Last month Google quietly invited a number of Adsense publishers to try out their AdSense Video Distribution and Sponsorship Pilot. This is a new innovative video advertising platform that Google is playing around with.

How it works

Publishers insert a medium-sized 300 x 250 video player somewhere on their site (an example is pictured above – see more here). This video player contains video content from a specific channel. Example channels include the NBA channel which features basketball content, or the Epicurious Cooking Techniques channel which features cooking videos.

It’s not so long away before the internet and the TV become almost the same thing. We’ll surf the web on our TV, while also subscribing to internet TV shows, buying video downloads, and watching TV broadcast over a broadband connection.

However, there is still a long way to go with TV technology, and internet technology, still somewhat incompatible with each other. There are two major issues:

BiggyTV, an internet TV start-up company, released a press release yesterday stating how it will meld new and old media for online video together in a unique business model where everyone gets paid.

I’ve got two Joost invites left and Joost has emailed me today saying I need to get rid of them in 2 days or I’ll lose them as the company will now be moving to a new invite system.

I’ve already given out twenty two to WebTVWire readers in the past so if you haven’t had one yet here is your chance. Just leave a comment on this post. Preference will be given to anyone else who runs a blog\news site (especially if it’s web TV related).

Update: The two invites have been given out to the first 2 people who commented – please check more recent posts to see if I’m giving out any more

Not so long ago I discussed the strange US laws with regards to linking to pirated videos . Although a grey area, the law lies in favor of content owners stating that simply linking to pirated content is in itself offence. I don’t agree with this law, but some people do. One of these people is Mike (I have know idea who the hell he is), who left a comment on my post, concluded that ALL PEOPLE WHO WATCH PIRATED VIDEOS ARE LAZY.

Accenture — a consulting, outsourcing and technology company — has been following the IPTV industry very closely. The company has just recently released its latest 13 page research report; IPTV Monitor Issue 3.

This research paper adds to a growing number of great research reports that Accenture has published on the emerging IPTV and internet TV industry. These include:

BrioBox is running a competition where you can win $50,000 by submitting your original YouTube videos to the site. The competition launched at the beginning of this month and will run to the end of the year and the winner, as well as recieving $50,000, should also have their video shown on national TV. I say should because BrioBox does not seem to have signed any TV broadcasting deals yet.