—ChannelFlip: Male-focused VOD site ChannelFlip.com has signed a content deal with Guardian.co.uk for its David Mitchell’s Soapbox videos, in which the Peep Show actor (pictured) gives his acerbic take on life. The videos—which have clocked up 1 million views over the 10 episodes so far—will now be shown on a…

French video site Dailymotion has now confirmed our report from Monday - that CEO Mark Zaleski (pictured) is being replaced by former BT (NYSE: BT) and Red Bee commercial director Ian Brotherston. A statement from the board says Zaleski “has resigned from his position with the company as CEO to…

French video site Dailymotion is appointing a new CEO to replace Mark Zaleski, we understand, and is said to be seeking new investment after reportedly failing to turn a profit. An announcement is expected later today… Zaleski, also chairman, will remain non-executive chairman and will lead international ops while Ian…

Dailymotion, the video site many call the “French YouTube”, has inked a deal to distribute US TV site Hulu’s material - but only in America. The deal sees the NBCU/News Corp (NYSE: NWS) JV gain a simple user profile on Dailymotion, through which it’s syndicating videos from its 40,000-strong library…

After securing a content deal with Dailymotion as producer of the London-based Raindance Film Festival, Jesse Vile has joined the video-sharing site as its “creative agent”, injecting some art-world kudos to its management. Vile’s job will be to manage the site’s community of indie film-makers and and get their work…

Marshalled by the European Commission, 17 web and social network providers have agreed to a five-point plan to protect under-18s online. Signatories are Arto, Bebo, Dailymotion, Facebook, Giovani.it, Google/YouTube, Hyves, Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) Europe, MySpace, Nasza-klaza.pl, Netlog, One.lt, Skyrock, StudiVZ, Sulake/Habbo Hotel, Yahoo (NSDQ: YHOO) Europe and Zap.lu. They agreed…

—*ITV* VOD re-brand: After iPlayer and Sky Player, ITV (LSE: ITV) is also re-branding its catch-up service “ITV Player”. Currently simply called Catch Up, ITV is changing the name to make sure the stream has a recognisable brand ID when shown on other platforms such as BT (NYSE: BT) Vision,…

Ahh Dailymotion - le YouTube Francais, oui? “Non!,” says CEO Mark Zaleski, who’s heard it all before: “Okay, so we both show videos, but it’s like saying BBC’s the same as Five.” That is, Google’s (NSDQ: GOOG) site may have a lot of the same material, but it lacks Dailymotion’s…

Dailymotion is continuing its steady march to legitimacy, signing with three French media rightsholders to legally use their material online. It’s won licenses from The Society of Dramatic Authors and Composers, Civic Society of Multimedia Authors and the French Collective Administration Organization for the Rights of Authors in the Visual…

—MuZu TV: The music video startup has signed up with ITN On to get access to ITN Source’s 80,000-hour archive of Reuters, Granada and Channel 4 music interviews and performances, as well as ITN’s own daily music news. ITN Source’s catalogue includes interview clips from shows like The Tube and…

Dailymotion co-founder Benjamin Bejbaum has quit the company, seemingly making way for Mark Zaleski. He will remain a board member. First started in February 2005 by Bejbaum and Olivier Poitrey, the Paris-based video site scored $9.5 million from Atlas Ventures and Partech International a year later and got a whopping…

—Dailymotion: The video sharing site’s UK MD Kate Burns is luring a Googler from her former employer to join her as commercial director. Gareth Walton will try to find revenue for the site, which has raised plenty of VC and now needs to start making money. That includes homepage and…

Paris-based video upload site Dailymotion is trying to prove viewers will watch long-form content on the web, launching Cinema Dailymotion - a space for “streaming feature-length films and documentaries” (see release). It’s also inked new content partnership deals to take indie films from IFC Films, Magnolia Pictures, Film Independent and…

Paris-based video upload site Dailymotion has hired ex Google (NSDQ: GOOG) UK director Kate Burns as its first UK MD. The site is looking to set aside UK video and display ad inventory and attract advertisers via an agency on these shores, as well as extend its MotionMaker scheme for…

Somewhat audaciously, Orange is taking on Canal+ in the race to win the TV rights to top-flight French soccer. Canal+, which has 4.3 million pay-TV customers, paid 600 million in 2004 for the rights through to this Ligue 1 season; but it now faces a challenge to retain rights up…

French TV network TF1 will sue YouTube and Dailymotion in the coming weeks for letting pirated copies of its shows be published online, according to French news magazine Le Point. The general-interest broadcaster is claiming copyright abuse of 38.95 million euros (£24 million) against Paris-based Dailymotion and is requesting it…

Turner Broadcasting System used Cannes to announce it’s inked digital distribution deals with three online video platforms. The company will this month add short-form content from the CNN International channel and its Adult Swim show to European users of the Joost platform. US users have had this since May. It’s…

If Veoh can raise $25 million, and Metacafe can up the stake to $30 million, then why not Dailymotion? The France-based online video sharing site has raised $34 million in its second round of funding, reports WSJ. The round was led by Advent Venture Partners of London and AGF Private…

Buzznet: The music social net, which raised $6 million earlier this year, has two senior hires.—John Glascott is the new EVP-sales; prior, he was SVP-business development and sales for RealAge. He also has been at Hearst, iVillage and Yahoo. —Online vet Elizabeth Osder, who recently left Yahoo, joins as SVP-audience,…