AOL and CNN have announced new services that take the lead from YouTube and other Internet video sites, letting users post their own content to the sites. AOL is revamping its video site in an attempt to match popular do-it-yourself Web services like YouTube, while also improving its video-search tool and offering more programming as […]

iStockPhoto, a leading community-powered marketplace for stock photography and illustrations, is expanding into video, and will be selling indie video at a new site, iStockVideo. Anyone can apply to become a video contributor at the site. iStock videographers will collect downloads, earn royalties and receive “video reels” like photographer canisters to show their sales levels.

Director Kevin Smith is using iPods and video podcasts to promote his latest film, Clerks II. Smith joined Superman’s Bryan Singer and other directors by creating a Clerks II video podcast that provides an insider’s look into the making of the film. The Clerks II podcast looks at mullets, Ben Affleck’s thoughts on being in […]

Love her or hate her, Paris Hilton seems to be everywhere. And now she’s going to be showing up on iPods.E! Entertainment and Apple today announced that programs from E! Entertainment Television are now available for purchase on the iTune Music Store. New episodes of the second season of the series The Girls Next Door, […]

BBC News has launched several video podcasts of highlights from their news broadcasts.The BBC video podcasts will include ten ‘best of the week’ packages from Ten O’Clock News – called Ten Weekly – as well as subscribe to Newsnight reports and investigations from the previous seven days. Also available in the first phase of the […]

PBS today announced the launch of downloadable PBS television shows on Google Video, making it possible for users to download and own a selection of PBS primetime and children‚Äôs programming for the first time ever. Prices range from $1.99 for an episode of Arthur to the relatively steep $7.99 for an episode of Nova. The […]

Sony PlayStation Portables are getting video podcast support with the latest update to the PSP‚Äôs firmware.The update takes the PSP firmware to version 2.8. It allows the PSP to receive video clips through RSS (really simple syndication) feeds from blogs and other websites. Sony added PSP podcast support using streaming in November 2005 and added […]

Alexa traffic reports suggest that Rocketboom could be better off without Amanda Congdon, or at least that the controversy over Congdon leaving gave the show a kick in the seat: Alexa charts traffic to Internet sites based on the activity of users of the Alexa toolbar.

Wondering what host Amanda Congdon is doing, now that the Rocketboom controversy has died down? A new vlog post at AmandaUnboomed documents Congdon’s attempts to become gainfully employed, post-Rocketboom: Watch for the not-so-subtle jab at Rocketboom partner Andrew Baron.

PodShow, a podcasting network founded by Adam Curry which has proven to be no stranger to controversy, is being accused of hijacking Rocketboom’s copyrighted video content. Here’s what has Rocketboom concerned: Podshow appears to be displaying Rocketboom’s content in violation of Rocketboom’s license agreement: “Podshow is self-agrandizing by hotlinking Rocketboom into their player,” according to […]