Chronology of Events

May, 2005
- iTunes offered video.
- ABC considering online video site. The site would go online in May 2006 with three shows available 24 hours after broadcast.
- Nielson to add VOD to TV Ratings

June, 2005
- AOL Video Search debuts
- Slingbox debuts. The Slingbox allows you to watch your home TV on any Internet-enabled device.

July 2005
- AP announced plan for online video network. When this network debuts it will only work on PCs with Internet Explorer.
- Shuttle launch on AOL sets concurrent streams record. It was the first launch in two years.
August 2005
- Flash 8 Debuts. Flash had been roundly credited with spurring the video-sharing phenomenon. - Online TV/video-sharing site Veoh gets pre-launch funding. Veoh became a major online video player in the following year.
- More people are watching shows like Hurricane Katrina on Web than TV, mainly because of the broadband at work.

September 2005
- Yahoo hired Kevin Sites for online show. First of three online shows, the company had since backed away from original content.
- Google streamed Chris Rock show. The previous February Yahoo streamed Fat Actress. In September 2004, AOL aired the WB pilot of Jack and Bobby.
- The BBC began testing its online TV archives.

October 2005
- YouTube had traffic that would double to almost 104 million page views by January.
Apple announced TV shows on iTunes, ABC and Disney Channel shows that are available for only $1.99. 1 million videos were sold in first 12 days.
- Yahoo hired Richard Bangs to do online show, which was cancelled after one year.
- Video-sharing site Revver.com launched with funding, post-roll advertising strategy.
- NBC decided to stream NBC Nightly News in its entirety. NBC's VP of digital media.

November 2005
- Yahoo launched music video service.
- Comedy Central launched Motherload broadband channel.
- CNN Pipeline started private beta, an interesting service that shows 4 unique streams of content.
- TNT launched NBA Overtime broadband channel. NBA launched a free broadband video channel.
- NBC moved Trio to broadband.
- eMarketer said the online video marketplace is set to triple to $640 million by 2007 from $225 million.

December 2005
- iTunes added NBC, SciFi, USA. Meanwhile, Disney said they've had 800k downloads on iTunes so far and agreed to add ABC's Commander in Chief.
- NBC put Meet the Press online.
- Video-sharing company PureVideo got $5.6 million. Company runs stupidvideos.com and grindtv.com.
- Yahoo says they'll create Wow House online show, which morphed into Hook Me Up, which now appears on Yahoo Tech.
- Reuters started syndicating video to Web sites.

January 2006
- Google launched video store, partnered with CBS to sell content. Despite its recent popularity bump, Google Video can't compete with YouTube.
- ABC downloads on iTunes exceed 1.5 million after just 3 months.
- MySpace launched video sharing
- iTunes added MTV content

February 2006
- Disney said it will stream kids programming online
- CBS sold direct with Survivor on CBS.com
- NBC served C&D to YouTube over Lazy Sunday video.
- NBC premieres Conviction on iTunes
- iTunes reached 15 million video downloads
- NBC.com served 9.1 million streams of the Olympics

March 2006
- Associated Press launched video syndication network. Roundly criticized for only making videos work only with Internet Explorer.
- MTV partnered with YouTube. First major content deal for YouTube.
- Scrubbs got onto iTunes.
- First iTunes movie download. A made-for-TV Disney movie is available weeks before the DVD release date.
- YouTube promoted film trailers. Second content promotion for YouTube features Deep Focus film "Scary Movie 4."
- YouTube limits videos to 10 minutes or less to combat piracy. People just start breaking long clips into multiple episodes.

April 2006
- Two television schedule sites, MeeVee and Zap2it, were launched
- Video-sharing and editing site EyeSpot launched
- Discovery Channel launched two broadband channels.
- CNET announced CNET.tv
- NBC and affiliates form Broadband JV
- ABC launched online theatre.

May 2006
- Warner Brothers lets local TV stations put sitcoms on Web.
- Fox finally got with iTunes.
- CBS debuts Innertube. Promotional site eventually recast as online streaming destination for CBS shows.
- MTV planned to simulcast awards show on TV and Web.
- SciFi launched Pulse broadband channel.
- National Lampoon launched broadband channel.
- Warner Brothers sold movies through Bittorrent.
- MySpace offered "24" downloads.
- ABC's online theatre had 3 million views in two weeks.
- Google began selling video ads.
- Yahoo imitated YouTube with the relaunch of video site.

June 2006
- Amazon launched online show "Fishbowl with Bill Maher."
- Tivo offered Web video
- Hoity-toity code.tv launched
- Nielsen to measure TV everywhere
- Fox streams shows on O&O sites
- Carson Daly signs YouTube talent
- OLN launched "The Player" broadband channel
- Warner Bros offered films through Guba
- NBC partnered with YouTube, markets fall lineup shows "The Office" and "Saturday Night Live."
- CBS reached deal with affiliates
- Veoh faced copyright lawsuit

July 2006
- Video-sharing site eefoof launched.
- Bittorrent cozies up with studios to sell content.
- Yahoo launched online show "The 9."
- News service sued YouTube.
- NBC started video blog for Brian Williams.
- CMT and TimeOut NY launched broadband channel
- CNN launched user-generated video upload site CNN Exchange

August 2006
- Unions and advertisers reached a tentative deal. Includes a study to examine alternative models of compensation for commercials that appear on television, radio, and in new media.
- Viacom aquired Atom after buying iFilm a few months earlier.
- OctaneTV broadband channel launched.
- Showtime put Weeds on MSN Video.
- VideoEgg hatched ad plan.
- CBS did an ABC, and will stream shows next day on Innertube.
- Google Video leapfrogs Yahoo Video after link placed on google.com.
- Sony buys video-sharing site Grouper for $65 million.
- YouTube started brand channels, video ads.
- CBS signed cross studio deals for online streaming.
- Yahoo closed down original show Richard Bangs' Adventures after one year.
- CSTV launched 100 broadband channels.
- YouTube hired Yahoo's treasurer.
- CBS simulcast Katie Couric's Evening News online.