At a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce's subcommittee on Communications and Technology on Tuesday, Republican lawmakers urged Federal Communications Commission Chairman Julius Genachowski to close the commission's docket to reclassify the Internet as a "telecommunications service," under Title II of the Communications Act.

Less than a week after turning down the top post at Yahoo, Hulu CEO Jason Kilar is said to be firmly in the sights of Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg, according to a report.

As it seeks to expand overseas, Vevo, the online music video company owned by Universal Music Group, Sony Music and Abu Dhabi Media, is reportedly looking for new equity investors.

Two trends in online video advertising, interactivity and real-time buying, converged on Thursday, as video tech provider Innovid and buying platform TubeMogul struck a partnership giving marketers the ability to manage and execute interactive online video advertising features, real-time bidding and ad placement from within a single dashboard.

Could Jerry Seinfeld's forthcoming series "Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee" be a potential gamechanger for online video series'? Here we have one of the biggest stars in TV history moving away from TV for his latest project, and his reputation is such that he's been able to generate ample press without spending a dime on advertising or promotion, aside from releasing a short trailer yesterday.

During a hearing last week, the House Subcommittee on Communications and Technology discussed the future of online video and whether the Communications Act, which regulates cable, satellite and broadcast companies, should be changed or expanded.

Earlier this week, video ad platform LiveRail bowed a new tool that gives publishers more control over the kinds of advertisers and creative that is delivered using any real-time bidding environment, giving them the ability to block unwanted ads before they are served.

Within the last few days, an online petition has emerged urging Google to allow third-party services to record content from YouTube. It already has more than 225,000 signatures.

Facebook is pitching cable TV execs on the idea of paying the social networking giant for the added exposure it's popular "like" button generates for their video content on its platform.

My Damn Channel, an entertainment studio and distributor of video content, has teamed up with comedian Mark Malkoff to create a new video series called "The Bill Murray Show Starring Mark Malkoff." The weekly talk show will be dedicated to Malkoff attempting to get renowned actor Bill Murray to have dinner with him at his Queens apartment.