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hulu
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hosts movies and tv
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movies ("Jumanji", "Rocky III");
full episodes and clips of tv series ("Cops", "Family Guy", "Heroes," "Dollhouse");
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Google Video
You Tube | hosts video
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movies section;
user-uploaded videos and clips ("Skateboarding Dog," "Stop Home Foreclosure," "Graffiti Photoshop Tutorial"); viral video ("Barbie Girl"); classic movies ("Topper," "Voyage to the Planet of Prehistoric Women")
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Veoh
| hosts tv and videos
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movies ("Happy Go Lovely," "The Naked Kiss");
tv ("The Dana Carvey Show," "Dilbert")
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AOL Video | hosts tv and videos; links to hulu
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music ("AOL Music Sessions");
tv series ("The Bob Newhart Show," "CSI: Miami");
news ("CBS News," "CNN News")
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Joost | hosts movies and tv
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movies ("Who's Harry Crumb?" "The 39 Steps");
channels ("National Geographic People & Places," "Troma Entertainment");
music ("Pop Playlist")
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ResearchChannel
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hosts video
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academic research videos:
National Science Foundation ("Behind the Headlines: Scientists and Journalists Talk Climate");
University of Minnesota ("Myspace Might Be Just What Your Kids Need For a Good Education")
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ABC | hosts tv series
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full episodes of tv series ("Desparate Housewives," "Lost");
ABC News
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C-SPAN | hosts video
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public affairs ("America & the Courts");
news ("Buckingham Arrival");
congressional proceedings ("House Floor Debate")
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NFB (National Film Board of Canada) | hosts films
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"Films for Change,"
"River of Life," "How Do They Make Money?"
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CBS | hosts tv series
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full episodes of tv series ("Survivor," "CSI," "Star Trek Original Series," "Guiding Light");
CBS News
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CNN | hosts video
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news ("Business Bulletin," "Nuts, bolts of the G-20");
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FOX | hosts tv series
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full episodes of tv series ("24," "The Simpsons");
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MSN | hosts video
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mix of video ("Heidi Klum Goes Undercover!" "Pi to 500 Places," "Top 10 Architectural Wonders")
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NBC | hosts tv series
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full episodes of tv series ("The Tonight Show," "Late Night");
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PBS | hosts tv series
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full episodes of tv series ("American Experience," "Frontline");
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TV Land
| hosts tv series
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full episodes of classic tv series ("Gunsmoke," "Beverly Hillbillies," "The Andy Griffith Show");
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A&E
| hosts tv series
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full episodes ("Dog the Bounty Hunter," "Paranormal State")
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mubi
| hosts movies
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a select number of films are free to watch; others are pay-per-view;
hoity-toity films like you'd find at at art-house cinema outlets
("L'ÂGE D'OR" (France 1930 (about French people in black-and-white)),
"RUNNING STUMBLED" (United States 2006 (about a dysfunctional family in the south in color)))
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TBS
| hosts tv series
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"Family Guy,"
"Lopez Tonight,"
"Tyler Perry's House of Payne"
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The WB
| hosts tv series
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"Buffy The Vampire Slayer,"
"Chuck,"
"Dangerous"
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Crackle
| hosts movies and tv
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movies ("The Last Dragon," "Stripes");
tv ("S.W.A.T. Full Length,"Fantasy Island Full Length");
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Internet Archive | hosts movies and video
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"Kansas City Confidential,"
"Amateur film: New Orleans Carnival Week, February 22, 1941,"
"Congruent Triangles"
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Teachers TV | hosts videos
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instructional videos ("Fight for Oil: 100 Years in the Middle East,"
"KS1/2 English - Reading Recovery: One-to-One,"
"Follow the Learner - Listening to the Learner")
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LikeTelevision | hosts movies and tv
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tv series ("Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet");
classic tv commercials ("Alka Seltzer");
movies ("To Kill a Mockingbird", "First Spaceship on Venus");
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Factual TV | hosts videos
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documentaries ("1945: The Year that Changed the World: The Beginning of the End,"
"Hilarious History - Episode 1,"
"Legends of King Arthur - In Search of Arthur")
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Clicker
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browse a directory or search for video links
| search by media type (TV, Web, Music, Movies), and by source (Free, paid Netflix, paid Amazone); categories, hosting site (hulu, joost, netflix, crackle)
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Open Culture
| links directly to video sites
