Nowbox brings TV-like navigation to videos on the iPad
The Nowbox iPad app takes a unique approach to discovering new videos on the iPad. It lets viewers surf through channels of web video on the iPad in the same way they would click through channels on their TVs.
With Viacom deal, Amazon looks like a real competitor to Netflix
Amazon continues to add content to its Amazon Prime Instant Videos service. It announced a deal with Viacom that will bring the number of titles available to more that 15,000, or three times the amount of content it launched the service with.
Apple’s iTV and the carrier question
Apple is reportedly looking to partner with TV operators for the launch of its upcoming iTV product. But why would it? Because doing so would give it more content, enable it to offer a better user interface and give it wider distribution.
Flingo raises $7m to make your TV smarter
Flingo has raised $7 million in a Series A funding round led by August Capital. The San Francisco-based startup, which integrates streaming video and interactive advertising into smart TVs, has also added two new board members: August Capital’s David Marquart and Howard Hartenbaum.
Survey says: Hollywood could make more money without windows
A survey conducted by BTIG analyst Richard Greenfield shows that Hollywood studios would likely make more revenue with the collapse of movie windows. More importantly, those sales would come with better margins since they wouldn't be sharing with exhibitors.
With 100m uniques, Taboola adds live video discovery
Video discovery startup Taboola has been growing fast, adding top publishing partners like The Washington Post, as well as expanding into the live streaming video vertical. Those new partners have helped drive growth for Taboola, which now reaches more than 100 million uniques a month.
Showyou’s latest update adds more ways to discover videos
The latest version of Showyou includes new ways to navigate content by category or by the social network that they're pulled in from, as well as a way for users to search and see all content curated by hashtag on Showyou and via Twitter.
YouTube & its content discovery paradox
YouTube is making a massive investment in original programming. But as it increases the value of the content being produced and uploaded, it needs to get better about helping viewers find it. To do that, YouTube will need to step beyond search tackle the discovery challenge.
Klip adds private video sharing with Circles
Mobile video startup Klip will now let its users share their videos with just a select group of friends and family. The app maker has enabled this with the rollout of "Circles," which is what it calls the private groups that users can set up.
YouTube could introduce a subscription service of its own
While much of YouTube's monetization efforts have been based on advertising, CEO Salar Kamangar said the company could potentially create a service that could enable content providers to create their own subscription-based video offerings on the YouTube platform.
Kilar: More reason for Hulu to exist now than ever
While Hulu was formed primarily as a way for content owners to distribute and monetize content online that would otherwise be pirated, CEO Jason Kilar said Tuesday that there's more reason for the company to exist now than there was four-and-a-half years ago. 
Elance adds video chat to its virtual workrooms
Elance recently introduced video chat to its users as a new feature embedded directly into the site. That will allow employers and contractors to have face-to-face communication without having to open a different application or video chat client.
