Amazon’s Internet Movie Database announced today that it had added over 6,000 videos to the site, transforming it from a encyclopedia into a formidable video destination site.

That’s a lot of videos – but it’s just the start of IMDb’s plan to offer all the movies and television shows in the world online for free.

New media is the most effective ad channel, according to new information from Redshift Research.

In fact, 74% of the organizations surveyed feel the Internet or email advertising is the most effective channel for connecting with consumers.

Want to improve your love life?

A new survey has found that digital video recorders are not just indispensable, they may even improve your love life.

Podcasting continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the total audience for podcasts increasing by 58% in under two years.

The dedicated podcast audience – those that download podcasts every day – has gone up 300% in the same time.

In this exclusive interview, audiobook podcasting pioneer Scott Sigler explains how he used his podcast to get a book deal and even a movie deal, how he uses social media to promote his work and why he wants to kill you off in his next book.

Podcaster and social media guru Chris Penn has posted his take on the future of podcasting, and says that “There are still hundreds of millions of iPods out there that have not tuned in, largely because people still don�t know how.”

New research shows that people are relentlessly moving from traditional media – including newspaper, radio & television – to Internet-based news sources.

In the last ten years, the percent of people getting their news from the Internet has tripled, while the radio and newspaper news audience has declined 14% and the television news audience has declined 9%!

Rob Greenlee, Microsoft Zune Podcast Programming Lead, has introduced a new Zune podcast, Zune Insider. It’s an audio and video podcast, co-hosted by Greenlee and Zune blogger Cesar Menendez.

Teens are skipping the Olympics this year.

Only 46 percent of teens surveyed by Harris Interactive showed any interest in watching the Olympics.

Here’s why.

Rocketboom has announced a big distribution and advertising deal with Sony Pictures, giving the daily video blog exposure and promotion across all of Sony’s IP universe: via PS/3, Bravia TV and Crackle.

We talked with Rocketboom creator Andrew Michael Baron about the deal, the future of Rocketboom and more.