Get it here. It’s also here on Google Video. Looks interesting, but I’ll start it when I get some time since it’s over five hours long
And Google announced some pretty strong statements also yesterday. Not only does it say it has gone completely Flash video (actually it doesn't say it, but states all the benefits) and has dropped the Google Player (VLC based), but it also says it is now also doing VOD and distributing a complete episode (for 4 days - a marketing test I presume) of a popular TV show:
"Announcement
September 26, 2005
New Google Video and UPN's "Everybody Hates Chris" PremiereToday UPN and Google are announcing an exclusive online screening of the critically acclaimed series premiere of "Everybody Hates Chris." This is the first time Google users can watch an episode of a brand new television show on Google Video.
Those who didn't catch the show on TV can visit video.google.com/chris to view the entire pilot episode via streaming video. The episod will be available for four days.
Google is also introducing several new enhancements to Google Video to improve the overall viewing experience of playable content. Available at video.google.com, Google Video now enables users to view videos online without downloading any Google software. Additional new Google Video features include:
- More Accessible: Users running Macintosh and Linux (in addition to Windows) can now watch videos on Google Video using a variety of web browsers, including Firefox, Internet Explorer, and Safari.
- Better Viewing: Users can now watch videos in a larger viewing window that is resizable to fit their browser.
- More Control: Google Video now includes user controls for play, pause, skip back, skip forward, position timeline with slider, and volume control.
- Faster Searching and Viewing: Large thumbnail video "snippets" enable users to play 10-second previews of videos that are available for playback right on their results page.
Google Video aims to make the world's video content accessible and useful to users worldwide. Anyone can easily upload videos to the site using the Google Video Upload Program at upload.video.google.com and Google will host the video and play it back for free.