More Online Video Watching

Continued reporting on the increase in online video viewing, reported by New York Times:

ComScore reported that the average viewer watched 228 minutes of video in April, compared with 158 minutes in May 2007. One reason is that the videos people watch are becoming longer — the average viewer spent about 17 seconds more per video in April than in May 2007 — but most of the rise came from a spike in the number of videos that each person watched.

"'It’s no longer that people just get sent a link by one of their friends,' said Andrew Lipsman, a senior analyst at comScore. 'Now they actively seek things out, ‘I just saw this on TV, and I’m going to find it online.’ I think video is being seen more and more as an extension of search.'"