The latest figures on Web video viewing show just how many consumers have glommed on to the Internet as a regular source of news and entertainment. A report from the Pew Internet and American Life Project released this week shows that the percentage of Internet users who went to a video-sharing site grew 45% during 2007, rising from one-third to almost one-half ofWeb surfers.And Web video is expanding not only its reach but its frequency of use, with the percentage of Pew survey respondents who said they watched a video "yesterday" (i.e, the day before they were contacted) also nearly doubled, to 15% from 8%.While it's still early in the game, this is a new medium being created before our ... [ Read more ]