One of the biggest stories of 2011 is what the future of television will look like as service providers, consumer electronics manufacturers and content aggregators all jockey for the prime position in your living room. One company seeking to help consumers "cut the cord" is Seattle-based ivi , an online cable company, and has been embroiled in a lawsuit with broadcasters seeking to stop it from rebroadcasting their content online. Earlier this year in February, a New York federal judge ruled that ivi was infringing on broadcasters copyrights by not paying retransmission fees and ordered ivi to shut down.

Mark Suster is a technology entrepreneur turned venture capitalist. He's started and sold two companies, worked at Accenture, founded Launchpad LA and is a part at GRP Partners, the SoCal venture capital firm. So he has his finger on the pulse and recently spoke at the Future of Television (which I missed) about his ten signs that Internet TV is ready to disrupt things in 2012

Yesterday we looked at the recent report from Brightcove and TubeMogul entitled

Brightcove & TubeMogul recently released their quarterly research report for Q1 and Q2 of 2011, entitled Online Videeo & The Media Industry - Special Features: Full Length Episodes, Mobile Engagement.

I had a couple meetings with Ooyala lately to talk about all the cool new stuff they have got going on like Ooyala Social, Ooyala Everywhere and of course the Motorola Mobility investment and what it might mean for us as much as for them. This is some really interesting stuff which is why it took two meetings! Ooyo Goes Moto –

Netflix has had quite the year, haven’t they?

So we’ve talked about FilmOn and Ivi in the past. They both have been in bitter legal battles with the TV and cable broadcasters.

Producing webcasts or online video series for marketing purposes can be a dream come true for creative types who love working with like-minded people. If you want to use professional talent or popular music within these webcasts, however, it can quickly turn into a nightmare if you don’t take into consideration the “show business” unions and other entities that manage performer and author royalties.

I’m usually full of strong opinions about online video and social media marketing, but after watching the newest Air New Zealand video “Mile-High Madness with Richard Simmons! #RICHROLL,” I’m not sure if it’s the best thing I’ve ever seen or if I should go punch myself in the eyeballs. From either a creative perspective, or a marketing perspective, I can’t make up my mind so I’m going to throw my thoughts up into this little air sickness bag I like to call a post, seal the bag, hit publish and see what happens. The video starts out with a predictably amiable pair of flight attendants that want to run me through a few in-flight safety exercises before we take off