A YouTube video, and an email, served to announce former Rep. Anthony Weiner's re-emergence into politics. He'll run for mayor of New York, hoping voters can forget a lewd image he sent to a Seattle woman over the Internet.

The Dove "Real Beauty Sketches" ad that went viral in April is now the most-watched online video ad ever, Unilever announced. Mashable says the viral ad has been viewed more than 114 million times.  

After years of missteps, video on demand has now become a crucial part of the television landscape.

The company held a media event in New York City to formally announce the acquisition. But those who watched the event from home spent most of that time enjoying a hiccupy stream. Or none at all.

Cheap, portable, handy. Oh, what the porn industry could do with Google Glass technology. So muses a top porn business site. 

On the occasion of the date it acknwledges as its eighth anniversary, YouTube says that it is now seeing more than 100 hours of video uploaded every minute. That's up from 72 hours just a year ago.

Mindshare CEO Antony Young thought this was going to be the Year of Mobile. But seeing the explosive growth of online video convinces him the biggest thing happening is really online video.

StyleHaul, a YouTube channel company that focuses on fashion and shopping, has raised a new $6 million in funding from European media company, RTL Group.  StyleHaul previously raised $6.5 million from Bertelsmann’s Digital Media Investments.  StyleHaul has raised nearly $17 million total and it generates around 300 million video views per month. It's trying to develop revenue streams that are not dependent on YouTube.

A disturbing round-up by France24 of news stories about horrific accounts of brutality in Syria, and the fear those reports are creating even more hostility

The IAM has launched WhereToWatch.org, a single-page directory comprising info on and links to 67 services provided in the U.S. by Internet video providers, broadcast nets, cablers, pay TV operators, search sites and other companies.