US Internet users viewed more than 11 billion online videos during March of this year, up 13% from February, and a 64% gain from the same time last year.ComScore, an internet marketing research company, released new data from its Video Metrix service indicating that during March of this year US Internet users viewed 11.5 billion online videos. This represents 13% gain from the month before and a 64% gain from the same time last year. Among the notable findings:
The study also indicated that Google Sites once again ranked as the top US online video destination with more than 4.3 billion videos viewed (38% of all videos), its share up 2.6% from February. YouTube.com accounted for 98% of all videos viewed at Google Sites. Fox Interactive Media ranked second with 477 million videos (4.2%), followed by Yahoo! Sites with 328 million (2.9%) and Viacom Digital with 249 million (2.2%).
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video. Nearly 139 million U.S. Internet users watched an average of 83 videos per viewer in March. Google Sites also attracted the most viewers (85.7 million), where they watched an average of 51 videos per person. Fox Interactive attracted the second most viewers (54.3 million), followed by Yahoo! Sites (37.5 million) and Viacom Digital (26.6 million).
*Rankings based on video content sites; excludes video server networks. Online video includes both streaming and progressive download video. For those like myself who long ago shifted from the TV to the PC as a primary means of watching ones favorite TV shows and movies the data is not surprising. What is surprising is that the data doesn't show how many people illegally stream copyrighted material on sites like SurftheChannel, TVLInks.cc, TV Life, etc.. The figures are surely higher if sites like these were to be taken into account. If you have any other sites you think merit being included in this list please list them at the bottom in the comments section or e-mail me at the address below. **NOTE:: For those looking for a good source of video streaming sites, we have a TVLinks directory here at ZeroPaid that is repeatedly updated with the latest and greatest to choose from.**
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The way it works is that if someone identifies a file as having been made available without the prior approval of the legitimate copyright holder, then the copyright holder has to request that the hosting website remove it from their servers. These websites are open to all to see, they are not invisible. Don't tell me that the RIAA and MPAA don't know about SurfTheChannel and all the other such websites. Besides, a lot of this material is hosted on Video Google, YouTube, Megavideo, etc. If you want to point fingers, then fingers would have to be pointed at EVERYBODY.
Funny how the RIAA and MPAA still refuse to embrace the Internet and its possibilities. So sad. Someone give me another example of an industry that intentionally sues its customers.