Wal-Mart is testing the movie download waters by allowing those who purchase the “Superman Returns” DVD to also purchase the rights to download a copy of the movie to play on PC’s but not iPods. The additional cost of the digital download version ranges from $1.97 to $3.97, depending on the options that the customer selects.

Streaming video on the Net has got to be the greatest thing to happen to independent filmmakers since Robert Redford. There are a number of sites popping up on the web to support and showcase the work of independent filmmakers. Liberated Films is one of the latest entrants.

Google surely knew when they were mulling over the purchase of YouTube that they would face a huge legal quagmire over all of the pirated content on YouTube. Pete Cashmore at Mashable is reporting that Google is frantically paying off content owners to avoid getting sued and to keep content on YouTube.

Richard Hunter, over at MovieNode is getting into the Halloween spirit by highlighting some of the best places on the Net to watch scary movies. His latest find is The Horror Channel.

Reporter Steve Bryant has written a concise and engaging short history of online video from May 2005 until today. The article contains a graph that plots 10 of the major events on a timeline correlating to YouTube’s growth in page views.

Reporter Steve Bryant has written a concise and engaging short history of online video from May 2005 until today. The article contains a graph that plots 10 of the major events on a timeline correlating to YouTube’s growth in page views.

In an effort to rise above the low-quality offerings of video sharing sites like YouTube, Dovetail TV offers filmmakers and producers a place to share and promote their work. While YouTube is for the uploading masses, Dovetail is for professionals and aspiring amateurs.

Stage 6 is a new YouTube clone that has just launched into alpha. Stage 6 offers many of the same features offered by YouTube including tagging, commenting, favorites, blogging, and downloading.

In just a few short months, AOL has put together a very impressive video portal with hundreds of free streaming video offerings from a number of good content sources. AOL Video is probably the best source of free traditional TV content on the Web. They have content from several well known cable channels including: A&E, The Biography Channel, MTV, The History Channel, TNT, and more. In additional, AOL Video has put together a number of themed channels including Vintage TV which offers “classic” TV series such as “Alice”, “Growing Pains”, “Maverick”, “Welcome Back Kotter”, and “Eight is Enough”.

This is an always up-to-date list of the best, highest rated, and most viewed videos from many of the most popular video sharing sites on the web including: YouTube, Google Video, iFilm, Daily Motion, Addicting Clips, Meta Cafe, Vidilife, Grouper, and Revver. This list is updated daily.