Plenty of news in the world of online video this past week, though many of us probably found ourselves distracted by things like family interaction, football games, and turkey. Because we were all a little more distracted than normal, it's an even better idea to catch up on the latest news, opinions, articles, and tips from the online video universe

If you go to the YouTube homepage today, you will see the winners of the “My Business Story” contest that was announced by Google and American Express back on Oct.

Throughout this series on running a successful online video contest, we've covered a lot of ground.

It's a safe bet that most of our US readers aren't at work today. They're not likely to be out on video shoots, hard at work in the editing room, or taking client meetings to brainstorm viral ideas.

Vevo, by far and away the most viewed channel on YouTube, is looking for a bigger share of ad revenue from Google as the music video channel considers going public .

In parts 1 & 2 of the ‘promote’ chapter of our series on running a successful online video contest, we looked at ways of utilizing paid media & owned media to promote your video contest while remaining on a budget. Today in Part 3, we look at ways of using earned media channels to increase awareness and drive users to your video contest site

One of the most successful web series out there is Web Therapy , a comedy starring Lisa Kudrow as a not-so-qualified therapist who treats patients via video chat.

Most of our readers probably don't have much day-to-day reason to visit Google.pl --the Polish version of Google.

I don't know if many of you have heard, but online video is kind of a big deal.

Wow, when it rains, it pours. After showing some seriously strong growth for years, Netflix, faltered with some bad business choices.