ViVu, a startup that offers webcast production and management services, has picked up $3 million in its first round of funding. Inventus Capital Partners led the round, with participation from seed round-backers DFJ and Quest Ventures; Sunnyvale, Calif.-based ViVu raised $800,000 in that round, per an SEC filing. ViVu’s Java-…

Warner Music Group (NYSE: WMG) signed on for the Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) Eos white-label social networking service in a dip-the-toe way in January. Now the label is putting the whole foot in the water by expanding its deal beyond sites for two artists to five, promising to add a dozen…

Whether you like it or not, Twitter is changing the way people communicate, and digital media and technology companies are eager to harness this new tool. Every week, we’ll look at a different Twitterer from the media, entertainment or technology world to see how adept he or she is with…

Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) is making an even bigger bet on consumer electronics in a direct way than it has ever done before: it is buying Pure Digital, the maker of the popular Flip video cameras, for about $590 million in an all-stock deal. In addition to the price, Cisco will…

Yes, Cisco Systems (NSDQ: CSCO) has money to spend but not on consumer device acquisitions, according to CEO John Chambers —which seems to rule out BlackBerry maker Research in Motion (NSDQ: RIMM) but isn’t likely to stop the speculation. Chambers told the Goldman Sachs Technology and Internet conference in San…

Despite the gloomy economy, Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has decided the timing is take an equity stake in Digitalsmiths, the B2B video tech firm. Details about the amount of the investment and the stake were undisclosed. The deal follows Digitalsmith’s $12 million second round, which it secured in November. The Research…

Blackarrow, a heavily backed developer of dynamic cable advertising has raised a big $20 million second round from past backers *Cisco Systems*, Inc., *Comcast* Interactive Capital, *Intel* Capital, Mayfield Fund and Polaris Venture Partners. The company has previously raised about $18 million in two parts of what they’re calling just…

Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) is expanding its software offerings with the acquisition of Jabber Inc., a provider of enterprise IM and presence services. The Denver company bases its technology on the Jabber protocol, which also powers consumer IM services. Cisco notes that the technology allows companies to manage consumer IM apps…

Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), which has snapped up companies like Linksys, Kiss and others over the last few years, has now bought out Seattle-based Pure Networks, a provider of home networking-management software and tools, for $120 million. Pure’s software allows home users to set up and manage a home network and…

Economic bellwether and online video beneficiary Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has announced earnings, up 10 percent to $9.8 billion from $8.9 billion in the year-ago quarter ending March 31. This is a deceleration from the 16 percent growth it saw last quarter, and it’s basically flat sequentially. Net income slipped 5.4…

Red hot Move Networks, the heavily-backed provider of high quality online video streaming, has raised a huge $46 million third round led by Benchmark Capital, as well as Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), Comcast (NSDQ: CMCSA) Interactive Media (a division of Comcast Corp.), and Televisa, making its entry into the crazy-money territory.…

Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO), a proxy for corporate tech spending as well as, to some extent, online media, reported quarterly revenues of $9.8 billion, up 16.5 percent year-on-year from $8.4 billion. Net income was up 7.2 percent to $2.06 billion ($.33 per share), from $1.9 billion ($.31 per share). The last…

Such is the craziness of CES ... at 6 p.m., I was listening to Peter Frampton at the NBCU party in the Gibson tent; now, I’m at The Venetian for the CEA Leaders in Technology dinner. During the reception, I did an impromptu interview with FCC Commissioner Michael Copps, who…

This was inevitable: Cisco (NSDQ: CSCO) has scrapped Scientific Atlanta’s name from the eponymous set-top boxes and instead is going to start using its own brand name on it. The announcement will come at CES next week, reports Multichannel. Cisco acquired Scientific Atlanta in 2006 for $6.9 billion, and has…