Online video site Veoh, backed by about $70 million in funding including from Michael Eisner, did about 15 layoffs from its St Petersburg, Russia office about a month ago, the company has told me. Rumors started floating around this morning about layoffs of as much as 40 percent of staff,…

Updated below: No, this isn’t the big one, but nonetheless an important precedent: A federal judge in San Jose ruled today that video-sharing site Veoh was not liable for copyrighted material uploaded to its site, dismissing an early 2006 case filed against it by Io Group, an adult video firm.…

ABC, among the most conservative of online players when it comes to syndicating its own TV shows (but among the most progressive in putting shows within its own branded environment, along with parent Disney), has done its second major video deal: it has done a deal with Veoh, with full…

Now that its online programming is ready to go, Warner Brothers Television Group has lined up a roster of distribution partners: Dailymotion, Joost, Sling Media, TiVo (NSDQ: TIVO) and Veoh Networks. The sites will create dedicated channels for programming from TheWB.com and KidsWB.com, the two new ad-supported broadband properties WBTVG…

Just this weekend it was reported that video network Veoh was out for a new round and here it is: The LA-based company has raised a $30 million round led by Intel (NSDQ: INTC) Capital, Adobe (NSDQ: ADBE) and investor Gordon Crawford. Past backers—Shelter Capital, Spark Capital, Goldman Sachs, Michael…

Veoh, the online video service backed by Michael Eisner, has turned off access to some part of its international users, in an effort to “refocus” the service where it can be monetized, that is, U.S. NTV confirms that it has blocked visitors from all but 33 countries from accessing its…

MTV Networks (NYSE: VIA) continues to expand its online syndication by adding five online video sites to its portal and social network partners: Dailymotion, GoFish (OTCBB: GOFH), iMeem, MeeVee and Veoh. The Viacom unit will provide both clips and long-form content from 10 cable and broadband networks including Comedy Central,…

Veoh wants to have it both ways: legit distribution deals with the likes of CBS (NYSE: CBS) and guerrilla tactics to showcase NBC and Fox content from Hulu. Prison Break, Heroes and other other prime-time shows, as well as episodes from Hulu’s catalog are on Veoh now without any agreement.…

This is unusual for the talent agency land, which usually prefers to be in the background: Veoh, the online video sharing site backed by Michael Eisner’s new fund, has tied up with talent agency UTA, where UTA will launch a video channel on Veoh, to showcase video from its roster…