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To compete with cable and satellite TV companies. AT&T Inc., Verizon Communications Inc. and a slew of competitive local exchange carriers, or CLECs, are pouring millions of dollars into Internet protocol television, or IPTV. Instead of using traditional broadcast, cable or satellite transmissions, IPTV delivers video using the same techniques developed for computer networks. By the end of 2010,...

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Media Excel Inc., which makes hardware and compression software for delivering broadband television, has raised angel funding from San Antonio business executive Red McCombs. The company isn't disclosing the amount of the round, but in a statement McCombs says, "We believe that digital video will be a key contributor to the growth of the broadcasting, Web and telecommunications industries."...

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SCi Entertainment Group plc, the video game publisher best known for the Lara Croft Tomb Raider series, reports Tuesday that it has received an approach concerning a potential offer for the company. SCi said the discussions were “extremely preliminary” and no proposal has been received nor is there any certainty of an offer. The Times of London suggests bidders...

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Ten months after dropping $1.65 billion on YouTube, Internet giant Google Inc. has decided that going with semitransparent "overlay" ads at the bottom of some video clips is the best way to go about monetizing the millions of visitors to the wildly popular video sharing site. The ad model (first used by rival Videoegg Inc.) allows YouTube to avoid...

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Online video continues to pick up momentum, according to a new report from comScore Inc. Last month, 132 million Americans — nearly three out of four U.S. Internet users — viewed video online, watching an average of 158 minutes, according to the Reston, Va., research firm. Google Inc. sites topped the monthly rankings with both the most unique video streamers and most videos streamed....

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Fox Interactive Media Inc.'s acquisition of social-networking leader MySpace.com and Google Inc.’s pick-up of online video site YouTube.com last year have garnered much praise from the dealmaking community. If their financial futures aren't already secure, they could be in the next few years. According to a study from ABI Research, consumption of ad-supported and pay broadband video will grow...

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BreakingViews suggested that Microsoft Corp. spin off its entertainment division responsible for the Xbox 360. The idea is that the money-losing video game venture would stop dragging on the bottom line. The BreakingViews suggestion is the classic near-sightedness that the stock market forces on companies. Instead of taking the long-term view that the Xbox could help Microsoft eventually grow...

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For the myriad investors bringing video to the Internet in the hopes that it also makes it way into the family room, iSuppli Corp. has some good news. The research firm says that Internet video will make its way to the TV, and best of all, it will make money. About $5.8 billion in 2011. Of course, that's small potatoes...

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If MySpace.com founder Brad Greenspan gets his way with Dow Jones Inc. — and admittedly, it's a long shot given he's up against the likes of Rupert Murdoch, whose Fox Interactive Media paid $580 million for MySpace in 2005 — he may ultimately go head to head against YouTube Inc. On Wednesday, a Greenspan-led group offered to pay $1.25 billion...

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Apple Inc. gave consumers another reason to consider its upcoming iPhone the coolest convergence device yet: YouTube video clips. Over 10,000 videos will be available when the highly anticipated gadget debuts on June 29, and YouTube will add more each week until its full catalog of videos is available in the iPhone's H.264 format this fall. If consumers flock to...

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