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As we’re getting ready to produce a live video webcast of the Advertising Research Foundation annual conference – register here to watch, it’s free – it’s nice to see live video webcasting become more mainstream.

The Streamy Awards were created to recognize outstanding achievement in shows produced originally for broadband distribution. Nearly 100,000 nominations were submitted from across the world. Now it’s time to pick the audience choice award for Best Overall Series. Vote every day before the winners are announced on Saturday!

Philippe Dauman, President and CEO, Viacom sat down at the Digital Hollywood Media Summit in NYC for a one on one Conversation with Ronald Grover, Los Angeles Bureau Chief, BusinessWeek. We originally broadcast this discussion as a live video webcast.

The world is imploding. Money is tight. Volatility and fear are real. Proven approaches are rare, and advertising research is two years behind consumers. A seismic sea change in ad/marketing research is underway, experience that change in action as industry thought leaders chart the new course at Re:think 2009.

I’m interviewing Infusion thursday night @ The Bell House in Brooklyn in advance of their new album. For those who don’t know Infusion, they’re an Australian electronica band. When I first saw them in 2004 I thought they were the second coming of Underworld. Great show. Great energy.

Maybe this is old news to other people, but I was searching for a 2 terrabyte external hard drive on Amazon to buy for a customer and I saw an advertisement for a Toyota. I’m not sure if this is contextual or behavioral advertising, or targeted advertising at all since I live in NYC and am searching for hard drives.

Monday night I missed 24 because we were producing a Finance for Media Professionals seminar in our studio. I didn’t stress it because two weeks ago I missed it as well, and watched it when I woke up Tuesday morning at about 6am. Nothing like watching TV in bed on your laptop.

Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft, sat down for a candid discussion with Stephen Adler, Editor-in-Chief, BusinessWeek, on Microsoft, Google, Yahoo, and the future of search, media and advertising, during the Digital Hollywood Media Summit. We originally broadcast this discussion as a live video webcast.

Just when we need it most, the business press is in dire straits. Business Week executive editor John Byrne came by to tell us how their social media project, Business Exchange, could help save the day. Howard Lindzon, creator of the Wallstrip business humor show and co-founder of newer venture StockTwits — a way to invest in and follow stock investing through Twitter — joined by phone. Watch a lively discussion about what is, and isn’t, working.

Jeff Zucker, President and Chief Executive, NBC Universal sits down with Ellen Pollock, Executive Editor, BusinessWeek, for a one-on-one conversation at the Digital Hollywood Media Summit