Yahoo Won’t Be Acquiring Dailymotion [Report]

Back in March, the Wall Street Journal reported that Yahoo was about to buy a controlling stake in French video site Dailymotion. The company was in said to be in for as much as 75% of the company. The Journal…

Yahoo May Buy Controlling Stake In Dailymotion [Report]

According to the Wall Street Journal, Yahoo is in talks to buy a controlling stake in the popular video site Dailymotion, based on information from “people familiar with the talks.” The report says Yahoo’s in for as much as 75%…

DailyMotion Looks To Give YouTube A Run For Its Money In The Distribution Department

Yahoo and DailyMotion have reportedly struck a content syndication deal. Dailymotion VP of International Content, Daniel Adams said as much at Beet.TV’s Global Video Summit. Beet.TV shares video of Adams talking about the deals it has with publishers, and how…

Facebook Open Graph: These Apps Prove Its Worth

Open Graph is obviously important to Facebook and its partners. It allows brands to personally connect with its users on a level previously unheard of. While some people don’t like some of the features that came along with Open Graph…

Dailymotion Introduces On-Demand Content Hubs

Online video site Dailymotion has launched on-demand, curated content hubs focused on timely events.

In real time, Dailymotion says its curation team can flag and respond to major news events or trends, such as a Twitter search trend, curate related content and launch a hub around the topic.

Adap.tv Adds Dailymotion As A Partner

Online video advertising marketplace Adap.tv has added new publishers including Dailymotion, Redlasso, Blastro, Clipsyndicate, Mindjolt, Nabbr and Videojug.

Adap.tv’s onesource (ato) platform allows publishers to better optimize their online video inventory with video ad-trafficking, yield optimization and simple syndication management tools. Since its launch six months ago, the adapt.tv marketplace has had a 90 percent repeat buy rate, an increase in average campaign budgets by 15 times and more than 100 daily campaigns bidding on 900 market placements.

Dailymotion Introduces New Video Player

Dailymotion said today it has launched a new Web video player as part of a series of website improvements aimed at offering a better video experience for users, content partners and advertisers.

The chromeless player was rewritten to be less resource intensive for faster loading and playback. The cleaner interface features improved headers, larger buttons and more streamlined controls for video sharing. Improved search pages and related video recommendations make it easier for users to find videos they are looking for.

Dailymotion In Music Video Deal With Warner

Warner Music Group has entered into a licensing agreement with online video sharing site Dailymotion.

Warner will offer music videos via Dailymotion’s website in the U.S., Europe and North Africa.

Dailymotion Partners With EMI On Music Videos

Dailymotion has reached a deal with EMI Music to offer the record label’s library of music videos on its website, mobile site, iPhone app and the Dailymotion channel on Internet connected TVs.

Beginning in April, Dailymotion users will be able to view EMI music videos from artists including Coldplay, Katy Perry, Robbie Williams, David Guetta and others. The agreement makes use of Dailymotion’s ad platform, which will show ads with EMI videos on all three screens.