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instructional ("Artificial Intelligence – Introduction to Robotics")
and
cultural ("For Neda" documentary)
media; links to other instructional and important cultural video sites
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Academic Earth
| links directly to video sites
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academic lectures on many topics
"Introduction to Dante," YALE;
"Introduction to Biology with Research Focus," MIT;
"Communication and Conflict in Couples and Families," UCLA
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Spreety
| links directly to video sites
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tv series ("House," "Bones");
movies ("ABC Family Movies," "TNT Movies");
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FanCast
| links to video
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movies ("The Jewel Of The Nile");
tv series ("Iron Chef America")
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Movies Found Online | links to movies and video
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"Jimi Hendrix at Woodstock,"
"The Thing from Another World,"
"Animal Crackers"
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Retrovision.tv
| classic, retro movies, tv, and cartoons
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"22 Charlie Chaplin Films,"
"A Matter of Life and Death,"
"Sputnik and Atlas"
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BnWMovies | classic black and white movies
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"Woman on the Run,"
"Carnival of Souls,"
"Young Frankenstein"
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John Locker
| links to documentaries
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"Atlantis Uncovered," "Doomsday 2012: The End of Days,"
"An Islamic History of Europe"
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DocumentaryTube
| links to documentaries
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"Meet the Navites USA,"
"Angkor Wat- Jewels in the Jungle,"
"How does your Memory Work?"
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Documentary Log
| links to documentaries
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"Man On Wire,"
"What On Earth Is Wrong With Gravity?"
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WatchDocumentary
| links to documentaries
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"Bob Marley: Prophecies and Messages"
"Stephen Fry in America - Episode 01: New World"
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Documentary Heaven
| links to documentaries
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"The Alaska Pipeline,"
"Egypt: A Nation in Waiting"
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Documentary Wire | links to documentaries
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"Money As Debt," "Monopoly Men"
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Classic Cinema Online | links to movies
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"Made for Each Other," "Sword of Lancelot," "Wild Women of Wongo"
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TV Guide
| links to video; hosts some video
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"Grey's Anatomy,"
"Dancing with the Stars,"
"Commercial: Guitar Hero"
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EarthCam
| links to live cam views all over
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"Panama City Cam,"
"Thassos, Greece,"
"Times Square Cam"
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Video Surf
| search for video
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search for videos online by Content Type (Full Episodes, Slideshows, Other/Clips),
Categories (Funny, Movies, Entertainment, News),
Video Sources (YouTube, MySpace TV, Joost, Dailymotion, Revver, Google Video, Metacafe, graspr, Spike)
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gawkk
| share video picks
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"Sesame Street Explains the Bernie Madoff Scandal,"
"Surfing a humongous wave"
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Public Libraries | borrow video; possible link to video
| check your local library to borrow videos; check your local library's Web site to see if they provide patron access to online streaming video
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Yahoo! Video | mix of video
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music ("The Pussycat Dolls, 'Jai Ho'");
clips ("Soccer Team Gets Schooled");
news ("Obama meets with Russian president")
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Daily Motion | mix of video
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"Robot Girl from Another Dimension,"
"Apollo's Pad"
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MySpace Video | mix of video
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"Trey Songz--Brand New,"
"Rattle Snake bite tactics"
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Viral Video Chart | links to videos
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"Twouble with Twitter,"
"Samsung Extreme Sheep LED Art,"
"Opera Face Gestures"
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Viddler
| mix of video
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"City-cast, an urban media experience,"
"Want The Best HDTV Picture? Got $20? You Can Calibrate Your HDTV Like A Pro!"
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Heavy
| mix of video
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"Le Bron James One-Shot Basket,"
"Computer Tan"
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Spike | mix of video
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"SXSW Music Festival,"
"Ridiculously Hot Bikini Girl"
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break
| mix of video
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"Exploding Envelope Prank,"
"Strange Cat Door Surprise"
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vimeo
| mix of video
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"The Lost Tribes of New York City,"
"Fleet Foxes - A Take Away Show"
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Guba | mix of video
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"iPhone Porn Parody Commercial,"
"Hot Asian Girl on Bar,"
"Hamster stuck in a maze"
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metacafe | mix of video
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"Bruce Lee V.S Iron Man,"
"Very Funny Math !!!!"
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