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Today we saw the first step in the integration of Google Video and YouTube.  Salar Kamangar, Vice President, Product Management for Google announced on the Official Google Blog this morning that all YouTube videos have been indexed for search in Google Video.  When you click on the result however, it will take you to that video’s page on YouTube.

They also that Google Video and YouTube serve different purposes - which is very evident by their decision to keep both of them active.  “Over time, Google Video will become even more comprehensive as it evolves into a service where you can search for the world’s online video content, irrespective of where it may be hosted,” Kamangar said.  So will we be seeing Yahoo Video and MetaCafe video on Google Video search in the near future?

Finally, Kamangar vaguely spoke of the implementation of AdSense into Google Video / YouTube.  Soon enough, publishers will be able to insert the video ads into their videos so they can make a little money...and make Google a lot of money.  The master plan is unfolding right before our very eyes.  Stay tuned as more develops.

A look ahead at Google Video and YouTube [Offical Google Blog]

Akimbo subscribers will be able to select from online videos from Yahoo! Video, access titles for free and watch them on TV whenever they want via Akimbo. The current Akimbo Service features more than 14,000 movies, TV series and shows from over 200 content partners for watching on-demand on television. Akimbo subscribers browse the onscreen Guide and select from an array of mainstream and niche video spanning 100 categories – including hundreds of Hollywood studio movies via Movielink, classic films, indie flicks, foreign language shows, extreme sports, travelogues, how-to programs and children’s videos.

Recently Akimbo unveiled a brand new RCA Akimbo Player, an Internet video-on-demand set-top box retailing for $199.99. Akimbo is also accessible from the Online Spotlight area of Microsoft Windows Media Center 2005 PCs and will soon be available on the AT&T Homezone home entertainment service. A subscription to the Akimbo Service costs $9.99 a month.

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In what looks like an effort to jumpstart their own Video service, Yahoo has announced plans to acquire a similar service, Jumpcut.  Jumpcut is similar to Yahoo Video (and YouTube, Google Video, MetaCafe, Revver, etc...) in that it is a social video sharing site.  The part that’s different than any other offer out there is the ability for users to edit their videos right on the web - or Remix others’.  Instead of having to resort to Final Cut or iMovie, all you need is your browser.

Yahoo’s plans likely involve integrating Jumpcut’s editing and Remix software with their own Yahoo Video.  The Jumpcut Blog post found here looks familiar to me.  Oh that’s because it’s practically the same post del.icio.us had when they got bought by Yahoo back in December 2005.  It’s funny when people get bought they give what seems like a podium speech at an awards ceremony; “I’d like to thank my dog Adam and everyone who got me here.”