Los Angeles- and San Diego-based Veoh Networks, a provider of Internet video sharing services, said today that it has entered into a partnership with Axel Springer Digital TV Guide GmbH. According to Veoh, Axel Springer is in a strategic international partnership with the firjm, specifically in Germany. Veoh is venture backed by Shelter Capital Partners, Spark Capital, Tornante Company, Goldman The deal includes both Axel Springer Media Impact, an advertising sales division of Axel Springer, as well as links to Axel Springer's electronic program guides and a service called "My Personal TV DIGITAL."

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For example, our existing portfolio is content related--Next New Networks, which is in online video, creating content for super distribution on multiple sites like YouTube, Metacafe, AOL Video, Veoh, and others--happens to be a content company. In what looks to be a challenging funding climate for entrepreneurs, we thought it would be interesting to talk to one fund which is still making investments--Saban Ventures (www.saban.com)--a new, digital media focused venture capital fund located in Los Angeles. We talked with Richard Yen, the firm's Director of Venture Capital and New Media, about