At our NewTeeVee Live conference today, Om kicked off his fireside chat with Quincy Smith, CEO of CBS Interactive, saying: “This is the official exit interview of Quincy Smith leaving CBS interactive. Somebody better take some notes.” OK, here goes!

While Smith didn’t give us much of an “exit interview,” he did give us some insight into what CBS and other TV networks are looking for in the push to get content onto the web. In reviewing the last three years at CBS Interactive — and a look ahead at the next three — Smith gave his “one man’s opinion” that “the future of TV is video. It doesn’t matter what screen you watch Ghost Whisperer on on Friday, Saturday, or Sunday.” What matters, instead, is that it’s viewed, those views are counted, and the people involved in making and distributing that content get paid. “That’s the next focus of the next few years,” he said. “It has to work for the user, and it has to count.” Read more of this story

Laura Goldberg, general manager of NFL Online, joined us onstage at the NewTeeVee Live conference today to talk about fantasy football. As Chris has described in the past (subscription required), fantasy football is huge — like, really huge. “As we’re here today, there are 30 million people playing fantasy games, and over half of them are playing football-related games,” Goldberg said.

Unlike the old days, fantasy football is no longer a game of pen and paper and small groups of friends. The Internet has made fantasy football a much bigger industry, and much of that growth has been driven through innovation online (and vice versa). Read more of this story