AOL provided live coverage of the recent Live 8 concerts, featuring feeds from London, Philadelphia and other capitals around the world, reaching a record 175,000 simultaneous streams and a total of 5 million unique users.

"On-demand video is rapidly emerging as a mainstream behaviour on the Web, and we want AOL to be the first place users go for online video," said Kevin Conroy, the chief operating officer of AOL Media Networks. "We're combining best-in-class video search technology with extensive video programming to offer consumers the best video experience anywhere on the Web."