Industry

• MTV Networks’ Online Studio in Development
• Alphabird Acquires PlaceVine, Launches High CPM Matchmaking

  SF-based online video syndication network Alphabird has acquired branded entertainment platform PlaceVine

  
• 66% of Media Buyers Say Online Video as Effective as TV

  In video advertising network BrightRoll's annual Online Video Advertising Report, media buyers and agency executives say they'll shift more dollars to digital.

  
• theStream.tv Preps for a Big Comeback

  theStream.tv 4.0 HD Studio boasts 4,000 square feet of space with a control room, offices, and make-up room.

  
• Netflix Spending $1 Billion To Pwn HBO
• China’s Piracy Haven Now Trying To Go Legit
• Crowd Funding for an Audience, Not Cash
• ‘Lenox Ave,’ ‘Asylum,’ Indie Web Series Score BET Deals
• Yahoo! Going After TV Dollars With More Original Series
• Desperados Throws a YouTube Party If You’re of Drinking Age
• Google to Shut Down Google Video
• Google Celebrates Charlie Chaplin’s B-Day Without Views