- AOL Video – A variety of free, ad-supported videos in addition to paid videos in a jam-packed video portal. Full TV episodes, sports, cartoons and more. According to Time Warner, the site aims to be an all-in-one video destination.
- In2TV – This features a collection of TV Shows to watch on the internet on AOL Video. It is a joint venture between AOL and Warner Brothers. The main appeal of the service is that it makes available numerous old shows which are rarely, if ever, aired on broadcast television. Unfortunately most of the content is only available in the U.S.
- TMZ.com – A Hollywood video blog best known for showing Mel Gibson’s infamous arrest tirade. It is a joint venture between Telepictures Productions and AOL.
- AOL Sessions – A series of music performances (often in video) usually consisting of exclusive and intimate (often acoustic or stripped down) performances of songs by popular recording artists.
- Gold Rush – An interactive national treasure hunt that can be watched online with Mark Burnett and CBS TV.
- UnCut Video – A video sharing site similar to YouTube.
- Nullsoft Streaming Video (NSV) – NSV is an internet video streaming format which is no longer being developed. It was created by Winamp, a media player company that AOL acquired in 1999.
- ShoutCast Internet TV – Primarily used for radio Shoutcast was also used for video using the NSV format. Internet TV channels that use Shoutcast can still be watched if you use Winamp.
- SearchVideo – A video search engine that searches video sites like YouTube, MySpace, iFilm, Revver and AOL Uncut. It uses the technology from video search specialist Truveo which was acquired by AOL in October 2006.
AOL & Broadband Video | A quick overview
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