YouTube has announced it will offer automated video captioning for clips. It will serve as an accessibility tool for hard-of-hearing viewers, but could also make clips easier to find.

Sony unveiled plans for a digital download store to sell music, videos and books just like Apple’s iTunes. What the company forgot to mention is that the digital download space is already too crowded.

In the last month, Facebook has overtaken sites like ESPN, ABC and CBS to become the number three video site on the Web.

Sony and Netflix recently announced that Netflix’s streaming Watch Instantly service would be coming to the PS3. The service is now here as Netflix is sending out discs to those interested in accessing the company’s instant streaming service. The service can be accessed for free on the PS3 with the Netflix disc and plan.

Google has announced that YouTube will soon include 1080p format videos. That’s the higher-resolution high definition format, sometimes known as Full HD.

In a desperate bid for continued relevance, Blockbuster is launching video rentals on SD cards.

In what has to be the most unsurprising news of the year, it is looking fairly likely that the Nintendo Wii will soon be getting streaming video content courtesy of Netflix.

The popular Roku brand of streaming devices has only had one unit up until now, but all of that changes today with the announcement of two new models.

The mystery of the next consumer electronic to get Netflix streaming support has been unveiled, and it isn’t really that much of a surprise.

Netflix recently announced that its streaming movie service will be heading to an existing CE device out on the market. Currently, it looks like Sony’s PS3 device might be the most likely candidate for this service. Since Sony has been investing heavily in its own movie service on the PS3, will it be able to complete with Netflix?

Disney is planning to launch a system which allows customers to pay for a movie once and then watch it at any time on any device. It comes as the firm concedes recent DVD and Blu-ray sales have been disappointing.

It appears the halcyon days of all free content at Hulu may be coming to a close in 2010.

If Netflix CEO Reed Hastings is to be believed, DVD is preparing to go the way of the VHS cassette.

The crew behind the Pirate Bay filesharing site have so far defied a barrage of lawsuits and court orders aimed at taking them offline. But they were no match for a group of Big Butt Latin Maids.

Google is celebrating another landmark in online video having become the first organization to chalk up 10 billion clip views in the United States a single month. The figures come as the firm appears close to ending a nine-month standoff which has kept Warner music videos off YouTube.

In a move that will make a start to keeping one of Barack Obama’s campaign promises, the FCC will be proposing a set of rules aimed at preserving and enforcing internet neutrality.

Ever wished you could watch television with your friends that are far away from you? Well, thanks to a new Facebook application from online video service Hulu, now you can.