Roundup: Netflix ‘Net TV’ VP, 5min

A Tuesday NewTeeVee news roundup:

Netflix’ New “Internet TV” VP: ReplayTV veteran Anthony Wood has been appointed as the first Internet TV Vice President for Netflix. He’ll preside over Netflix expansion of their on-demand streaming efforts, including movies and television. He was hired away from his position as CEO of Roku, but will continue on as a member of their board. [Release]

Photo via Engadget interview with Anthony Wood.

HowStuffWorks, ViTrue Partner: In a huge deal, popular reference material publisher HowStuffWorks has raised $75 million from Chilton Investment Co. and Capital Research & Management, and will be relying on ViTrue to power a new online how to video site. Companies will be allowed to upload videos and associate them with specific articles on the HowStuffWorks site, with everyone from Sony to NASA having already contributed content. [Atlanta Business Chronicles, Release]

5min Scores $300k: In more buzz from the currently hype-heavy how to space, Israeli company 5min has raise $300,000 in angel funding, according to an email from CEO Ran Harnevo. The news comes on the heels of their site launch last week. The most distinctive feature is a player which allows users to watch in slow motion, frame-by-frame or even zoom in. [5min]

$10 Milllion to INTENT MediaWorks: With a Series B round of $10 million from investors including Bertelsmann AG’s venture arm, INTENT MediaWorks is making news again. Last week, co-founder and CEO Les Ottolenghi suggested Apple was looking into creating a subscription service for content. INTENT uses both P2P and DRM technologies and an advertising engine to monetize digital content distribution. [Release]

Jalipo Launches Network: Another web network that hopes to make money serving rights-managed content to paying customers is Jalipo. The recently launched site features streams of BBC World, Al Jazeera, France 24 an Bloomberg News for a prepaid, per-minute fee (currently $1.50 an hour for a 500kbps stream). “This is rights protected, territory restricted and monetized every minute,” CEO Alex Taylor commented to Reuters. [Reuters]