channel series "Blue," says there are tradeoffs in working on an online video series. For example, directors and producers give their teams "creative freedom," but the reality is that online video doesn't pay.

Ooyala, one of the more successful online video platform providers, on Monday announced $35 million in new capital in a Series E funding round led by Australian telecommunications giant Telstra, which now becomes an Ooyala client. The new round brings Ooyala's total funding to $79 million.

The June 18 Online Video Daily story "Assessing YouTube's Original Content Channels, Six Months In" cited the YouTube channel EverydayHealthTV as having "a handful of subscribers and less than 2,000 views." While this information is correct, EverydayHealthTV is not part of the YouTube 100 channels initiative, nor did it launch in April. The channel "Everyday Health" launched in April and is part of the YouTube channels initiative. It has more than 25,000 subscribers and nearly 6 million video views.