Mosso Takes Limelight Content Delivery Into the Cloud
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
Amazon.com Inc. (Nasdaq: AMZN) isn't the only service provider offering content delivery services from the cloud. By partnering with Limelight Networks Inc. (Nasdaq: LLNW), Rackspace Managed Hosting will offer CDN services through its cloud hosting division Mosso .

Akamai Cuts 7 Percent Of Staff
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
Despite solid growth in its third quarter, Akamai Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: AKAM) announced that it is cutting 110 employees, or approximately 7 percent of its staff, in a corporate restructuring.

Ooyala Launches New Video Ad Features
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
Video platform provider Ooyala Inc. is offering its customers a new, easier way of monetizing their videos by integrating with a number of leading ad servers and ad networks.

Taboola Funded for Video Recommendation Engine
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
Fresh on the heels of a new $4.5 million funding round, video recommendation firm Taboola.Com Ltd. is coming to market with a new search and discovery engine that it says will help content owners increase video viewing and engagement times.

News Bits: CBS Does Web Radio, HD
Eve Bergazyn   11/19/2008  
CBS Corp. (NYSE: CBS) isn't going to sit on the sidelines as Hulu becomes the portal for professional content online. It seems that they've been busy working on their own HD portal.

Cuban Files: He Said, SEC Said
R. Scott Raynovich   11/19/2008   1 comment
Mark Cuban certainly isn't bored. The NBA season has started, he's making a run for the Chicago Cubs franchise, and now he's fighting the SEC over an insider trading charge involving Mamma.com and $750,000 in cash he allegedly saved.

PermissionTV Partners Up With Move Networks
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
After working together on a few major projects, PermissionTV Inc. and Move Networks Inc. have decided to make it easier for customers to choose their conjoined technologies in the future.

1Cast Launches Beta of News Aggregation Service
Ryan Lawler   11/19/2008  
Online news clipping company 1Cast is launching its video news aggregation service into private beta today, with thousands of clips from the Associated Press, Reuters, and other major news organizations.

Boxee Raises $4M for Media Center Platform
Steve Donohue   11/18/2008  
Gaining support for its platform for watching video content from computers on a TV, New York-based digital software vendor Boxee raised $4 million in its first round of financing.

VideoEgg Cracks iPhone Ad Market
Ryan Lawler   11/18/2008  
In an effort to boost the addressable audience for its engagement-based advertising product, VideoEgg Inc. announced a new offering for mobile advertising.