Today, a quick digression from the daily routine of broadband video analysis.

It's been a little over 6 months since I launched VideoNuze. The question I've been asked most often (after "how do you crank all this out every day?!") is "How are things going?" So I thought it would make sense to take a step back and give all of you a brief answer to that question.

I started VideoNuze with a mission to deliver to busy executives each day a complete, yet highly digestible package of analysis and news about the broadband video industry. I thought an online publication that was relentlessly focused and written from the perspective of an analyst and former industry executive would meet a market need.

Six months later, there have been over 160 original daily analyses/posts and over 1,000 broadband video-related news items added to VideoNuze from multiple sources. To answer the earlier question, it takes a lot of discipline to crank out VideoNuze each day and I often joke that I work for a pretty tough boss! But I'm hardly complaining. Through the countless executive briefings I've conducted, I've continued to learn a ton about the industry from some really smart people. My key challenge is to synthesize this and present it in a way that's valuable to readers. It's stimulating and fun and I thoroughly enjoy it.

VideoNuze is now read each day by thousands of busy executives who either receive the daily email or RSS feeds or visit VideoNuze.com. I've been incredibly gratified by the response I've received. Readers now regularly tell me that VideoNuze's insights and exclusive broadband video news aggregation are indispensable to them. VideoNuze is still very much a work in progress with lots of additional features planned. I continue to optimize the topics of daily analyses trying to balance reader interest and important news and trends. But at the six month mark, I'm very pleased with the overall progress.

I'm particularly proud that 15 industry leaders have run, or are currently running sponsorship campaigns on VideoNuze, including ActiveVideo Networks (formerly ICTV), Adap.tv, Akamai, Anystream, Atlas Venture, Brightcove, Digitalsmiths, ExtendMedia, FAST, KickApps, PermissionTV, thePlatform, Tremor Media, Voxant and WorldNow.

In the coming weeks a number of additional companies will start VideoNuze sponsorship campaigns. I am extremely grateful for all sponsors' support, and encourage you to visit their sites to learn more about them. And if you'd like to learn more about sponsoring VideoNuze, please click here.

VideoNuze has also benefited from two important partnerships, one with NATPE (the National Association of Television Program Executives) and the other with The Diffusion Group, a leading analytics and advisory firm specializing in broadband media. NATPE now distributes the daily VideoNuze email to many of its members looking to make the leap into broadband delivery. And TDG professionals have become regular contributors to VideoNuze, adding a diversity of voices and opinions, while also lessening my work load a bit. To both NATPE and TDG, a huge thanks.

It's been a great first 6 months for VideoNuze. I really appreciate your support and as always encourage you to comment on the posts and add your voice to the community. Broadband video is an exciting and dynamic space, but only though our combined contributions will it reach its full potential.

(Note, tomorrow is a rare day off for me, see you next Tuesday)