GeogTV recently launched a geographical directory of live tv channel streams available online from all over the world. These streams are constantly being updated for your viewing pleasure. Here is a breakdown of the streams by region:

Africa
Asia
Europe
Middle East
North America
South America

Fora.TV, the intelligent online video programming network, has obtained a first round of capitol from Adobe, William Randolph Hearst III and other undisclosed investors. This announcement is in-line with the new site design which you can get a hosted tour by Fora.TV’s Nick Ryan.

Microsoft is looking to beef up the content available on it’s Zune players by adding downloadable television shows from NBC, MTV, Comedy Central and more. The available titles will include South Park, The Office, Battlestar Galactica, Robot Chicken, and Eureka. This is the latest attempt by Microsoft to make sure Zune stands strong in the portable content player market.

I guess we could call this a test, but ABC is planning to bulk up its online shows with more ads and commercials. When online users stream in HD episodes of “Lost” and “Desperate Houswives” they can expect to “temporarily” see more ads then they already do. Although, as Doug Caverly suggests, its most likely that online TV will eventually become more like the traditional thing.

Online-Video-To-TV provider Zeevee has confirmed a 2nd round of funding that will help to further penetrate their market share in this space. You can now purchase their ZvBox device exclusively at Amazon.om, which will allow you to watch online video through your HDTV’s.

The up and coming company out of San Mateo, CA is launching the first Open and Universal video advertising platform. This will provide a unique advantage for online video advertisers to manage all their video ad networks in one dashboard. Some of the video ad networks include Metacafe, GoFish and the Travel Channel.

The NSC (Natural Speech Communication Ltd.), leader in speech recognition technology, announced the launch of Snipp.TV, a interactive search engine designed for search within online multimedia files. This is attempting to address the long-standing problem of searching for non-textual information using speech analysis technology to scour through content.

www.NSCspeech.com

www.Snipp.tv

MySpace has signed a distribution deal with UK TV production house ShineReveille that’s intended to expand the reach of their original programming internationally and online, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The terms call for ShineReveille to manage international TV, home video and merchandising rights for MySpaceTV properties. MySpace holds on to U.S. and online syndication…