In today's installment, Allen and Mike 'cast about the evolving online video market -- a subject we'll be returning to regularly.  For today, we'll focus on Apple's iTunes vs. Google's online video offering. Will consumer-created content be a deciding factor in who owns the online video market?

Apple announced its earnings, and one thing stands out in the company's press release to me, as someone who is fascinated by the rapidly evolving fusion between TV/video and the Web:

 (There have been ) 8 million videos sold since their introduction in October 2005.

The scary thing about that number is that it’s “backloaded,” in that my guess is that the largest proportion of those were sold later in the cycle than earlier. The selection, of course, has grown meaning more choices, more downloaded.

I have to wonder with the seamless link between the store and video iPod (which again saved my life on a 3 hour 41 minute flight) can anyone catch Apple? At this point, Apple has such a huge lead (and my guess is there is more great content to come), so the race might be for second place.

Mike and Allen try a new field-recording kit at a place where both have worn out more than a few shoes: CES in Las Vegas.