San Diego - Video-sharing site Veoh is looking to raise $40 million in new financing and has hired Bear Stearns to facilitate the process, Silicon Alley Insider reported.

San Diego - Video-sharing site Veoh Networks announced on Thursday that it will add content from FEARnet, a horror and thriller website and video-on-demand joint venture between Comcast, Lionsgate and Sony Pictures. The companies will share advertising revenue generated from a FEARnet channel on Veoh slated to launch next month, which will offer feature films, celebrity interviews and coverage from top horror conventions. FEARnet is also developing a slate of new original programming for 2008 that will be featured on Veoh.

San Francisco - A group of media and technology firms has worked out a set of guidelines for protecting copyrights on the Internet, that include using antipiracy technologies to remove infringing content, and block copyrighted materials from being uploaded before they are publicly accessible, The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday.

Seattle - Pixsy, a provider of video search technology, said on Thursday that it will power the search function for video-sharing firm Veoh Networks. Seattle-based Pixsy monitors the latest images and videos from RSS feeds, which are then made searchable and distributed through branded video search engines, portals, widgets and thumbnail feeds. Pixsy will power video search on both Veoh.com and VeohTV.

Los Angeles - Major record label Universal Music Group has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against video-sharing site Veoh Networks, Bloomberg reported.

San Diego - Video-sharing site Veoh Networks announced on Thursday that it has filed a pre-emptive legal action against Universal Music Group, asking a judge to declare that its service does not violate copyrights.

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Veoh Networks, an internet television company, today announced that Steve Mitgang has been appointed as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. Mitgang comes to Veoh from Yahoo!, where he was Senior Vice President of the global team. He succeeds Veoh’s founding CEO Dmitry Shapiro, who will now assume the role of Founder and Chief Innovation Officer with active involvement in the business and a focus on advancing Veoh’s technology platforms and consumer standards. Dmitry will continue to represent the company’s thought leadership within the industry.  Veoh has also named Jennifer Betka as Senior Vice President of Marketing. Betka joins Veoh from Sirius Satellite Radio.

Los Angeles - National Lampoon this week announced the formation of a broadband video network that will distribute its programming with new partners including YouTube, Joost, Lycos, Veoh, GoFish, Handheld Entertainment and BiggyTV. The National Lampoon Video Network will supplement existing distribution partnership the company has with AOL Video and Brightcove, as well as its own NationalLampoon.com and TogaTV.com portals.

New York - CBS Corporation announced on Thursday the creation of the CBS Interactive Audience Network, and new deals to distribute clips and full-length programs through partners including AOL, Microsoft, CNET, Comcast, Joost, Bebo, Brightcove, Netvibes, Sling Media and Veoh.

New York - Publisher Wenner Media announced on Monday that it has partnered with user-generated video-sharing site Veoh Networks, to create a branded entertainment channel for Us Weekly. Launching in February on Veoh and UsMagazine.com, the channel will feature news stories and features produced by Us editorial staff, as well as footage from celebrity parties. Users will also be encouraged to submit videos for coverage on the site.

Veoh Networks, an Internet Television broadcasting provider, announced the addition of Ted Meisel to its Board of Directors as an independent director. Meisel is the former President of Yahoo! Search Marketing and CEO of Overture Services. He joins former Walt Disney Company CEO Michael Eisner; leading venture capitalists Todd Dagres and Art Bilger; and Veoh founder and CEO, Dmitry Shapiro on Veoh’s Board.
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