The site has 60 million unique visitors, many of them in France. It mixes both user-generated videos with professional content such as independent films. Cedric Tornay, chief executive of DailyMotion, told paidContent that the company will use the money to strengthen its balance sheet and fund growth. The company is expected revenue to grow 50 percent this year and the next and it is currently profitable.

The company previously raised $43.5 million since its founding in 2006. Backers included Atlas Venture, Advent Venture Partners, AGF Private Equity and Partech International.

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YouTube viral video expert Kevin Nalts has posted a very informative blog entry discussing the current demographics of YouTube.  He pulls from ComScore, TubeMogul and YouTube it'self to give you a nice "back pocket" reference for who's watching.

Check it out here >>

Joost is leaving the world of online video—at least as far as regular video consumers are concerned. Instead, the company will focus on selling branded services to media companies and plans to restructure the company.

By Jacqui Cheng | Last updated July 1, 2009 1:18 PM CT

Joost, the P2P online video service once hailed as the new way to watch TV, has announced that it's ditching its consumer video offerings. Instead, the company plans to offer services to other media companies—such as cable and satellite providers—as a "white label video platform." The company will be doing quite a bit of restructuring in order to accommodate its new role by shedding employees and replacing its CEO.

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by Marc Hustvedt on May 28th, 2009

So what are the secrets to a successful web series? A new research report out from London-based Futurescape sets out to answer just that. As everyone from advertising execs, studios, digital agencies and of course content creators try to figure out what why some web series have become break out hits, while others languish in obscurity.

The researchers framed their findings with a four “step” model based on their analysis of top web series.

1. Match advertisers with the show and its community
2. Engage with an enthusiastic community
3. Inspire engagement via charismatic figures
4. Co-create the show with the community

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NEW YORK (AP) -- Twitter, the Web site that asks what everybody's doing, says it wants to be doing a TV series.

The social-networking service said Monday it has teamed with Reveille productions and Brillstein Entertainment Partners to develop an unscripted series based on the site, which invites 140-character postings from members around the world.

The show would harness Twitter to put players on the trail of celebrities in an interactive, competitive format.

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The latest report from ratings firm Nielsen reveals that the number of web and mobile video viewers is up, and the time spent watching video on the internet is increasing. But the overwhelming majority of video is still viewed on a television. And Americans are watching more TV than ever.

About 131 million people are watching an average of three hours of video per month via the Internet, according to Nielsen's data. That's up from 116 million watching a monthly average of two hours this same time last year. Additionally, about 13 million mobile phone subscribers—up 52 percent from nearly 9 million last year—report watching an average of 3.5 hours of video a month on a mobile phone (time measurements are not available from Q1 last year).