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Cnet reports that…

YouTube is now an important teaching tool at UC Berkeley.
The school announced on Wednesday that it has begun posting entire course lectures on the Web’s No.1 video-sharing site.
Berkeley officials claimed in a statement that the university is the first to make full course lectures available on YouTube. The school said that over 300 [...]

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Brandweek reports that TVGuide is taking on YouTube.

NEW YORK — TV Guide is trying to muscle in on YouTube’s considerable turf.
The publication famous for its television-centric editorial and show listings launches at TVGuide.com today its Online Video Guide, a search service that will attempt to filter out the junk and leave users with the best [...]

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Business Opportunities Weblog reports how Internet users are logging more hours watching videos.
eMarketer.com:
Three-quarters of online video viewers watch more video than they did a year ago, and more than one-half expect to watch even more next year, according to a study conducted by Taylor Nelson Sofres and sponsored by AOL and [...]

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Techcrunch reports that Magnify.net has launched new features.
Video discovery and broadcast service Magnify.net has launched a new platform for the aggregation of web video.
The new platform offers “a complete customization toolkit” that aims to make it easier for users to create branded online broadcast channels, discover and integrate Web video, and analyze visitor statistics and [...]

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Information week reports that…
Online sales of Blendtec blenders have increased five-fold over the company’s old record revenue prior to the videos.

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Adobe spells it out. Here’s a summary.
When to Use Progressive Download
Progressive download is a perfect use for hobbyists or websites that have low traffic requirements and only need to deliver short videos. Customers who need advanced features and control over their video delivery—not to mention displaying video to large audiences (for example, several hundred simultaneous [...]

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From Adobe.
Streaming video with Flash Communication Server should be used in any situation where you want or need to do the following:
* Deliver long files—for example, video clips over 10 minutes long
* Deliver video to many viewers—for example, a hundred or more simultaneous viewers
[...]

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There’s a difference between progressive and streaming video. Do you know what it is? It’s confusing to say the least. The good news is that Adobe has a nice guide to telling the differences.
Here’s a summary.
Progressive Downloading
Pros and Cons
Keeping the video external and separate to the SWF file offers a number of benefits over embedded [...]

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The official Google blog makes the announcement.

Since new videos are constantly appearing all over the web, it’s difficult to keep tabs on all of them. But now Google Alerts will make it easy for you to add video to your other Alerts: News, Web, Blog and Groups.
Video Alerts enables you to specify any topics or [...]

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