As the incredible summer of 2010 nears its end, many of you wonderful people reading this may have missed some remarkable online videos in August. We have done our best to entertain and amaze you with five videos sure to make your summer a little bit cooler. If you missed July’s viral videos, be sure to check them out too.

1. The YouTube Movie

Next month “The Social Network” movie based on Facebook’s massive success, will hit theaters across the world. There have been a few good “mocumentaries” created since, including YouTube’s as featured below, and Twitter’s which can be seen here.

2. The Heineken Tube

Who doesn’t love kicking back in the hot summer with a nice cold beer?! Heineken captured this experience exceptionally well with their beer travelling through a house in a special tube to deliver the beverage. Fun warning: watching this video may make you crave a beer and BBQ, so don’t be afraid to give into your temptations!

3. Roger Federer’s Trick Shot

With the US Open in full swing in New York, tennis superstar Roger Federer did a couple trick shots that you won’t see on the court. This video now has over 6 million views in just over two weeks, incredible!

4. The Upside Down Artist

Have you ever been walking down the street, saw some sort of remarkable act happening and just had to stop and watch? More specifically, have you ever seen an artist draw detailed symmetrical pictures upside down? Didn’t think so, watch the video below to bring out your creativity.

5. Slinky Cat

Cats can be so silly sometimes, and viewers really love seeing funny cat videos, so we had to share one here today. This video only has about 31,000 views to date so it’s not a true viral hit just yet, but like Double Rainbow’s slow start, this one could pick up steam eventually.

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Online video is growing faster than anyone would have thought in 2006 when YouTube was still a baby, and packed full of low quality videos. As online video entertainment evolves, it’s interesting that people from all walks of life are interested in creating content capable of reaching millions of people just like the big TV networks have done for decades.

There are new possibilities and opportunities in online video that simply didn’t exist even a year or two ago. The problem is that most video creators and filmmakers can’t create video content that has the potential to go viral online because they lack outside human talent needed for their projects. For the most part, the content that grabs the attention of lots of viewers had quality people behind the production project to make it a success.

Spidvid’s solution to this problem is to provide the framework needed so that talent worldwide can connect, collaborate, and create video entertainment together. When Spidvid was first launched it took awhile for people to catch onto the new media model, but more and more with each passing day a better understanding is taking shape. It’s exciting to think about new video entertainment getting created based on connections, relationships, and partnerships being formed on Spidvid.

If you want to start creating better quality video entertainment, then why not grab a free Spidvid account and then tap into the talent of our community to see what kind of projects make sense to collaborate and move forward on.

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One of our passions is being able to help fund the dreams of video creators and filmmakers, as they produce what could be the next big video or film entertainment hit online. One of the video creators we helped to fund on KickStarter was Melissa Center who is the creator of the web series “Missed Connections Live”. MCL is based on the missed connections section of Craigslist where people shoot messages in there with hopes that whoever they came across in the physical world would then re-connect with them online.

Part of our funding deal with Melissa (for season 2) was that she run all of her past production projects through Spidvid, and we would help promote and market her content to the web’s viewing audience.

On Monday her first Spidvid project was completed, and episode 1 (NYC Cafe Hostess hopes to find mystery Economist Man) of Missed Connections Live was later uploaded for distribution as embedded below.If you like episode 1 then you will love Melissa’s future episodes even more, so be sure to subscribe for weekly releases, and other quality entertainment from Spidvid’s collaborative production community too.

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If you have a web series, or short video or film that you would like to run through Spidvid’s system then grab a free account, complete your production project with your team, and get your content uploaded so it can find audiences who crave watching new entertainment.

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Why is it that every year the month of July flies by so quickly? Must be the gorgeous weather, fun vacations, and the viral videos. We have put together our top five viral video selections for July, embedded below. If you missed June’s, be sure to check them out now.

1. Guy Walks Across America

This athletic guy gets walking with Levi’s as his sponsor.

2. Incredible Street Art

This project took months to complete, and when you watch the video you will understand why. Stop motion online videos are really exploding these days!

3. Football Goal Celebration

These Iceland football players celebrate a goal, and by the looks of things they love fishing too!

4. Woot Gets Acquired by Amazon, Then Make Rap Video

If you like rap videos and business then this video is certainly for you. Catchy tune, be careful not to let this one get stuck in your head.

5. UFO in China

This flying craft has been described as a non-alien rocket, but if you were to see this live you would be getting flashbacks from the movie “Independence Day” and likely running for your life at the same time.

Be sure to subscribe to our blog for August’s top viral videos, interesting video production posts along the way, and stay on top of new developments within Spidvid’s community as well. Get the Spidvid blog delivered to your inbox, or via RSS.

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Over night, Google became the number one online video player when they purchased YouTube on October 9th, 2006. Since then the gap has been widening between YouTube and other video sharing websites. YouTube now commands about 42% of all online video streams, and that will only grow as their ecosystem further builds itself out over time.

You know about YouTube’s success on the web, and across mobile devices, but their newest and upcoming moves are quite impressive too. Something that I’m extremely interested about is their new 4K video running at a resolution of 4096 x 3072 which is ideal for a 25 foot screen. I never thought I would ever watch a YouTube video on a large screen, and maybe I won’t any time soon unless I can connect with someone who has a killer projector with mega fast broadband access. If you have an ideal YouTube 4K viewing setup do let me know.

I’m also excited about this fall’s release of Google TV that combines cable TV, online video, and the web into one interactive interface. If you think you multi-task now, just wait until Google TV comes to your living room.

Just last month YouTube won its billion dollar copyright infringement case against Viacom which was a massive win for Google, and for online video in general. It seems like YouTube can do no wrong right now, and has all the momentum to drive the entire industry forward. Maybe I’m just an online video geek, but I’m ecstatic to see where things will be in five years from now. I can’t even imagine what ten years from now will look like, but I’m sure we will all look back at 2010 as being the very early days of online video.

If you want to make a larger imprint in online video by creating content which is more entertaining and that features higher production values, then maybe it’s time to think about collaboration. If collaborating with other like-minded individuals will benefit your future video or film projects then be sure to grab a free Spidvid profile, post a project, and start connecting with the talent you need to successfully drive your vision forward.

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