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Google Launches Video For Business

Google has introduced Google Video for business, a new addition to Google Premium Apps that enables workers in organizations to share videos by uploading them to Google Apps and inviting co-workers to view the content."What YouTube did in the consumer world, Google Video for business is going to do in the enterprise," said Matthew Glotzbach, product management director of Google's Enterprise division.

The Cost Of A Video Ad On YouTube

$175,000 per day, says Forbes in July, with an additional $50,000 that need to be spent on Google/ YouTube ads. (New ad formats may come up too, Silicon Alley Insider reports.)

YouTube Now Allowing For Captions

Here are a few quick observations: not everyone speaks the same language.  Not everyone has perfect hearing.  And some people like to goof off at work without alerting the rest of the office.  To address all these issues, YouTube has introduced a new captioning feature.

Report: Massive Ads Coming To YouTube

Anyone not already using Adblock Plus may want to make the switch soon.  Rumor has it that YouTube, Google's hard-to-monetize video site, is going to go after unprotected users by introducing some really big ads on its homepage.

Veoh Cleared In Copyright Porn Case

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a copyright infringement case against online television service Veoh.The copyright infringement suit was filed by adult entertainment company Io Group, and the complaint argued Veoh had not done enough to prevent users from uploading copyrighted clips of 10 Io adult sex films.

YouTube's Video ID Successful So Far

Lawsuits have long been the main way through which copyright owners have interacted with YouTube.  It seems that the Video ID program has achieved a sort of miracle, though, and made some owners like YouTube after all.

Google Mobile, YouTube Offer New Electoral Features

Now that the Summer Games are over, political coverage will become inescapable.  Some people are bound to embrace it, though, and these folks should appreciate new offerings from Google Mobile and YouTube.

Will Hulu Dethrone YouTube as Top Online Video Dog?

Hulu, the online video site that came out of nowhere no more than 5 months ago, may be poised to dominate the online video sector altogether. YouTube has been the reigning king of this area of the web for years, but it may be getting ready to see the first legitimate threat to that reign.

Couric Pings Digg Crowd For Questions

Sporting a Digg t-shirt from her CBS News office chair, anchor Katie Couric addressed Digg.com from YouTube. She prodded the geek-chic crowd there for questions to ask at the Democratic National Convention.  

Nielsen: Video-Sharing Industry Doing Well

The Dow's had a bad few months; it lost around 885 points between April and June.  Another market's doing fine, though, as Nielsen's statistics indicate that YouTube and several competing video-sharing sites experienced impressive amounts of growth in the same period.